Insurer
Giles completes first acquisition of 2009
Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired LRG Insurance Services. This is Giles' first acquisition of the year and follows 21 acquisitions in 2008. Ashley Cooper, currently managing director of LRG, will take on the position of regional director within Giles.
Sportscover Managing Agency approved by FSA and Lloyd’s
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Lloyd's have given approval for a new managing agency to assume the management of the Sportscover syndicate, 3334 SCS. The new managing agency is known as Sportscover Underwriting ("SCU") and commenced operating…
Fear credit hire and repair claims 'may reach £1.2bn'
New figures suggest that credit hire and repair claims are projected to cost the insurance industry ...
To the max
Maximising legal expenses
Raring to go
Somewhere beneath the biggest players and somewhere above the smaller ones, Peter Burrows believes Brit UK is superbly placed to take great strides once the economic tide turns. Martin Friel reports
Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired Arnott
Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired Arnott Commercial Insurance Services and Arnott Marine (Arnott)...
A stressful year lies ahead
Letter to President Petrov Arverbeyev Kazakhstan Insurance Company Astana, Kazakhstan Dear Petrov...
Aviva sells HPI
Aviva has sold HPI, a provider of vehicle checking services in the UK, to Solera Holdings. The insur...
CII drops merger with Antipodean cousin as latter discloses finances
The proposed merger between the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and its Australian and New Zeala...
Aviva lunches ad campaign
Aviva has launched a new ad campaign to communicate that the UK's largest insurance company, Norwich...
Happy new year
Predictions for 2009
Offshore security?
Offshore legal expenses
Open days offered by Groupama
In a move designed to develop closer working relationships with its regional broker partners, Groupa...
Scam busters
With the news that Axa has set up a specialist anti-fraud team and begun investigating more than 400 motor accident cases in which fraudulent activity has been suspected, MichelleWorvell asks if the industry is winning the fight against fraud and what…
Hiscox conducts study of small business insurance purchase
Hiscox has conducted a study on small business insurance purchases that revealed that only 16% of sm...
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Market overview
Insurers told Madoff fallout may cost them dear
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has warned that Bernard Madoff's alleged £32bn fraud could potentially ...
Cash struggles spark boom in underwriting fraud
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, cos...
Allianz pushes web legal cover
Allianz Commercial has launched a new online legal protection service available to all Allianz small...
Bluefin launches
Axa-owned broker Venture Preference has officially re-branded as Bluefin Insurance Group. The compan...
PB online poll and results - December 2008
Jan/Feb poll question: What do you think of Norwich Union's re-brand advertising campaign? To vote ...
Credit insurance - Credit claims on the rise
As more businesses face insolvency, Katherine Brandon looks at the issues faced by credit insurers
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Aviva lunches ad campaign
Aviva has launched a new ad campaign to communicate that the UK's largest insurance company, Norwich...