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Groupama Insurances appoints managing director
Groupama Insurances has appointed Laurent Matras as managing director. Mr Matras was previously fina...
The great unknown
Sub-prime impact
THB/PWS saga has happy ending as PB rounds up the last week
It has been rather difficult to ascertain the biggest story of the last seven days, writes Charlie Thomas, reporter at Professional Broking in our latest PB Week. First, the London Stock Exchange and FTSE 100 have performed a fine impression of a yo-yo…
CII membership sees best growth for 70 years
The CII group has announced its best year for membership growth since 1935. In 2007, CII membership grew to just under 92,000 members representing a 7.2% increase on 2006.
NU’s latest initiative sees 110 brokers sign up to ‘110’
Launched in November 2007, 110 brokers have already agreed to join Norwich Union’s (NU) exclusive club - called ‘110’ - which is by invitation only for brokers with an account of between £800,000 and £5m with NU.
Axa finance director to leave for Groupama
Groupama Insurances has announced the appointment of Laurent Matras as managing director.
Former AA chief heads to Iprism
Online small to medium-sized enterprise comparative quote facility Iprism has appointed Kevin Sinclair as managing director.
The distribution landscape
Focus: Distribution
Let the 2008 games begin
Many would say that 2007 was a tumultuous year for the insurance industry. In particular, it will be...
Global travel insurance designed for a new age
Product: Global Travel Insurance - single trip travel insurance. Annual multi-trip cover is also ava...
Arista plans regional expansion
Arista has revealed it is planning to expand significantly in the north of England and the Midlands,...
Hit the ground running
Andy Baldwin examines the changes taking place in the insurance industry, and predicts how brokers will be positioned in the future
Rate increases spur speculation over hardening market in 2008
Rate increases implemented in the latter half of 2007 have had little, if any, impact on retention l...
Fitch maintains stable outlook on non-life insurance
Fitch Ratings has said today that it is maintaining a stable outlook on the UK non-life insurance sector as insurers remain on the path of underwriting discipline in the face of more challenging market conditions.
Lloyd's promise to 'increase the change of pace' in three-year plan
Lloyd’s has published its new 2008 – 2010 Three-Year Plan. CEO Richard Ward has praised the achievements of Lloyd’s to date but urged caution as market conditions change.
ABC launches new branches to target SME market
ABC Insurance, part of the LV= Group, has launched two new branches in Maidstone and Bristol, which will target the commercial small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) market. ABC now has four trading branches, following the opening of Croydon and…
Axa responds to Mayer claims
In an interview in PB's sister title, Post, the chief executive of Norwich Union claimed that Axa ha...
White-knuckle ride
2007: In Review
The rewards of consistency
Mark Richard Insurance
Deakin promoted in NU reshuffle
Norwich Union has undergone a significant management reshuffle, with 30 directorial roles removed fr...
Entrepreneurs are key
It is a case of eat or be eaten for today's broker entrepreneur; a survival of the fittest regime in...
Christmas parties draw to an end
As the Christmas parties draw to an end, even though we are only at the beginning of December, one o...
The hottest insurance gossip
Polly has never been a massive fan of modern art, so when she was invited by Axa to the launch of it...
In a twist
Finding the perfect combination of private medical insurance can be confusing, especially regarding cancer cover. With increasing media hype over exactly what levels of cancer care and treatment the NHS covers, Kirstie Redford investigates the different…