Insurer
Lark makes first Groupama-backed purchase
Lark Group has acquired Hampshire-based Griffiths Good & Company for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will add around £7 million gross premium, £1m revenue and 14 staff to the group.
ABC appoints new underwriting head
ABC Insurance, part of the LV Group, has appointed Mike Crane as head of broker underwriting.
Martin Hudson - Under my umbrella
Martin Hudson speaks to Andrew Tjaardstra about leading Travelers' rebrand, managing broker relations and staff culture
Appointment at Ignition NBS
Derek Findlayson, the former head of UK business development at Groupama, has joined Axa-owned Ignit...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances
Groupama Insurances has recruited Laurent Matras as its managing director. Matras joins from Axa. ...
Philip Currie - Breaking the cycle
Director's Q&A
Northern exposure
This month's discussion highlights the Glasgow market, and how Scottish brokers have traditionally operated locally - but has the time come for this relatively small market to source business elsewhere?
Canary Wharf risk taken by NU
Norwich Union (NU) has embarked on a major insurance project at Canary Wharf as part of its commitme...
Howden to establish London medical malpractice team
Independent Lloyd's broker Howden has revealed plans to build a team in London to further enhance it...
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.