Management
Congratulations to staff of hotel.
Overheard would like to start off this month by congratulating the staff of the Adelphi hotel in Liv...
Tony Baker.
In contrast to many overseas companies, the UK is taking the millennium problem seriously. Brokers are playing an important role in clarifying the insurance angle.
GISC expected to appoint non industry CEO.
The General Insurance Standards Council has drawn up a shortlist of three candidates for the positio...
Smart expansion plans.
Yorkshire-based Smart & Cook has opened a fifth operating centre in Grimsby, in the Alexandra Dock B...
Minding your manors.
High net worth buildings cover often takes a back seat to the contents section. Steve Banner looks at the specialist insurers' attitudes to insuring high value properties.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance Engineering.
Ian Cronshaw has been appointed IT manager for Royal & SunAlliance Engineering. Mr Cronshaw has b...
ICM snapped up by Aon.
Aon has acquired IRISC Claims Management (ICM), one of the largest specialist insurance services ope...
A rare breed.
A handful of niche brokers continue to dominate the equine market. However, David Fanning says it is still possible for enthusiastic non-specialists to make their mark.
Commercial deal for small brokers.
Hartley Cooper & Warner has improved its commercial facility, Commercial Line, by offering higher st...
Level of gratuitous nudity.
Overheard was very surprised at the level of gratuitous nudity in the insurance world last month. Fi...
RSA loses clients over Y2K.
Royal & SunAlliance has been forced to pull out of the professional indemnity market for chartered a...
FSA and SOFA are working on new designation for financial advisers.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is devising plans for a new designation for financial adviser...
Standard bearer.
The NewRo consortium has now put the flesh on the bones of its proposed regulatory body - the General Insurance Standards Council. Tim Collison spoke to consortium chairman Anthony Howland-Jackson about the way forward.
Seminar by the Arson Prevention Bureau.
Insurers and arson investigation agencies have been urged to co-operate more closely, to uncover a g...
Ecclesiastical buys rival church insurer.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has bought the Ansvar Group of companies operating in the UK, Australia and...
Regulation: fuss about nothing?
I cannot understand what the fuss is all about. The requirement is simple: have only one body respon...
Appointment at ACE Engineering Insurance.
ACE Engineering Insurance has appointed Phil Wright to chief engineer, where he will be central in d...
CII reforms survive criticism from local representatives.
A package of constitutional changes that involve cutting the CII's governing council by one third an...
IFAA and IFP announce alliance.
The IFA Association has formed an alliance with the Institute of Financial Planning in a bid to rais...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
The Board of McLarens Toplis has announced that Ian Muress, currently managing director, Scotland an...
Appointment at Experian Insurance Services.
Experian Insurance Services has made two new appointments. Ruari MacDonald joins as senior business ...
Leaving the rat race.
It is at this time of year that the insurance intermediary market becomes awash with people wondering whether to sell their businesses or whether to persevere for another year and see what the future holds, says Jennifer Jarrett.
CII launches new logo.
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched a new corporate identity. It has re-cast the upper...
Garry Heath.
Since its inception in 1994, the Independent Financial Advisers Association has been an organisation...