News
Fishers returns its catch.
Fishers Group, a UK insurance services provider will no longer proceed with the acquisition of IRISC...
News service launched.
Beachcroft Stanleys has launched a free electronic news service for insurance claims professionals. ...
Preventative measures.
Household theft claims have fallen in recent years, partly due to better security. Steve Banner investigates insurers' attitudes to theft prevention.
Spot the uninsured.
Predictions of a worldwide slowdown in economic expansion could see many sectors experiencing a rise in bad debts. Edmund Tirbutt says that despite the soft market and range of cover, too many businesses are not taking out credit insurance.
AGF ends review with loss of claims chief.
Two more senior managers have left AGF Insurance following the executive shake-up in February of thi...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Brendan McManus (above), 38, has been appointed as the new marketing manager for UK regions. Previou...
Appointment at Worldwide Broker Network.
The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed George Worsley as executive director. He will be situated...
Ex-CNA UK boss quits Lombard.
Ian Jerrum, the ex-general manager of CNA Insurance UK, and his former assistant general manager, Ja...
Ian Ritchie.
Issues raised at the BIIBA conference must remain 'live' if we are to get good ideas off the drawing board.
Alistair Murray error.
In last month's news story about the integration of Eurosure into Key Choice, we inadvertently state...
IGB outsources run-off business.
Non-standard motor insurer Insurance GB is making a third of its staff redundant and outsourcing its...
AGF brand axed after Cornhill takeover.
The threat of redundancy hangs over the 850 staff of AGF following the news that Cornhill will acqui...
Risk of trading with small firms is eased.
A new database for assessing the risk of trading with non-limited businesses, sole traders and partn...
IBN rename follows US expansion.
The International Broker Network has changed its name to the Worldwide Broker Network following the ...
Coversure expansion.
Doncaster mortgage and financial services company Merescourt has set up a personal lines franchise w...
A waiting game.
By the end of this month, the Treasury should have made a statement about the future of the Insuranc...
East West should not be blamed for effects of pricing policy.
I read with interest the article by Andrew Newman on the fallout of the private motor sector, and in...
Aon restructure.
Aon Risk Services has completed a restructuring programme which has seen the organisation divide int...
Risk management offers protection for the regional broker.
Your risk management article (PB, May, p38) made very interesting reading, and as an insurance pract...
Apologies to Rob Ryan.
Our apologies to Orion's managing director Rob Ryan for confusing him with the company's head of bus...
Ill-gotten gains.
Over three-quarters of company fraud is committed by employees. However, Edmund Tirbutt says that the take up of fidelity guarantee insurance is still comparatively low.
IOB widens membership net.
Brokers and intermediaries will be able to join the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau under changes to the ...
MP warns of chaos if IBRC is abolished.
If the government abolishes the Insurance Brokers Registration Council it could lead to mass deregis...
Appointment at Iron Trades.
Iron Trades has appointed Robert Hardy as group chief executive. Mr Hardy joined Iron Trades in July...