News
August
Hastings Direct gets Peoples Choice Broking Hastings Direct acquired telebroker Peoples Choice from...
Marsh has launched a web-enabled ..
Marsh has launched a web-enabled risk assessment tool - the Stress Risk Evaluation Service - to help...
Specialist schemes broker Hall and ..
Specialist schemes broker Hall and Clarke has gone live with Sirius Fin-ancial System's Sirius for B...
Fusion commits to 21-day guarantee across all lines
Virtual insurance company Fusion has agreed to supply all its brokers with a water-tight guarantee t...
Ascent Insurance Brokers aims for property sector.
New commercial property insurance broker Ascent Insurance Brokers has placed more than £15bn worth of...
Centrus unveils new policy.
Accident management specialist Centrus is putting together a legal expenses policy covering household...
QBE and JLT scheme offers liability help to rail contractors.
Rail contractors finding it hard to place their public and employer's liability risks are being targe...
Magian appoints board.
Magian Mutual, the new insurer set up to provide independent financial advisers with professional i...
Appointment at Gauntlet.
Insurance and risk management specialist Gauntlet has made Rob Batham sales and development manager....
Appointment at Elite Incident Management.
Nigel Tomsett and Matt Chessell have become business development managers for Elite Incident Managem...
Schemes to cut EL costs.
Improved access to return-to-work schemes for victims of workplace accidents could cut the cost of co...
Appointment at Loss Recovery Group.
Loss Recovery Group has appointed Natasha Boyne and Emma Rose to its regional sales support team. Bo...
Appointment at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.
The insurance and reinsurance group at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has employed Jane Scott. She joins f...
CETA recommendations.
Insurance network Central Electronic Trading Agency has laid down a number of recommendations for bro...
Appointment at Ace European Group.
Ray Keogh has been appointed business development manager for Ace European Group. Keogh, who has bee...
BIBA to finalise new IT forum.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is meeting this month to decide the format of its new Inf...
Appointment at BWP.
BWP has appointed Peter Newson as a board director and extended the role of board director Charles W...
iwant: qualified leads.
New website iwant.com aims to provide qualified leads for the insurance industry. The one-stop-porta...
Thank you to readers for their support.
Overheard would like to thank readers for their support over the men-only golfing trip from which PB...
Appointment at Gale & Phillipson.
Yorkshire-based Gale & Phillipson has appointed two new executives: Linda Davy joins the company in ...
Regulation for the sake of it.
The Financial Services Authority's muddled proposals fail to see the bigger industry picture or learn from the mistakes of the retail financial services market.
Hooker leaves NU post ahead of schedule
David Hooker, technical claims director at Norwich Union, is to step down from his post as a result...
SFIF programme boost.
A Broker Partnership programme designed to help members boost their income has been established by Si...
MMA adds pre-travel screening to policies.
MMA Insurance has updated its single and annual travel policies and added a new pre-travel screening ...