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Treasury encourages brokers to have their say over travel agents
The Treasury has urged brokers to discuss their views on the regulation of travel agents. Peter...
Guidebook for taxi firms
Taxi Fleet Plus has launched a risk management tool for taxi firms. The Guide to Risk Management do...
Appointment at Zurich Global Energy
Zurich Global Energy has made Jane Hayes head of the London office and Chris Knowles manager of exp...
From our daily news service ... Equitable boss quits.
Equitable Life's chief financial officer, Charles Bellringer, has quit the stricken mutual insurer. ...
The use of experts in litigation trials
Richard Moody, partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, gave eight tips on the use of experts in lit...
Online income protection
Brokers and intermediaries can place income protection business online through a new facility from ...
Appointment at CNA
Mark Iceton has joined CNA as senior underwriter - casualty with responsibility for developing its ...
Seven year pitch
It has been seven years since Nick and Chris Giles took over the management of their father's business and their growth plans are right on target, finds Angela Faherty.
Appointment at Universal Salvage
Universal Salvage has appointed Peter Goodright as insurance sales director. He brings over 20 year...
AIG adds rehabilitation to combined liability product
Provision for medical and vocational rehabilitation services has been added to AIG Europe's combine...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has made Bob Preston UK liability manager and Geoff Wakefield is appointed as depu...
Highway restructure
The successful introduction of electronic data interchange-based quotes has encouraged Highway to r...
Using market segmentation as a way to sell more business
Q: At a recent insurance conference it was suggested market segmentation would improve our new business conversion. How can we employ this marketing technique to sell more business?
Appointment at BCWA Healthcare
BCWA Healthcare has promoted Richard Esler to commercial director. He has spent 14 years with the c...
Latest stage in Zurich campaign focuses on brokers
Zurich has entered the third and penultimate stage of its flying pigs campaign by putting a greater...
Appointment at Fresh! Insurance
Fresh! Insurance has appointed Mike Wall as sales and underwriting manager. He was previously sales...
Appointment at Piraeus
Philip Clacy has been appointed UK P&I Club area director for Greek members' claims handling in Pir...
Reading the technology market
Steve Verrall, group chief executive of Sirius Financial Systems, has been in the technology business for 18 years and says the market has changed dramatically. He tells Diane Smyth how he believes the future will pan out and voices his concerns over the…
ZRS and Ark First associate
Zurich Risk Services has launched a new business continuity planning product. The offering includes...
Household extension
The Central Electronic Trading Agency and Trigold have joined forces to extend the range of househo...
Appointment at Bland Bankart
Karen Elwell has joined Bland Bankart as group finance director and Huw Williams has become complia...
Make use of the press to get the industry back on course
Using Stuart Fraser-Thompson's letter on the basic principles of insurance (PB, November, page 17) ...
Zurich's mid net worth product pilots with five brokers
Five brokers are piloting Zurich's mid net worth product. Zurich started the pilot in November and ...
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbroughs
Beachcroft Wansbroughs has appointed reinsurance specialist Julian Miller as a partner in the firm'...