News
Playing the ratings game.
Ratings agencies came in for bad press after the crash of Independent Insurance but Rob Jones still has faith in the system and believes it will go from strength to strength. Diane Smyth reports.
Cox plans to reinvent itself as a software house.
Cox Insurance Holdings hopes to become a broking systems software house and set up a nationwide netw...
Appointment at Clyde & Co.
Clyde & Co has appointed five new partners from within the firm. Andrew Bicknell specialises in shi...
Marine made easy with Drewe Insurance policy.
Brokers placing pleasure craft business should find it plain sailing, with a new policy from leisure...
From our daily news service ... Churchill acquires Wilson Dean.
North-west London broker Churchill Insurance Consultants Group has acquired the insurance broking bu...
Another industry blunder.
The insurance industry's handling of the claims for asbestos-related mesothelioma has been one clumsy mistake after another, which has only served to further tarnish its reputation.
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Brendan Harker has been appointed associate director within the insurance broking division at Smart ...
Local knowledge.
Glyn Rowett tells Alex Broad he is happy to stay local and that the internet means he is no longer at a disadvantage compared with brokers from large towns or cities.
Appointment at Contractsure.
Contractsure, the construction insurance subsidiary of the Henderson Insurance Group, has made four ...
Brand new insurance risks.
Patents, trademarks and copyrights are all commodities that the enterprising broker can protect with intellectual property insurance. Sam Bobo irons out the specifics of this growing sector.
Brokers get hitched to TPA
Third party administrator the Travellers Protection Scheme has won the contracts for two large weddin...
Marsh launches invaluable service
Marsh has introduced a recovery service for missing items – Invaluable Protector – for high net worth...
New thatch scheme from Holman's
Recent capacity restrictions for non-standard risks has prompted Lloyd's brokers Holman's to launch a...
Folgate MasterPlan renewed with Primary
Brokers can now access guaranteed online travel insurance quotes and policy issue, even for hazardous...
The very model of a modern mortgage plan.
Mortgage payment protection insurance is seen by the Government as the way forward. Adele Burton assesses its value for money.
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Cunningham Lindsey has appointed Lawrence Davison director of the company's Leeds and Solent service...
Steve Fairfull, Director, Ian Brown Group.
Q What was your best decision or deal? To become a Zurich partnership broker. Q What was your w...
Appointment at Rubicon Corporation.
Garth Bearman has joined Rubicon Corporation as non-executive chairman and Roger Hymas has joined th...
BIBA looks optimistically to the regulatory future of the market.
Alex Broad reports from the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference, held in Manchester on 18 and 19 April.
NU change executive team.
Norwich Union has announced several changes to its executive team. Cathryn Riley, currently operatio...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has made two appointments. Simon Whitson has been made the manager for its customer r...
Dealing in specifics.
Joe Henderson tells Diane Smyth that Henderson Insurance Brokers will stay focused, rather than become a jack of all trades.
Tesco football gamble.
Tesco Personal Finance is kicking off the World Cup celebrations with a cash back scheme. The first ...
Hyper move into fleet.
Hyper Hotline, the wholesaling wing of Middlesex broker the Allen & Allen Group, has moved into the ...