News
B&A policy targets net risks.
Southampton-based broker Burnett & Associates has launched a policy insuring businesses against comp...
Safeonline introduced to combat e-risks.
A company offering insurance for e-risks, including viruses, hacking and fraud, has gone online. ...
Polaris: net investments.
Polaris is making further investments in internet technology with two "net-friendly" product updates...
Popular combination.
Lloyd's broker Clegg Gifford has reported a high demand for agency facilities. The company recent...
Cox bags another internet deal
Cox Insurance is expanding its online insurance services by linking up with Yahoo! UK & Ireland, to p...
Bob Newton quits NU four months into job.
Bob Newton is leaving his role as Norwich Union's director of corporate partnerships, four months af...
Employment lagging behind.
The insurance sector is actively recruiting staff, but its growth is still below the UK average, acc...
Smart & Cook's Derek Parry has raised over £5000 for charity.
Smart & Cook's Derek Parry has raised over £5000 for charity Scope by trekking across South America ...
Survey shows jump in profits.
Profitability has risen sharply in the general insurance market as a whole, but fallen in the broker...
The golden age?
Retired drivers are becoming an ever more attractive prospect for motor insurers interested in niche markets, and now, research is revealing that large numbers of this group can be reached via the internet. Andrew Newman reports.
Barristers stripped of legal immunity.
The House of Lords has stripped barristers of their legal immunity. Barristers can now be sued fo...
Scott free to head ABI.
Bob Scott, group chief executive of CGNU, has been appointed chairman of the Association of British ...
CDL is on its way up.
I was very interested to read your article entitled "Adventures in Cyberland" (PB, July, p9), althou...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
MMA Insurance has appointed Scott Nelson as a non-executive director. Mr Nelson has spent many years...
Getting to grips with grey import costs.
Q: What happens if you buy a £25,000 BMW in Europe for £20,000 and it is involved in a write-off in ...
RP Hodson raises the stakes.
RP Hodson Insurance Brokers has bought a 77% stake in London-based John Wimble Insurance Brokers for...
Computing the tax savings to small firms.
Q: If I buy computer equipment, is it true that I can write the cost off against my profits for tax ...
Appointment at the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and
Dorothy Duncan has joined the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers as membership secr...
Appointment at Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers has promoted Lauren Nelson to account executive in the property depar...
Alan Boswell, Managing director, Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Starting my own business in 1982. I previously worked for ...
Premiums driven up.
Motor insurance premiums have increased by an average of nearly £200 in the last six years, accordin...
Cover gets a lift with ECIC.
The Electrical Contractors' Insurance Company (ECIC) has linked up with the Lift and Escalator Indus...
Tough lessons for insurers.
It is time for the insurance industry, along with its counterparts, to learn the unfortunate lesson that cutting corners and indulging in a short-term outlook may produce rather unattractive results.
PB editor in the running.
Professional Broking editor Tim Collison was runner up in the consumer broadsheet category at this y...