News
Focal point.
Duncan Pocock is a company with many strings to its bow but Nigel Palmer tells Diane Smyth it is focusing on cutting down its operations.
Out with the old, in with the new.
The continuing success of the internet has led to a 'new' economy which needs to be better understood in order to be used to its potential, says Sarah Alton.
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has promoted Richard Holland to the post of executive manager, group finance. ...
Claims People spurs on brokers during foot and mouth crisis.
Loss adjuster, The Claims People Group, is urging insurance brokers to act proactively and manage cl...
How foot and mouth affects policy renewals.
Q: A farmer who has insured his cattle against foot and mouth disease for 30 years has been refused ...
HHH continues spree with purchase of two portfolios.
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond is continuing its acquisition spree with the purchase of b...
Argent obtains John Dale.
Argent Insurance Group, part of Cox Insurance Holdings and currently being rebranded insure-shop, ha...
From our daily news service ... its4me reveals poor online insurance
Online insurance intermediary its4me says the insurance industry is among the worst e-commerce servi...
Make sure you measure up.
Roger Nash looks at some of the necessary changes employers' liability insurers must make, if this market is to survive in the future.
Defining application service providers.
Q: I have heard a lot about online broker systems via application service providers (ASPs). What exa...
Letting it all hang out.
The average holiday-maker is finding it easier to obtain travel insurance but those opting for a different type of break still often face problems. However, Diane Smyth finds brokers are beginning to realise the potential of niche markets.
Six more Independent to team up with Fusion.
Six more senior management members of Independent Insurance have left to work at underwriting agency...
CLE goes into partnership.
Legal fees insurance provider Composite Legal Expenses has gone into partnership with NIG and tax sp...
TCU: Catlin terrorism cover.
Towergate Commercial Underwriting has placed its terrorism cover facilities with Catlin Syndicate, c...
Appointment at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
Stuart White and Davina Haydon from Hextall Erskine are to join Reynolds Porter Chamberlain. Mr Whit...
Caravan Guard gives flexibility with 'mix and match' policy -
Caravan insurance specialists Caravan Guard has launched a new motorhome policy. Underwritten by ...
News in brief.
Overheard this month is proud to present a catalogue of tales illustrating the glamour of the insura...
Crystal ball gazing.
Retailers returning to their core business, only five major insurers and another mis-selling scandal are all on the cards for the insurance industry, predicts Andy Homer.
Hiscox sponsors Whitechapel Art Gallery's Centenary Exhibition.
Hiscox is sponsoring the Whitechapel Art Gallery's Centenary Exhibition, which coincides with its ow...
Appointment at Safeonline.
Sarah Alton has been appointed as UK channel marketing manager for Safeonline. She will develop UK m...
AF Office is launched.
Intermediary Alexander Forbes Professions has launched AF Office, a general insurance business polic...
Bedside manners.
Bedroom-rated household policies have been popular for over 20 years but Jane Coppard asks whether their convenience means other, possibly more appropriate policies, are being overlooked.
The importance of telling it how it is.
Clarity, transparency and communication are more than just current buzz words in the industry - they...
Routes to Lloyd's.
For the provincial broker, access to Lloyd's has been, in the past, via a wholesale or guaranteeing broker. But Simon Threadgold says sweeping reforms have changed this.