News
Endsleigh: policy for professionals in rented property.
Endsleigh Insurance Services has launched a new policy for people who live in shared, rented accommo...
Dallas Kirkland to target self-employed.
A new broking firm is to be launched in August to target specifically the needs of self-employed pro...
Discount for injuries.
The Lord Chancellor has made a 0.5% reduction to the discount rate for personal injury claims - the ...
Research predicts rapid consolidation.
Distribution channels of commercial insurance will undergo rapid consolidation over the next four ye...
Carruthers: Rubicon will improve margins.
Ex-Eastgate Group director Max Carruthers has unveiled his new venture. Rubicon Corporation is to pr...
PwC warns of up to 200,000 Independent policy cancellations.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance, has written to brokers warn...
Towergate: three more acquisitions.
Towergate Underwriting Group has made three more acquisitions in the past month and has become the p...
Data crunch.
The days when insurance companies could hold off on serious IT investment are over. There are many current must-have systems and many more that are on the way.
AFI rewards veggies.
Vegetarians can now get cheaper life insurance, through a new product launched by Animal Friends Ins...
Industry must prove itself.
The collapse of Independent is yet another embarrassing incident for the insurance industry and now MPs will surely take action over regulation.
Clarifying EPP.
Congratulations to Diane Smyth on an excellent article on commercial legal expenses (see below: 'Clai...
CSC Supplement - Introduction
While much is written about the future of the general insurance industry, there have been few publica...
Bell & Co in MBO.
Derby-based Bell & Co Insurance Brokers has undergone a management buy-out. All shares in the compan...
Household updates.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has updated its two intermediary household policies. The bedroom-rated poli...
A company on the button.
We provide an overview of Computer Sciences Corporation, sponsor of this supplement, looking at the company's beginnings, its objectives, and its comprehensive range of products and services.
Misys to focus on b2b.
Misys is repositioning itself as a business-to-business technology company after closing screentrade...
Warren Hill starts growth spurt by obtaining PW Kirk.
Haywards Heath-based Warren Hill Insurance Brokers has kicked off a growth campaign with the acquisi...
Young is chairman.
Kevin Young, managing director of Argyll Insurance Brokers, has been appointed chairman of the Credi...
Floating hopes.
International loss adjuster Ashworth Mairs hopes to make an acquisition and float on the stock marke...
Drawing on experience.
The industry may seem to be rushing headlong into cyberspace, but the people who buy the policies are more circumspect with old habits dying hard. Insurers ignore existing channels of business at their peril.
Ex-employees deny insider insight.
Kevin Pallett, managing director of Fusion Underwriting Services, has stated his company knew nothin...
Knowing what you owe staff after selling a business.
Q: I am in the middle of selling my brokerage. What are my obligations to my staff? A: As ever, t...
SVB and Capita team up.
SVB Underwriting Services, the service company of SVB Syndicates at Lloyd's, and Capita Assistance h...
Mardon secures Michael Stimpson.
Yacht and leisure craft insurance underwriting agents Mardon Insurance Brokers (UK) has acquired Mic...