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Zurich makes D&O easier for SMEs.
Zurich's commercial division has launched a new directors' and officers' policy aimed at small and m...
Appointment at AIG Europe (UK).
AIG Europe (UK) has promoted Terry Bennett to board director. Terry joined AIG Europe in 1982 and fo...
Groupama services cars.
Groupama has entered an agreement with used car dealer One Stop Car Shop and can now offer policyhol...
Plastics cover online.
Leagold Miller hopes to shake up the plastics insurance market with the launch of insuranceforplasti...
Appointment at FMW International Insurance Brokers.
Matthew Collins (left) has been appointed broking director by Chelmsford-based FMW International Ins...
Tesco takes a break.
Tesco Personal Finance will soon be offering travel insurance policies through Tesco supermarkets. C...
Prescott builds on safety talks.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott met with health and safety chiefs last month to discuss how to t...
JLT and Loss Recovery Group to combine insurance and services.
Peter Franklin, managing director of JLT Corporate Recovery Risks, (left) and Malcolm Harvey, managi...
Bollington expands.
Macclesfield-based insurance broker The Bollington Group has continued its expansion, with the acqui...
Safety in numbers.
Accountants' work may not be glamorous or seem dangerous, but they still need to know they can count on insurance cover against the high risks that some areas of the profession bring, says Simon Threadgold.
GISC solvency rules have to be changed.
The General Insurance Standards Council Rulebook is a massive 44 pages long. While some in the marke...
Pulling power.
Goods in transit insurance is traditionally the preserve of the specialist broker. However, it has been greatly demystified over recent years, and general brokers could be doing more to pull in clients and reap the rewards on offer.
Takeover means name change for adjuster.
Loss adjuster and claims management organisation Cunning-ham Lindsey Group is taking on board three ...
Worrying times for brokers?
With all the recent merger upheaval and the introduction of new regulations currently rocking the world of insurance, should brokers be worrying or should they just carry on as they always have?
Cox: free quote system.
Cox Retail Division is seeking to entice brokers away from proprietary software house systems with a...
Appointment at Coversure Insurance Services.
John Hooper is to be the new operations director of Coversure Insurance Services, having spent the l...
Brokers' future debated
The future of the broker market will be debated at the Chartered Insurance Institute's annual confere...
Appointment at Link Insurance.
Darrell Drake has been appointed Link Insurance's commercial underwriting manager. Initially, Mr Dra...
Abbey wins on PI referrals.
Abbey Legal Protection has won the contract to run the only personal injury referral and no win, no ...
Home guard.
The rise in the number of people working from home is not being mirrored in the sales of homeworkers insurance policies. Steve Banner looks at why this is and how brokers can tap into this market.
Holman returns to PI three years after sale.
Holman Insurance Brokers is moving back into the professional indemnity market, just over three year...
A pile of potential?
Carried out professionally, a direct mail campaign has the capacity to be a very lucrative endeavour. John Shetcliffe says a whole new market can be opened up with careful mailing.
Cox splashes out on TV advertising.
Cox Insurance Holdings has launched a television advertising campaign publicising Cashback, a motor ...
Critical analysis.
While long-term care and private medical insurance are still in the doldrums, sales of critical illness insurance have gone from strength to strength. Keith Sankey explains why.