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Too hot to handle?
Offering commercial clients risk management advice and solutions is becoming increasingly important. But how can small and medium-sized brokers with limited resources get involved? David Fanning investigates.
New insurance firm sets sail as CNA and Maritime merge.
CNA Insurance and Maritime Insurance Company, both part of the CNA group, are to merge to form a sin...
Survival of the fittest.
An insured with sound contingency plans will have a better chance of riding out the storm, should disaster strike. Formulating such a plan needs careful consideration, and maybe even outside help, says Martin Savage.
CGU Elite conference out.
CGU has scrapped this year's Elite conference and is replacing the bi-annual event with regional hos...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been promoted to the Thompson Heath & Bond board of directors. He joined THB in 1994...
Housing benefits.
Lloyd's is well known for its motor policies, but less so for the angle it takes on household. Andrew Newman takes a look at two new initiatives.
Appointment at Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers.
Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers has appointed Jane Venning (left) as executive director of its profe...
Appointment at ACE Europe.
ACE Europe has appointed Greg Lunn as legal counsel for ACE Europe and ACE Global Markets. Prior to ...
Iron Trades faces staff cuts.
Staff at Iron Trades are bracing themselves for "hundreds of redundancies" following QBE's operation...
CSC begins Polaris electRa roll-out.
CSC HAS started its roll-out of Polaris-integrated software to its electRa user base. The software h...
Professional interest.
Professional status was again under the spotlight at last month's BIBA Conference in Edinburgh. However, temperatures rose as Simon Bolam opened proceedings with a diatribe on the contentious issue of pricing. Tim Collison reports.
Appointment at CSC.
CSC has appointed Phil Ashton (above) intermediary sales manager responsible for sales and account m...
Appointment at Independent.
Mark Stephenson, who joined Independent in 1995, has been appointed city sales manager with responsi...
Appointment at Smithson Mason.
Smithson Mason has promoted Neil Durrant and Garry Grace to its board of directors. Mr Durrant heads...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Harrogate-based brokers Smart and Cook has made Julia Triccas an assistant director. Now responsible...
Camberford rises to the challenge.
Richard Sheikh's aim is to take his company Camberford Law into the top 50 independent brokers. Shona Cronin finds out how he plans to do it.
Seasons change for Folgate.
Following a nine-month review of its household account, Folgate Insurance has enhanced its Seasons p...
Appointment at Ansvar.
Following the reorganisation of its field operations, Ansvar has appointed Leigh Ide as regional man...
Drawing in the e-crowds.
E-commerce was high on last month's BIBA Conference agenda, but having a website is only part of the story for brokers, there is also the question of how to get potential customers to access it.
Making house calls.
The government's move to bring mortgages into the FSA's regulatory field has come as a shock to existing lenders. But, it will open up the market to smaller intermediaries offering MPPI cover at competitive prices, says Keith Sankey.
Chartered broker status to be launched in 2001.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is aiming to introduce chartered insurance broker status by the be...
Wessex bought by City firm.
Stuart Alexander has bought Bournemouth-based Wessex Insurance Brokers, taking its gross written pre...
Independent Insurance to launch Absolute 2.
Independent Insurance is to relaunch its Absolute Tour concept with Absolute 2. The tour will use tw...
IIP for Hencilla Canworth.
Croydon-based independent intermediary Hencilla Canworth has achieved the Investors in People accred...