News
Appointment at RE Hutt & Co.
Matthew Finch has been promoted to the newly-created post of business development director at RE Hut...
BIBA to tackle falling service standards.
The British Insurance Brokers Association must be applauded for tackling the huge problem of falling...
Feeling the squeeze.
Abbey has shocked the industry by slashing its premiums for commercial legal expenses - an odd move in a sector where claims costs are set to rise because of recent legislation. Steve Banner investigates.
Websites click with brokers.
Three quarters of brokers have, or are developing, a website, according to an e-commerce survey cond...
Internet-based motor accident venture set up.
Doug McKinnon, formerly claims director at Drake Insurance and European development director at Elit...
M&A mayhem forces TGN to quit.
The General Network has ceased trading "indefinitely" as a result of the increasing consolidation in...
Intermediary to sell cut-price lingerie and eggs in M&S protest.
Lancaster-based intermediary Roland Gaskell has started an unconventional protest against large reta...
Zurich: it's a Privilege.
Zurich Personal Insurances has launched a service offering customers, brokers and their staff a rang...
From little acorns ...
Former chairman and chief executive of Cox Underwriting Anthony Lumsden-Cook talks to Tim Collison about his new high net worth venture, Oak, and how he hopes his approach to the market will assure the company's growth.
Trinder - new venture in Assitalia's wake.
Richard Trinder, general insurance manager of Assitalia's Birmingham branch, is looking to retain a ...
Eastgate forced to seek £7m boost.
Eastgate has been forced to go to its shareholders for a cash injection of £7m because of the underp...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has taken on Myra Fleming as medical case manager. She joins from Crawf...
Oxford given money pledge by 500 brokers.
Approximately 500 brokers have agreed to invest in a new broker-funded personal lines syndicate and ...
HSBC takes on Gladiator.
Direct insurer Admiral has transferred the administration of Gladiator, its non-standard intermediar...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions at its York office. David Atkinson (...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Co.
Lyndon Willshire has been appointed corporate business manager and Richard Scott Smith takes the new...
Marcus Hearn offers team cover.
In response to the rise in the number of amateur sports teams, Marcus Hearn has put together a polic...
Folgate goes regional.
Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the Poole-based insurer's decision to specia...
InsurE-com signs up brokers.
InsurE-com, the new broker market Internet trading initiative, has received more than 280 broker reg...
Bland to retire from CII.
David Bland will retire as director general of the Chartered Insurance Institute on 9 December, his ...
Court grounds high flyers.
Business and pleasure do not mix. This was the recent message from the High Courts following a travel insurance claim resulting from the helicopter crash in which Matthew Harding died.
Graham Gomm, Managing director, Graham Gomm Insurance Brokers.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Deciding 30 years ago to leave a safe job with an insuranc...
Motor and Household Premium Changes since July 1994.
Motor insurance premiums have risen steeply in the first three months of 2000, according to the AA's...
Retail therapy.
Insurers are fighting hard for their market share in the retail sector, and in an area where rates are starting to rise, e-broking is beginning to play a more important role in securing business, says Simon Threadgold.