News
Vauxhall to do it all.
Vauxhall Motors has joined with Commercial Union to provide a comprehensive range of insurance servi...
CGU goes live with new identity.
CGU has gone live with its merged general insurance operation and has started the process of launchi...
Appointment at Axa Provincial.
Chris Austin has been appointed IT director at Axa Provincial. He has more than 20 years of working ...
O&H keeps on buying.
Hull-based broker Oughtred & Harrison has completed its second acquisition in the space of a month, ...
ITT L&E denies motor portfolio sale rumours.
ITT London & Edinburgh has strongly denied rumours that its motor portfolio is up for sale. Over ...
Ellis & Buckle scoops NU sole supplier contract.
Ellis & Buckle has fended off competition to gain a sole supplier agreement with Norwich Union, foll...
RHG becomes a plc.
Stevenage-based RHG Corporate Insurance Brokers has moved to new premises in Argyle Way and has floa...
Sedgwick expands Aldgate into US and eyes up Europe.
Sedgwick is planning to relaunch its commercial lines middle market operation, Aldgate, under a new ...
Appointment at Cornhill Insurance.
Cornhill Insurance has appointed Bruce Fertnig as a branch manager at the London branch of Cornhill,...
Appointment at Anchor.
Milton-Keynes-based broker Anchor has appointed Marc Taylor (above) as a an account development exec...
Bright ideas.
Although hard to value, intangible assets such as reputation can be vital to a company's success. David Fanning investigates insurers' changing attitudes to the protection of intellectual property.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's Healthcare & Assistance Division has made a string of new appointments as part...
Towergate enlists Crocker.
Nick Crocker has been poached by the Towergate Group from ITT London & Edinburgh to become group ope...
Share options.
Overriders and profit-sharing arrangements have come under close scrutiny in recent months. Jennifer Jarrett asks whether this form of payment is really in the brokers' best interest.
New lease of life starts at 40 for Millennium's brokers.
Commercial lines broker Millennium Insurance has opened its 17th franchise office since it started r...
Market says farewell to IBRC.
When the Treasury announced it was abolishing the IBRC the onus was placed on the market to come up with an single, non-statutory alternative. Tim Collison reports on the progress.
CCS gets selective on commercial broking.
Dartford-based, CCS has launched CCS Select, an underwriting service which guarantees quotation resp...
Churchill says Anglia acquisition is just the start.
Churchill Insurance has pledged to make further acquisitions in the broker sector, following its acq...
Hibernian deal adds £48m to NIG's GWP.
NIG Skandia's acquisition of Hibernian Insurance UK will increase the Swedish-owned insurer's gross ...
Non-compliant ABI intermediaries days away from sanctions.
A total of 145 independent intermediaries have just days to comply with the Association of British I...
Ian Ritchie.
Sadly, the IBRC is to be abolished. So, let's now look to the future and get the most out of self-regulation.
Lloyd's approves Hanratty.
The Council of Lloyd's has approved Judith Hanratty, company secretary of BP, as a nominated member ...
Countering the direct threat.
Having just received the letter from the Insurance Brokers Registration Council, and, coincidentally...
Appointment at Aon Private Clients.
Aon Private Clients - a specialist division of Aon Risk Services - has appointed Neil Webster to run...