News
E-reforms cause a stir.
E-initiatives introduced in the recent Budget belie the attitudes of Parliamentary traditionalists who are resistant to any such radical reforms.
Crawford SCORE on fraud.
Loss adjuster Crawford has launched a motor insurance fraud validation initiative that adopts techni...
Appointment at Hanover Park Financial Services.
Martyn Lodge has become sales and development manager at Hanover Park Financial Services. Mr Lodge j...
Appointment at Clarke Roxburgh.
West Midlands-based Clarke Roxburgh has appointed two new account executives to its commercial team....
Appointment at EULER Trade Indemnity.
Jonathan Roberts has joined EULER Trade Indemnity as UK head of information technology and will be f...
Household market moves back into black.
The household market moved back into the black in 1999, following losses of over £350m in 1998, acco...
Appointment at Nelson Hurst Professional Indemnity.
Three of Aon Risk Service's specialists in solicitor's professional indemnity have joined Nelson Hur...
Rights of insurance companies.
The right of insurance companies to see the results of prospective customers' genetic tests is to be...
Sub-brokers in the picture.
Regional broker RK Harrison is offering its exclusive printing and imaging insurance package to sub-...
Towergate growth continues.
Towergate Underwriting Group has increased its total gross written premium to £115m with its 21st ac...
Willis Commercial Network clued-up on Internet benefits.
I greatly enjoyed Ric Mathers' article in the January edition of PB (p30). I agree with Ric that ...
Cox Insurance builds on Internet success with Brokersure.co.uk.
Following the launch of InsuranceWide.Com, Cox Insurance is preparing to extend its online insurance...
Appointment at Aon Group Limited Claims Consultancy.
Aon Group Limited Claims Consultancy has appointed John Halls as director. He will be responsible fo...
Land of hope.
With the implementation of the Environment Protection Act, owners of brownfield sites and those developing the land in line with government housing plans, have very specific insurance needs, says Brian Melville.
Trouble at mill.
With the expansion of employee rights under the Labour government, businesses are more exposed than ever before to action by staff who believe they have been unfairly treated. Simon Threadgold reports.
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Yorkshire-based Smart & Cook has appointed Helen Andrews as director. The broker said Ms Andrews bri...
BIBA e-package gets brokers online for free.
The British Insurance Brokers Association will unveil a technology initiative at its annual conferen...
BT mobilises Cox's InsuranceWide.
InsuranceWide.com, COX Insurance's Internet insurance venture with Freeserve, has teamed up with BT ...
Eastgate joins MULRA
Eastgate Assistance has become the eleventh member of the Motoring Uninsured Loss Recoveries Associat...
CGU and NU announce first UK general insurance appointments
CGU and Norwich Union have made the first wave of executive appointments to the UK general insurance ...
IOB appoints new ombudsmen
The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau has made five appointments to support principal ombudsman Tony Boorman...
The General Network ceases to trade
Broker network The General Network has ceased to trade indefinitely due to the increased consolidatio...
BRE completes purchase of Loss Prevention Council
The Building Research Establishment has completed its purchase of the Loss Prevention Council from th...
Chartside acquires two more brokers
Chartside Ventures has acquired Ladies Direct Insurance and Vans Direct Insurance of Harlow, Essex. T...