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BBN buys BFS business.
Financial Services and insurance broking group Berry Birch & Noble (BBN) has acquired the personal f...
Appointment at Reliance National Insurance Co.
Reliance National has appointed Richard Green as senior underwriter at its financial lines division....
Appointment at AIIB.
John Wardrop, a director of the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers, has been appoin...
Appointment at Denham syndicate 990.
Peter Matson has been made underwriter of Denham syndicate 990. The appointment will take effect fro...
A changing approach to risk.
Changes in the engineering sector have expanded the insurer's role to include risk management, although this has not increased the profitability of this market, says Tony Dowding.
Most brokers remain outside of the Net.
Over 60% of brokers have no website and only 10% are working towards developing one, according to Li...
Contractual challenge.
The proposed Contracts Bill will have repercussions throughout the insurance industry. Some sectors, such as construction, are set to benefit, say Charlotte Capstick and David Wilkinson.
New WPA product keeps small firms in the best of health.
In a bid to provide smaller- and medium-sized businesses with cheaper and simpler private medical in...
Merger master.
Tony Lancaster, chief executive of Groupama in the UK, talks to Tim Collison about the integration of Lombard and GAN, the latest of a string of mergers he has managed.
Claims logjam fear.
The Woolf Reforms were intended to stream-line the legal system. Six months since their introduction, Shona Cronin, looks at their effect on the insurance industry.
Lloyd's broker targets ex-offenders
Lloyd's broker Clegg Gifford is targeting ex-offenders with a range of personal and commercial lines ...
CSM quits non-marine underwriting at box
Crowe Syndicate Management, part of the Crowe Group, will cease writing non-marine property business ...
Kiln offers virtual tour of Lloyd's
Lloyd's insurance group Kiln has gone live with a new website which boasts a moving image tour of the...
Zurich acts on Green Flag deal
Zurich Insurance has provided a guarantee of confidentiality to its intermediaries, following concern...
CII Launches IT Qualification
The Chartered Insurance Institute and the British Computer Society have joined forces to launch the f...
CGU buys Hibernian
CGU has boosted its presence in the Irish market with the acquisition of the Hibernian Group for £344...
Hastings Direct launches new training initiative
Hastings Direct has launched a Claims Negotiator training programme, developed in association with th...
ABI launches EL code
The Association of British Insurers has a produced code of practice to help employees suffering a wor...
PCS sets up surveyor network
Loss adjuster Property & Casualty Services has put together a team of health and safety surveyors to ...
RSA sponsors Stress Awareness day
Royal & SunAlliance is sponsoring National Stress Awareness Day (tomorrow) to help raise awarenesss o...
Crowe enters PI market
Crowe Insurance Group is to move into the professional indemnity insurance and reinsurance market fro...
HSE launches safety campaign
Workplace accidents and ill health cost Britain between £14.5 and £18.1bn between 1995-1996, accordin...
Lord Chancellor pleased with Woolf reforms
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine Of Lairg, has expressed his support for the Woolf reforms, saying he...
AA wins award for website
AA Insurance Services was highly commended for its website at this year's Marketing Direct Intelligen...