News
Flood warning.
Despite the very real threat of flooding, too many business and householders in high risk areas are not taking adequate precautions. Shona Cronin looks at what risk management provisions can be put in place.
Time to Insure business is sold to Motaquote.
The majority of the business of bankrupt intermediary Time to Insure has been sold. Receiver Gran...
Brokers lack e-awareness.
An alarming proportion of insurance brokers are ignorant of the potential effects the growth of e-bu...
CSC's Vision wins Microsoft award.
Microsoft Corporation has awarded Vision, part of CSC's range of solutions for the corporate market,...
Steve Knight.
Brokers must formulate a successful e-commerce strategy if they are to survive in the Net-enhanced marketplace.
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Ace Europe has appointed Luc Goovaerts as company secretary, following the retirement of Jozef Geert...
Highway feud settled.
Lloyd's guaranteeing broker Edgar Hamilton is to go to arbitration to settle its feud with Highway M...
Norman revamps motor policies.
Norman Insurance has revamped its Motor Trade Road Risks and MotorServ products, with base rates bei...
Appointment at Brit Insurance Holdings.
Brit Insurance Holding's deputy chairman Jo Welman has been made executive chairman. Mr Welman was p...
Cloudy skies ahead.
Small and medium-sized commercial lines brokers are facing competitive threats from many different directions. Radical re-thinking is required if they are to survive, says Ric Mathers.
Appointment at Amlin.
Philip Ellis, formerly a consultant with actuarial firm English Matthews Brockman, has joined Amlin'...
Testing times for Zurich.
Zurich has established Zurich Certification, which will be responsible for the certification of syst...
Appointment at Unum.
Eugene McCormack has been made director of marketing at Unum. He was previously head of product mark...
Coface gets Credico credit.
Credit insurer Coface LBF has acquired Cimco and its sister company The Creditors Group. The compani...
Zurich to axe four regional offices.
Approximately 400 jobs at Zurich Financial Services will be affected by the insurer's decision to cl...
Opening the portals to e-business.
By now, there can be few Professional Broking readers that have not considered how their companies c...
A delicate operation.
After several years of premium hikes, some medical insurers have realised that a new and more careful approach is needed if they are not to price themselves out of the market. Simon Threadgold examines the situation.
Appointment at Cox Insurance Retail Division.
Robin Plaster has been appointed by Cox Insurance Retail Division as business development executive....
ABI and Polaris in new Net initiative.
The Association of British Insurers and Polaris have launched an initiative in order to help Polaris...
Fleeting success.
Brokers, as well as insurers, have a major role to play in helping fleet operators to keep insurance costs low through the successful application of risk management measures, says Joe Freebody.
Equity Red Star revises its range of travel policies.
Equity Red Star, part of Cox Insurance Retail Division, has revised its range of travel policies. Th...
Prompt goes online.
Prompt, the premium finance division of Close Brothers, is to launch a new Internet trading facility...
Appointment at Liberty Motor.
Three new appointments have been made at Liberty Motor. Jim Wadey has been made fleet box underwrite...
Appointment at Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Norwich-based Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers has recruited Nick Dion from Independent Insurance to j...