News
Appointment at Crowe Insurance Group.
Crowe Insurance has made Paul Smith regional manager for Colchester. His role will encompass both...
Trading standards.
Business in the contracting sector is at last beginning to pick up, although insurance rates are not mirroring this improvement in performance yet, says David Fanning.
MIA - new travel policy keeps it in the family.
Specialist health insurance broker the Medical Insurance Agency (MIA) has launched a flexible annual...
Brokers get a say on insurance woes.
Brokers are often accused of moaning about the market. Over the last few years, several leading indu...
Worthy opponents.
Competition is fierce in the high net worth market and, with rates as low as they can go, insurers claim to be competing on service rather than price to attract customers, says Shona Cronin.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's head of underwriting and risk management, Steve Wood, has been transferred to ...
Consumer champion.
Walter Merricks, the first Financial Services Ombudsman, talks to Tim Collison about how he plans to merge the eight current ombudsmen into one single super scheme.
Appointment at Allan Chapman & James.
Colchester-based Allan Chapman & James has made a string of new appointments. Chris Eyers joins a...
Exclusive - Ombudsman delay for brokers.
Under the proposals for new regulatory body the General Insurance Standards Council, brokers and int...
Access all markets.
Robert Beckett, chairman of the Beckett Group, tells Tim Collison how the group's international approach to placing risk has been one of the major factors in its success.
Exclusive - Peoples Choice looks to foreign insurers for panel.
Telebroker Peoples Choice is believed to be in discussions with one or more foreign insurers with a ...
RSA's new medical insurance cuts out fee cut off point.
Royal & SunAlliance has dispensed with the "customary and reasonable" cut-off point for specialist f...
Bennetts buys Graham.
Personal lines broker Bennetts Insurance has bought Graham Insurance Brokers of Gosport as part of i...
All fired up.
Loss adjusters are under pressure to provide insurers with a slick, 24-hour service. Simon Threadgold says this also means forging better relations with brokers so that customers can benefit from a seamless claims handling service.
Zurich homes in on sales.
Zurich Insurance is once again helping brokers attack the building societies with the launch of Home...
Staying in credit.
Despite the many economic threats on the horizon, including most prominently the Millennium Bug and the switch to euro, a large number of UK companies are still trusting to luck where their receivables are concerned, says Shona Cronin.
Loss of SIF will hurt law firms.
Insurers and solicitors are warning that many law firms will be worse off following the dissolution ...
Woodcock takes early retirement from Sabre.
Alan Woodcock, chief executive of Sabre Insurance, has taken early retirement at the age of 54. Mr W...
Appointment at Arnott-Century.
Paul Cosh, the former managing director of Century Insurance Centres, has been formally announced as...
GISC calls halt to claims consultation.
The General Insurance Standards Council has called a temporary halt to consultation on the regulatio...
Hewitt threat of regulation?
I wonder how many Professional Broking readers were aware of a statement issued by The Treasury rece...
Appointment at Denham Direct.
Denham Direct Underwriters has appointed Simon Lightbody as assistant underwriter. He will be respon...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
NIG Skandia has made several new appointments. Bob Nuttall (above) has been appointed assistant mana...
Dream boat.
The boats may be to die for, but the market for insurance is not so ideal. Andrew Newman says rates are still too low, the sector is overcrowded and theft is still a significant problem.