News
Appointment at Hiscox.
Phillip Perry has been made head of the Hiscox PropertyCare team. He has 23 years' underwriting expe...
Poundgates telesales.
Ipswich-based commercial lines broker Poundgates has set up a telesales operation. The new facility ...
Cashing in on credit.
Convenient, quick and potentially very profitable, premium finance is figuring increasingly prominently in brokers' dealings, Steve Banner reports.
Unroadworthy cars.
Highway Motor Policies has expressed concern that the number of unroadworthy vehicles in the UK is s...
Maxted merger.
Kent-based brokers Howe & Co and Maxted Morrison have merged. The new company will continue to trade...
MAPS gives legal help at home.
Southport-based MAPS Legal Expenses company has launched a home legal expenses insurance policy. The...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
David Owen has been made senior consultant within the financial lines division of AIG Europe. He wil...
RP Hodson buys Hart.
RP Hodson has acquired Leeds-based Hart & Co Insurance Brokers, making it one of the largest private...
Norwich Union boost for Gemini II.
Policy Master's new motor and household system Gemini II has been given a boost with the news that N...
Farm machinery cover.
Farming specialists Agricultural Insurance Underwriting Agencies has designed a policy to provide co...
Eleven staff axed in Lloyd's restructuring.
Lloyd's has made 11 redundancies with the closure of four separate departments as part of its intern...
Extended travel offer.
Travel broker Douglas Cox Tyrie is offering customers 15 months travel insurance for the price of 12...
PI has six appeal for retired accountants.
PI Direct has put together a six-year run-off professional indemnity policy for retiring chartered a...
Iron Trades' expansion.
Iron Trades Insurance has opened a new underwriting room in Leicester. The move is part of an ini...
Cendant sells to Avis for more than £1bn.
Cendant Business Answers is to be acquired by Avis Rent A Car for £1.1bn. Cendant Business Answers -...
Chubb and AIG bid for liability risks.
US rivals Chubb and AIG have both released employment practice liability policies for the UK market....
GAN gives assurance over agencies after Lombard merger.
Tony Lancaster, chairman and chief executive of the soon-to-be-merged operations of Lombard and GAN,...
CGU sponsoring a boat.
CGU is once again sponsoring a boat in the BT Global Challenge. The sponsorship was announced last m...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
The Broker Network has taken on Stephen Cox (above) as a new business development manager, dedicated...
Goods as new.
More and more insurers are opting to replace household goods rather than make a cash settlement. This benefits both the client and the insurer, says Steve Banner.
Undebateable - the Great Debate.
And so The Great Debate is off. What a surprise. Did anyone really think that Chris Woodburn and Ant...
Tough calculations.
Since the £10m cap on employers' liability was introduced, insureds have had to decide whether or not they need more cover. Tony Dowding says several factors have to be considered when calculating a higher limit.
Future perfect?
The Across the Millennium forecasting team's recent report discusses the key post-2000 developments facing the general insurance market. Frank Shaw, programme director, sees radical changes ahead.
David Worsfold.
The Financial Services & Markets Bill is facing long delays giving scope for all manner of problems within the insurance sector - particularly for the IBRC.