Rural Insurance
Rural adds nine new recruits
Provider wants to take the number two spot in specialist rural market.
UK General replaces QBE with Catlin in new capacity deal
Provider says split with QBE was amicable.
Rural turns to NIG FarmWeb for second underwriting hire
Harrogate-based specialist insurer in bid to boost on-site development underwriter presence.
Rural Insurance appoints Aon's Barclay as MD
Current head Simon Stevens stepping down to relocate abroad.
Rural hires underwriter from NIG
Rural Insurance has hired Kate Young as its South West and South Wales regional development underwriter.
Rural reports substantial growth
Rural Insurance has announced almost 27% growth during the last financial year, Insurance Age can reveal.
UK General boosts commercial team with regional hires
UK General Insurance has added two regional sales managers to its commercial team.
Rural unveils schemes push and personal touch as GWP jumps
Rural Insurance has unveiled a "counter-intuitive" strategy to boost its local presence in 2013 as it revealed GWP leapt 30% last year.
Rural targets local brokers with Aviva appointment
Rural Insurance has snapped up former Aviva man Simon Dixon as a development underwriter as it bids to move closer to brokers.
UK General unveils new management team as commercial MD resigns
Peter Hubbard has been appointed chief executive of UK General, and Cathie Bruce, managing director commercial, has resigned.
Outgoing Rural founder pays tribute to colleagues and brokers
Outgoing Rural Insurance deputy chairman and founder Lance Harvey has paid tribute to the brokers he has worked with ahead of his retirement in September.
Rural Insurance looks to the South West with sales swoop
Rural Insurance has appointed a regional sales manager for the South West as it continues its growth strategy.
Rural Insurance on course to double in size by 2015
Rural Insurance has shrugged off the loss of four key staff members last year by insisting it remains on course to double in size by 2015.
Broker demand fuels Rural Insurance product growth
Rural Insurance is boosting its range of covers in the UK equine market to satisfy broker demand.
Products: Rural pursues growth and signs new deals
Rural Insurance has signed three new deals as it continues on its growth drive for 2012.
Rural expands reach with three new deals
Rural Insurance has signed deals with Coversure and the Farmers Union of Wales (FUW), and renewed its partnership agreement with Broker Network to distribute agricultural motor, equine and farm risks until the end of December 2014.
Rural launches equine scheme
Rural Insurance has launched equine insurance solutions in partnership with UK Insurance Solutions.
Market moves: All the fun of the fair
Summer is traditionally the time for going on holiday. The urban legend is that September follows as the month with the highest number of resignations. People coming back have reflected, probably on a beach, that they did not enjoy their job and become…