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Directors’ and Officers’: We need to talk
SMEs need to be informed of the benefits of directors' and officers' insurance and that conversation must be initiated by brokers
Directors’ and Officers’: Time for expansion
With the modern ‘blame culture’, directors’ and officers’ cover should be an easy sell – so what is holding it back and how can this be overcome?
Video - Expertise from A-Z: Stephanie Ogden, Allianz
Despite companies being reportedly twice as likely to have a directors’ and officers’ claims as a property one, D&O is still proving a hard sell for many brokers, especially in the SME space.
Allianz UK's P&C profit falls to €178m as GWP rises to €2.68bn
Provider's combined ratio rises to 97.6% in 2014.
FOS figures show two thirds of complaints are still PPI
Insurer complaint figures detailed by the Ombudsman service.
Allianz Commercial appoints three regional underwriting managers
Appointments are internal promotions who will look after north-west, north and south-east.
Torrance returns to UK role with Allianz
Former Allianz CEO comes back from the USA, as non-executive director for Allianz Holdings, after two years.
Allianz 2015 scholarship programme open to brokers
Fifty places available for course which begins in May.
Top players losing share of household insurance market
Report says a condensed market and a shift in distribution model could threaten future profitability.
Allianz renews deal with Broker Network
Insurer renews partnership with Towergate-owned network for further three years.
Premierline joins Willis Commercial Network
The Allianz owned business buys Willis's Businesscare as part of the deal.
Allianz region created to help access for brokers
Insurer's new central and east region worth £100m in GWP.
Allianz extends branch network
Central and East region created by insurer as part of investment into branch network.
Allianz reports £11.5m profit drop
Profit before tax drops 9% despite a 12.4% growth in gross written premium for the first nine months of 2014.
Axa leads Brokerbility satisfaction survey
Network survey sees Axa hit 84.17% with RSA hot on its heels with 80.41% in terms of broker satisfaction.
Allianz hires Susan Crabtree as head of product development
Crabtree is responsible for developing products for UK financial lines at Allianz AGCS.
Allianz Engineering pushes maintenance message
Engineering arm urges brokers to push maintenance message and warns of knowledge gap.
Home truths: Living on the edge
People live in all sorts of homes across the world but what are the insurance risks of choosing to dwell in a more unique property.
Rise of the SME - insurer results in full
Insurance Age asked insurers about their extranets and how they handle quotes for SME business…
Further change for Allianz Newcastle
Steven Black joins from Axa and Mike Gibbs moves across from Leeds branch.
Call the cops: five most recent insurance fraud stories
Following the ABI’s fraud conference here’s our rundown of the five most up-to-date cases that attempted to hit the sector in the pocket.
Scotland votes no to independence
PM said he was delighted with majority no vote.
Chris Hanks on non-exec roles and Purple Partnership
Former Allianz commercial chief on his current experience with the Jelf-owned network.
Six years for fraudster
Business owner jailed for burning down showroom.