Covea Insurance
Covéa Insurance appoints two to head roles
Covéa Insurance has appointed Martin Scarrett as head of electronic trading and Malcolm Cooper as head of underwriting, personal lines.
Covéa chief unveils executive line-up
The chief executive of Covéa Insurance has praised the "wealth of knowledge and experience" of the insurer's new executive team.
Covéa Insurance launches in the UK
Covéa Insurance, formed from a merger of MMA Insurance and Provident Insurance, has been launched in the UK.
Insurers ready to seize RSA's former motor trade business
Insurers are poised to pounce on RSA's former business following its decision to withdraw from the motor trade market.
Arista boosts regional broker support with appointment
Arista Insurance has appointed Caroline Hargreaves as development underwriter for the Thames Valley region.
MMA moves to strengthen regional focus
MMA Insurance has appointed Gary Clayton as senior motor trade underwriter with a remit for the south of the UK while Paul Atkinson has been promoted to the same role for the north of the country.
Salient Solutions founder to join Capita's GI business
Capita has appointed Clare Ryder as non-executive director of the partnerships arm of its insurance services business.
Schemes market set for further growth
Survey reveals growing importance and increasing popularity of schemes to brokers
Poor personalised service biggest scheme gripe for brokers
A lack of underwriting flexibility, a slow response to queries and poor access to decision makers were the major frustrations cited by brokers when dealing with insurers over schemes, a survey released today reported.
MMA confirms executive director's retirement
MMA executive director Derek Plummer has retired from the company.
MMA scraps aggregator plans
MMA Holdings has confirmed it will not be launching an aggregator platform meaning redundancies are likely.
MMA aims for further growth with schemes appointment
MMA Insurance has appointed Liam Casserley as schemes account manager.
MMA delivers much improved profitability ahead of Provident merger
MMA Insurance has delivered a strong set of results for 2011, its final set of results prior to its merger with Provident and rebrand to Covéa.
MMA sees huge growth in regional bespoke products
MMA Insurance is reporting that it has seen a 40% increase this year in total regional growth for bespoke commercial business.
MMA CEO appointed deputy chairman of Covéa
Garry Fearn has been appointed executive deputy chairman of Covéa Insurance.
MMA extends relationship with Kwik-Fit
MMA has joined the panel of Kwik-Fit-owned The Green Insurance Group.
MMA appoints BDM for North East
MMA Insurance has appointed Alexandra Thomson as business development manager for the North East working closely with the insurer’s regional office in Newcastle.
Broker satisfaction with insurers remains high, survey says
Broker satisfaction with insurers has remained stable over the past five years and seen an increase for commercial lines, according to an annual survey carried out by General Insurance Market Research within Aura (Gimra).
Barrere steps down from three directorships
Bernard Barrere has resigned as director of MMA Holdings UK, according to papers filed at Companies House.
New schemes dedicated event hits Manchester
Insurance Age is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new broker-only event dedicated to the schemes market.
Where now for Groupama et al?
So we’ve got three insurers up for sale, namely RBSI, Brit and now Groupama. Consolidation in the insurer space has been predicted for some time now but I don’t think people expected it to happen like this – more deals done behind closed doors than…
Covéa exerts control over UK arm with merger and rebrand
French-owned insurer MMA is to be rebranded as Covéa as part of a merger with Provident Insurance.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Commercial insurers: Winners and losers
The annual Insurance 360 Business Insurers Insight Report service rankings show some steady, some on ladders - and some on snakes.
Profile: Biba does Brussels
Distribution, European influence and a united voice for insurance are just some of the key areas new Biba chairman Andy Homer and CEO Eric Galbraith are focusing on, writes Martin Friel