RSA Group
PPI tops list of complaints about general insurance
Complaints made to the regulator about payment protection insurance (PPI) came second only to complaints made about banking last year.
RSA looks within business for new personal lines chief
RSA has appointed former MD of More Than, Mark Christer, as managing director, UK personal lines.
RSA covers Scotland and Ireland position
RSA has moved quickly to replace departed Scotland and Ireland chief Annie Watson.
RSA's Scotland and Ireland chief heads for Aspen
Aspen, the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer has made its first foray into the Scottish market with a high profile appointment in Glasgow.
RSA completes PL broker team with Mark Coffey
Former head of personal lines at Zurich Mark Coffey has joined rival RSA as trading director, Personal Lines Broker.
News analysis - numbers: rival brands NIG's new pricing policy 'suicidal'
"We are certainly looking to grow our book of business and that means making it clear that we have an appetite"
Products/schemes: Brokers home in on landlord sector with an assortment of product launches and revamps
A host of recent product launches seems to indicate that industry appetite in the landlord sector is increasing.
Profits fall and combined ratio deteriorates at RSA
RSA has reported a 15% fall in profits after tax to £355m (2009: £419m) while net written premiums increased 11% to £7.5bn (2009: £6.7bn) in the year ended 31 December 2010.
Insurance Age blog: Sports people as biscuits, insurers as presenters
If you have never listened to Fighting Talk (Radio 5, Saturday 11am) then you are missing a trick. One of the staple jokes is ‘sports people as biscuits’ where Seb Coe becomes a Viennese Whirl, or Gareth Southgate is likened to a digestive, a good honest…
NIG defends “Guarantee to Beat” pricing strategy
NIG is promising brokers it will beat premiums by up to 5% on business held or quoted with 15 major insurance companies in the UK market.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking: How do insurers measure up in the high net worth market
High net worth clients demand a high standard of service, as do their brokers, but which insurers are delivering it? Peter Joy unveils the answer.
Reportage - Environmental liability: Caring for the environment
As local authorities begin to grasp the new Environmental Damage Regulations, the number of cases ending in legal action looks set to rise. Liz McMahon clarifies how brokers operating in the agricultural sector can protect themselves and their clients.
E-commerce: OFT sends out data sharing warning to insurance industry
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) must clamp down on anti-competitive data sharing in the insurance industry, according to consumer watchdogs Which and Consumer Focus.
E-commerce: Policyfast and RSA come to non-EDI agreement
Online wholesaler Policyfast has reached an agreement with RSA to provide online business car and van policies to brokers.
Norgrove makes swift exit from Travelers Ireland
Less than five months after joining from RSA, Travelers Ireland vice president, Ken Norgrove, has resigned to take up a senior post within Zurich's Irish operation, Insurance Age understands.
Policyfast RSA deal offers non-EDI brokers an e-trading solution
Online wholesaler Policyfast has reached an agreement with RSA to provide business car and van policies to brokers.
RSA expects 2010 profits to approach £630m despite bad weather impact
RSA has announced the impact of adverse weather in November and December 2010 to be around £142m above normal levels with full year costs predicted to hit £255m.
OFT clamps down on insurers accessing pricing information
Seven insurance companies and two IT software and service providers have provisionally agreed to limit the data that they exchange after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) raised competition law concerns.
News review: December
A brief round-up of December's news.
Bluefin's Elite in run-off to allow greater Platinum focus
Bluefin has announced it is putting its Elite underwriting facility for small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) business into run-off in favour of expanding its existing Platinum product range.
PB December 2010: News round-up
Apple iPhone apps continue to be all the rage in the insurance industry. Aviva launched MyClaim, a free app enabling policyholders to file a motor insurance claim remotely from their iPhones.
News Analysis: Changing course at Aviva
Andrew Tjaardstra discusses Aviva's change in fortunes and direction since the departure of former chief executive Igal Mayer to head up the insurer's North American operations.
News Analysis - Ireland bailout: Ireland on the brink as UK exposures rocket
The bond markets continued to punish Ireland as fears of contagion spread in the Eurozone, writes Andrew Tjaardstra.