Personal
Bluesure fails to secure capacity for new business
Lack of capacity has forced Lloyd's-backed insurer Bluesure to cease accepting new business. Bl...
Elite competition
Broker Elite has launched an online taxi quotation facility to its approved agents. The service is ...
Stability is key for the future of the insurance industry
I read with interest the editor's comment in the October edition of Professional Broking. We ca...
Appointment at Gale & Phillipson.
Insurance broker Gale & Phillipson has made Neil Parker corporate account executive. He will be base...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has appointed Dean Fletcher as business solutions manager within the commercial product developm...
A bleak winter outlook for brokers
Brokers have two fewer carriers this month, with the failure of Lloyd's start-up Bluesure and the s...
Longford champagne offer
Longford Insurance Schemes has launched www.chauffeurplan.co.uk/brokers, a website to accompany its...
Tough talking for testing times ahead
Insurers' assets are shrinking while liabilities increase, indicating structural change rather than a cyclic hardening, chairman and chief executive of Aon Dennis Mahoney tells Diane Smyth. And this is likely to lead to a shortfall of capacity for…
NIG buys Avon book
NIG has bought Avon's general insurance business from NFU Mutual. Avon's personal and commercial ...
Limits raised on AUL property schemes
Niche property specialist Agency Underwriting Limited has increased the capacity on its property sc...
Fresh gets motoring
Recently established intermediary Fresh! Insurance has launched its first specialist motor insuranc...
Sirius' new online initiative set to be fully launched during
Sirius Financial Systems will launch its online initiative Stargate in November. The system is ...
Is a company car your pride and joy?
Car owners may be proud of their own vehicles but can be less careful with company cars, safe in the knowledge they will not have to foot the bill. Jack Brownhill says employers and fleet companies must throw cold water on this lazy attitude.
Appointment at Zenith Commercial.
Richard Lake has been appointed claims manager at Zenith Commercial, joining from Chubb. Roger Gray ...
Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has made Simon Cuerden and Chris Barrett partners and Tom Battell director. S...
BIBA to set industry-wide service standards
Diane Smyth reports from the Scottish BIBA conference, held at the Hotel Hydro in Peebles on 12-14 September
Resolving a motor claim when a thief sells the car
Q: A commercial client, who arranged his private car insurance with a direct insurer, has had a priva...
Value for corporate Christmas gifts
Q: How can we achieve the best value for money for our corporate Christmas gifts? A: Advance pl...
Taking stock of new legislation.
It looks to be an unsettling year, says Keith Byrne, with the government set to reconsider Pool Re, the EU Block Exemption directive being passed and a new code of practice for the home rental market introduced.
PB football competition kicks off
Once again, Professional Broking has teamed up with Avon Insurance to offer you the opportunity to ...
From our daily news service ... Offices close in RSA shake-up.
Royal & SunAlliance plans to cut about 200 jobs from its UK business - with two-thirds expected to g...
From our daily news service ... NIG guarantees service standards.
NIG is launching guaranteed claims service standards in October. The insurer will pay £100 cashback ...
Zurich set to use full EDI for NMT renewals
Brokers will soon be able to use electronic data interchange for mid-term adjustments, renewals and...
RSA moves to cut brokers from the personal lines loop.
Diane Smyth reports from CIIBA's UK meeting, hosted by the IIB at Castle Ashby, 13-15 August.