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Appointment at CNA Insurance Company.
Gillian Franklin has been recruited by CNA Insurance Company as underwriter at its Birmingham office...
Appointment at AUL.
AUL has made several new appointments. Ken Wheeler joins the accounts department dealing with credit...
Steve Knight.
Brokers face tough competition from interactive selling, but all is not lost if they take the initiative and make the Net work for them.
High-profile art thefts.
Following several high-profile art thefts, such as Titian's Rest on The Flight to Egypt (above) stol...
Grey matter.
A growing number of new and used cars are being purchased on the Continent, but brokers and insurers need to be on their guard, as with these "grey" imports come several related insurance risks, says Allison Walter.
Syndicate abandons Berkeley name and seeks safe Harbour.
The founders of a broker-owned Lloyd's syndicate have been told they cannot call their new operation...
Household market moves back into black.
The household market moved back into the black in 1999, following losses of over £350m in 1998, acco...
Cox Insurance builds on Internet success with Brokersure.co.uk.
Following the launch of InsuranceWide.Com, Cox Insurance is preparing to extend its online insurance...
Chartside acquires two more brokers
Chartside Ventures has acquired Ladies Direct Insurance and Vans Direct Insurance of Harlow, Essex. T...
Broker Network opens underwriting room
The Broker Network has set up an underwriting room at its headquarters, in response to demand from br...
BDML goes grey
BDML Connect has launched a bespoke import insurance product aimed at parallel and "grey" import buye...
Crowe opens dedicated fleet unit
Lloyd's motor insurer Crowe Insurance Group has launched a Solihull-based fleet underwriting unit for...
Upturn in household market
The household market moved back into the black in 1999 following losses of over £350m in 1998, accord...
Berrymans warns over Access to Justice Act
The introduction of the Access to Justice Act 1999 in April could lead to a situation where insurers ...
CGU name to disappear following merger with NU.
The merger of CGU and Norwich Union will see the CGU name disappear from both the general and the li...
Top UK insurers switch on to the Net.
Four of the UK's top 10 insurers are close to launching new e-commerce solutions aimed at improving ...
New Manor Insurance Services office in Hastings.
Michael Foster, MP for Hastings, and Rye and Hastings Mayor Godfrey Daniel were on hand for the offi...
City not joyous over CGU's Union.
Professional Broking readers familiar with the workings of the stockmarket will probably have had ca...
Riding high.
Motorcycling is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity, but writing this class of business has its problems of which insurers and brokers should be aware, says Richard Alger.
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has appointed Brian Wood as directeur general of Independent Insurance SA - it...
CSC loses three key staff members to ETC.
Nick Southan has poached three key executives from his former employer CSC Retail Division to head u...
FSM Bill still under attack.
The Financial Services & Markets Bill continues its journey through the Parliamentary mangle, causing the government serious headaches. Some concessions may have to be made.
Seizing the moment.
As more insurers merge and acquire, the number of markets available to brokers becomes ever smaller. George Higginson tells Tim Collison the time is right to set up a new personal lines syndicate at Lloyd's.
Bishopsgate to trade under parent's name.
From the beginning of this month, Bishopsgate will trade under the name of Fortis Insurance, bringin...