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Crowe enters PI market
Crowe Insurance Group is to move into the professional indemnity insurance and reinsurance market fro...
Groupama goes full cycle for private motor
Groupama is to launch its private car policies in full cycle EDI form with all the major software hou...
Norman commercial invasion
Norman Insurance is expanding its broker network ahead of a major rebranding exercise. The UK arm o...
CGU provides brokers with The Cutting Edge.
CGU Insurance has developed a three-stage guide designed to give brokers successful business techniq...
A different category of award.
There are many category winners in insurance awards and no doubt they are richly deserved. But many ...
GroupamaGAN poaches Morrell for key position.
GroupamaGAN has poached Jon Morrell from Axa Insurance to head up its new affinity business division...
Welcome growth.
After several years of rock bottom prices, rates in the fleet motor market are hardening rapidly. Andrew Newman looks at how clients are reacting to the increases.
Household insurers have themselves to blame for losses.
According to Bacon & Woodrow's annual household insurance report, underpriced rates are to blame for...
Ecclesiastical: post-codes pinpoint risk.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has upgraded the underwriting on its Classic household product to six-figur...
Zurich in Northern Ireland boost.
Zurich Financial Services has made further investment in Northern Ireland with the launch of a perso...
AKA launches new mortgage payment protection insurance plan.
Anthony Kidd Agencies, part of the Cox Insurance Group, has launched a mortgage payment protection i...
Rich pickings?
With aggravated burglaries on the increase, high net worth insurers are advising clients on safety measures to reduce the chances of suffering a theft, says Steve Banner.
RSA helps Red Cross.
Royal & SunAlliance has teamed up with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent So...
Appointment at Dial Direct.
Gerry Ardley (above) has been made product manager for Bennetts subsidiary Dial Direct. Mr Ardley - ...
Banging the corporate drum.
It's that time of year when everybody in the insurance industry takes to the road and bangs the corp...
Exclusive - Northern Star jobs go as bosses quit following Fortis
Northern Star's managing director, Les Jackson, has quit the company along with its marketing manage...
WPA ups PMI stakes.
Western Provident Association is aiming to corner the private medical insurance market with its new ...
Crime and punishment.
Some underwriters used to take a tough moral stance on convicted drivers. Andrew Newman says the market is now very different.
MBOs at Brockbank.
The Brockbank Group has signed agreements for management buy-outs of its two motor insurance busines...
Terry Wellard.
Would a code of practice to regulate wholesale brokers be the best way to protect the introducer's business?
Home comforts.
Lloyd's syndicates are now offering brokers and intermediaries a wide range of household, holiday home, travel and personal accident policies. Andrew Newman reports.
NIG Skandia produces broker guide to help plant inspection.
In a bid to help brokers in their handling of engineering inspection business, NIG Skandia has produ...
CGU gets tough on crime
CGU Insurance has joined forces with the National Neighbourhood Watch Association in a bid to provide...
RSA service centre.
Royal & SunAlliance has launched a new broker service centre for businesses with turnovers of up to ...