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CII lines up new chiefs.
The Chartered Insurance Institute has lined up several senior industry figures to take on its presid...
GroupamaGAN senior executives unveiled.
GroupamaGAN has unveiled the UK senior executive team which will oversee the newly-merged operations...
Church insurers Ansvar courting controversy.
Church insurers are not generally known for courting controversy, but last month, those teetotallers...
Brokers win at best ever BIA.
Last month, the great and the good packed out the Royal Albert Hall in London for this year's Britis...
Eastgate policies tackle law reforms.
Eastgate Assistance has launched the first in a range of after-the-event legal expenses policies und...
Appointment at Norman Insurance.
Norman Insurance has appointed Jane Coppard as household manager, underwriting. Ms Coppard has sp...
Brokers: hiding their light.
We would like to highlight a recent statement by a leading direct insurer claiming that it is seeing...
FSA Bill raises power fears.
What are the insurance companies doing to prevent the Financial Services and Markets Bill being pass...
Holman adds value to HNW.
Holman Risk & Insurance Management is offering brokers a high net worth policy which boasts several ...
UK motor to suffer.
Bacon & Woodrow is forecasting that the UK motor market will suffer losses of around £1.2bn for 1998...
Report paints gloomy picture.
Standard & Poor's 1999 Insurance Market Profiles report has painted a gloomy picture of the UK provi...
Appointment at Crowe Insurance Group.
Crowe Insurance has made Paul Smith regional manager for Colchester. His role will encompass both...
Trading standards.
Business in the contracting sector is at last beginning to pick up, although insurance rates are not mirroring this improvement in performance yet, says David Fanning.
MIA - new travel policy keeps it in the family.
Specialist health insurance broker the Medical Insurance Agency (MIA) has launched a flexible annual...
Worthy opponents.
Competition is fierce in the high net worth market and, with rates as low as they can go, insurers claim to be competing on service rather than price to attract customers, says Shona Cronin.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's head of underwriting and risk management, Steve Wood, has been transferred to ...
Exclusive - Peoples Choice looks to foreign insurers for panel.
Telebroker Peoples Choice is believed to be in discussions with one or more foreign insurers with a ...
RSA's new medical insurance cuts out fee cut off point.
Royal & SunAlliance has dispensed with the "customary and reasonable" cut-off point for specialist f...
Woodcock takes early retirement from Sabre.
Alan Woodcock, chief executive of Sabre Insurance, has taken early retirement at the age of 54. Mr W...
Appointment at Denham Direct.
Denham Direct Underwriters has appointed Simon Lightbody as assistant underwriter. He will be respon...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
NIG Skandia has made several new appointments. Bob Nuttall (above) has been appointed assistant mana...
Dream boat.
The boats may be to die for, but the market for insurance is not so ideal. Andrew Newman says rates are still too low, the sector is overcrowded and theft is still a significant problem.
Options widen in travel sector.
Both Royal & SunAlliance and Norman Insurance have stepped up their activities in the travel market....
Internet use, according to survey.
Almost three quarters of commercial lines brokers are either using, or planning to use, the Internet...