Personal
Rates are up, but claims will follow.
Rates in the motor market are at long last moving in the right direction. Several insurers have b...
Phoenix from the flames?
It is not enough for a company to take out a business interruption policy and hope that a settlement alone will get the business back on its feet after a loss. David Cloughton says that there is great deal more work involved.
Fleet market starts to harden.
After four years of steadily declining rates, the fleet motor market is reporting a significant hard...
Insurers to benefit from government crime crackdown.
Household insurers are set to benefit from the government's proposed crackdown on domestic burglary....
Dream machines.
The number of moped and motorbike owners has soared recently - particularly among the 30-50 age group. However, the market for motorbike insurance is still limited to a handful of specialist insurers and brokers says Tim Collison.
Satisfied customers.
According to a survey sponsored by the General Insurance Research Association, 90% of people who cla...
David Worsfold.
Broker-led schemes - inventive and client-focussed, or poor value for money? Proposed legal reforms are likely to put these schemes under pressure to smarten up.
RSA to cut 300 jobs in service centre shake-up.
The direct division of Royal & SunAlliance is to axe almost 300 jobs this year, with the closure of ...
CGU jobs go in London shake-up.
A total of 190 jobs across CGU's London offices are under threat as the insurer gets underway with t...
PMI market share (by no of schemes).
The private medical insurance market is now dominated by two insurers which hold close to a 70% mark...
Appointment at HSBC.
Sir John Carter has been appointed an adviser to the board of HSBC Investment Bank, where he will he...
Motor market losses will hit £2bn by 2000.
Actuary Bacon & Woodrow has warned UK motor insurers to brace themselves for underwriting losses of ...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Former Transport Secretary John MacGregor MP has been appointed to the main board of Friends Provide...
NIG Skandia.
NIG Skandia has asked us to make clear that contrary to a statement made in the last issue of Profes...
Another tough year.
Last year was yet another year of great change for nearly all concerned in the insurance industry. Tim Collison takes a look back at some of the major events of the last 12 months.
Greater unity.
AXA Insurance has relaunched Unity Working from Home policy. The cover has been enhanced to include ...
Scottish Equitable in restructure to boost position in market.
Scottish Equitable has restructured into three separate companies and has changed its name to Aegon ...
Axe falls on 2000 Eagle Star agencies at Zurich Financial.
The UK commercial division of Zurich Financial Services - the company formed from the merger of the ...
Edgar Hamilton helps brokers to take slice of travel cover sector.
Edgar Hamilton & Wellard has enhanced the cover on its Voyager policy in a bid to give intermediarie...
Scheme offers facilities.
Peter Lusted has launched Economic Scheme Underwriting, to provide scheme underwriting facilities an...
The incredible shrinking market.
The departure of Cloverleaf is the latest loss to the non-standard motor field, but those that remain foresee brighter times ahead. Andrew Newman reports.
Pastures new.
The mood may be downbeat on the farm, but there are signs that rates in the farm and agriculture markets are starting to increase. David Fanning talks to the main insurers.
Appointment at AXA Insurance.
AXA Insurance has appointed Kirsty Chandler as its new corporate account manager. Ms Chandler spent ...
Appointment at Crowe.
Crowe Insurance Group Syndicate 963 has appointed Hamilton Harper as claims controller and Nikolai K...