Products
Products: Axa and Ageas turn to partnerships to offer brokers enhanced products
Both Axa and Ageas decided to go down the partnership route last month to expand their offerings to brokers.
Products: Media specialist marks silver jubilee with policy update
Media insurance brokers, Allan Chapman & James, celebrated its silver jubilee with increased cover for its flagship policy.
Products: Market focuses on online potential
Harnessing the power of technology has been a key theme across the market in the past few weeks. Perhaps most eye-catching were the pronouncements after the acquisition of PowerPlace by Open GI. Nick Giddings, CEO of PowerPlace, revealed that the new…
Products: Partners in products
As the song says one may be able to stand alone in the dark but two can make the light shine through.
Review: Building confidence
Home & Legacy Building Works Extension. This product has been reviewed by brokers and rated from one to five stars, based on the policy’s key benefits. * = Poor ** = Average *** = Good **** = Very good ***** = Excellent
Products: AIG’s D&O policy aimed at international businesses
AIG has rolled out a new CorporateGuard directors’ and officers’ (D&O) policy across Europe. The provider claimed that the product was a response to important shifts in current risks to directors and officers, as well as evolving corporate governance…
Products: L&G launches mid and high net worth home insurance product
Legal & General (L&G) has targeted mid and high net worth clients with the launch of Enhanced home insurance. The new product comes in partnership with Aqueduct Underwriting. At first it will only be available through regional brokers before being rolled…
Products: Ascent Underwriting launched to tackle emerging cyber risks
Ascent Underwriting has been launched to provide coverage for emerging cyber risks. The Amlin-backed managing general agent (MGA) said it was targeting the full spectrum of client sizes from micro businesses to international corporations.
Products: Biba renews association with NMU to supply members’ cargo scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has renewed its members’ cargo scheme for a further three years with NMU.
Products: UK General and Newton Lee whet market’s appetite with Chinese restaurant scheme
UK General has signed a schemes agreement with Sunderland-based broker Newton Lee to cover the Chinese restaurant and takeaway sector.
Products: Midas hopes to strike gold with classic and performance car products
Midas Underwriting has launched non-standard personal motor products aimed at modern performance cars and classic sports cars respectively.
Products: Aviva makes Fast Trade iPad app available
Aviva has launched an iPad app for Fast Trade, its online quote and buy trading platform for brokers.
Product roundup: Treat yourself to the product takeaway
It is all about the niches this month in our Products and Schemes section. UK General aims to take away a portion of the market with its new offering for Chinese restaurants.
Products: Groupama makes products available for integration with brokers’ software
Groupama has made Optima Property, an online commercial property owners’ product, and Optima Trade Plus for micro SMEs available for full-cycle trading on Open GI, Acturis and Insurecom. It promised that integration with SSP will also take place by early…
Product: Skuld targets superyacht owners with protection and indemnity product
Skuld has created Skuld\Yacht, a new service dedicated exclusively to the protection and indemnity insurance needs of superyacht owners.
Product: Insure As U Go launches pay-as-you-go household insurance policy
Insure As U Go has launched a household insurance policy targeted at insurance brokers, mortgage brokers, IFAs and conveyancing solicitors.
Product: BGL to tackle online fraud with data hub
BGL Group has moved to offer insurers improved levels of fraud protection by verifying all Budget and Dial Direct van insurance customers through an in-house data hub. This will be used in combination with checking against a ‘block list’ of past…
Products: Biba appoints Jackson Lee for GAP insurance scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has appointed Jackson Lee Underwriting as the exclusive provider of its new GAP insurance scheme.
Products: Aon takes insurance to the final frontier
Aon Risk Solutions has partnered with Netherlands-based Space Expedition Corporation for an insurance policy providing comprehensive and customised protection for space travellers.
Products: RSA appointed underwriter for Select & Protect product
RSA has been appointed as the sole underwriter for Select & Protect’s Ultima home insurance product. The deal is an extension of the partnership between the two organisations who already work together on three other product lines.
Product roundup: To boldly go where products have rarely been before
l It appears that there is no frontier which insurance broking would ever be daunted by and this month we report on a new product for space travellers, perhaps the most appropriate use of the verb “to launch” ever seen on these pages. Aon has teamed up…
Products: BlockInsure and Giles in residential property partnership
BlockInsure has teamed with Giles Insurance Brokers to target residential management companies, managing agents and other organisations requiring specialist insurance advice for the residential property sector.
Products: Aspen launches enhanced PI offering
Aspen Risk Management has launched a new range of professional indemnity (PI) products.
Products: Arag gives 24-hour crisis management support for policyholders
Arag has teamed up with public relations firm Chelgate to offer crisis management support as part of its policies.