Regulation
Ian Mantel - Principal at Manor Insurance.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? A: Helping London & Edinburgh to devise FastTrack. It was ...
Additional levies for IBRC.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council has reacted angrily to suggestions made by the Financial ...
Star treatment for brokers.
Groupama Commercial Insurances is targeting a select group of brokers with a tailor-made package of ...
Prize Draw at Conference.
Visitors to PB's stand at the BIBA conference, held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre...
Appointment at Hanover Park Financial Services.
Martyn Lodge has become sales and development manager at Hanover Park Financial Services. Mr Lodge j...
IOB appoints new ombudsmen
The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau has made five appointments to support principal ombudsman Tony Boorman...
The General Network ceases to trade
Broker network The General Network has ceased to trade indefinitely due to the increased consolidatio...
Rural offers farmers LOLER and PUWER compliance service.
Rural Insurance Group is offering brokers with farming clients a new service to help them comply wit...
BIBA brokers in fighting form.
Overheard was pleased to see BIBA brokers in fighting form in Birmingham last month, giving the pane...
To sign, or not to sign?
Q: Following yet another merger between insurers, my directors and I have been asked to sign a new t...
GISC will go live without formal empowerment.
The General Insurance Standards Council has confirmed that it will go live on a voluntary basis, wit...
More to credit hire than what's been said.
I write in response to the article (PB, December 1999, p27) by Steve Banner "Who will pick up the bi...
The importance of due diligence - avoid repenting at leisure.
Q: We are a small broker and are about to undertake our first acquisition. Should we carry out du...
Appointment at Road Runner.
Road Runner has promoted Jill Muncey from underwriting manager to operations manager. She will take ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has appointed several new loss adjusters. On the liability side, they a...
BDML Connect on the up.
Intermediary BDML Connect increased its premium income by over 50% during 1999, and expanded its sta...
Freestart protection for mortgage holders.
A new mortgage payment protection policy has been launched by Goodfellows that offers the policyhold...
Appointment at Marsh.
Hamish Ritchie has been made chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) UK, and will continue as c...
PB sponsors BIBA conference
Professional Broking has joined the likes of Axa and Royal & SunAlliance to sponsor this year's Briti...
Chubb launches new European brand
Chubb Europe has launched a new European brand for its corporate insurance products. The European por...
Farmers offered help with safety compliance
Rural Insurance Group is offering brokers with farming clients a new service to help them comply with...
Market support for BIBA.
The Broker Network and Coversure have joined the British Insurance Brokers' Association in the bigge...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Ace Europe has appointed Luc Goovaerts as company secretary, following the retirement of Jozef Geert...
Cloudy skies ahead.
Small and medium-sized commercial lines brokers are facing competitive threats from many different directions. Radical re-thinking is required if they are to survive, says Ric Mathers.