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Burke predicts interim profits at Thistle in 2012
Chief executive of JLT, Dominic Burke, has predicted that Thistle Insurance will beat its 2010 full year trading profit of £4.8m this year.
Polly C – the hottest insurance gossip
Polly was surprised to hear rumours that a leading broker, that espouses the benefits of independence, was actually in the market for a buy-out.
Personal lines exits highlight need to avoid reliance on single insurer
Reduced insurer appetite in the personal lines market should serve as a timely reminder to brokers to avoid the pitfalls of placing all their eggs in one basket.
Intermediary receives FSA fine and ban for 'turning blind eye'
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined an intermediary £25,000 and banned him from working in regulated financial services for his part in a scheme that defrauded Markel and QBE, through its agent Amalfi, of more than £2m.
News review: December
A brief round-up of December's news.
News Analysis: Changing course at Aviva
Andrew Tjaardstra discusses Aviva's change in fortunes and direction since the departure of former chief executive Igal Mayer to head up the insurer's North American operations.
PB Week: Through a child's eyes
I am involved in motor fleet risk management and my aim is to prevent accidents happening to anyone who uses the roads, be it a rider, driver or pedestrian, writes Doug Jenkins, motor risk manager at QBE.
E-commerce: CII group to assess how social media can review claims
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has created a New Generation Claims Group tasked with investigating how social media can be used to improve the claims process for brokers and their clients.
Liberty boosts UK property team with hires from QBE and CNA
Liberty International Underwriters Europe (LIU Europe), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has made three new regional appointments to its UK property insurance team.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Commercial Insurers: Waving - or drowning?
Insurance 360's groundbreaking survey of commercial insurers' performance reveals which ones have got their acts together and which ones need to raise their game. Peter Joy reports.
CII aims to improve claims process with formation of new think tank group
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has brought together a group of young insurance professionals to consider and develop new and innovative ways to improve the claims process.
Commercial property: Staying in the picture
Ask any broker how they can add value for their commercial property clients and the chances are their first answer will be: provide a great claims service. However, while there is no denying that a prompt claims service matters to the client, the value…
The PB Interview: Grahame Chilton: Global visibility
Andrew Tjaardstra meets Grahame Chilton, vice-chairman at Aon Group, who is relishing the company's sponsorship deal with Manchester United that astonished both the insurance and marketing worlds when it was announced last summer.
Market Watch - Professional indemnity: Cover-all expertise
Emmanuel Kenning takes a whistle-stop tour of the post-recession professional indemnity market to find the transferable skills brokers can learn from specialists in a range of sectors.
Axa e-product joins Acturis
Axa has released a commercial combined e-trade product to brokers on the Acturis platform on an open market basis.
QBE denies CEO replacement speculation
QBE chairman, Belinda Hutchinson, branded rumours that QBE is searching for an external replacement for CEO Frank O'Halloran as "completely false".
QBE raids Chubb for accident and health underwriter
QBE has announced the appointment of Gemma Seymour as accident and health underwriter in its non-Lloyd’s A&H team.
QBE reports rise in European profits
QBE European Operations has reported a rise in pre-tax profit to US$222m for H1 2010, compared to $213m for the same period last year.
Axa launches SME product on Acturis
Axa has released a commercial combined e-trade product to brokers on the Acturis platform on an open market basis.
QBE reveals only one in six SMEs will hire staff this year
QBE's Investment in Staff survey of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has shown that only one in six (15%) of those questioned are looking to hire more staff in 2010.
QBE wins Towergate property account
QBE has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to be the insurer for Towergate’s commercial property owners business.
Product launches: QBE & SSR extend electrical insurance cover
QBE and Bristol-based broker Sutton Specialist Risks (SSR) have extended their existing insurance scheme for electrical contractors to cover heating, ventilation and refrigeration engineering risks for domestic, commercial and industrial clients.
The FSA sends signal of intent with broker fine and insurer bans
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a broker network director and banned three insurance professionals for a £2m fraud in its latest crackdown.
News round-up: July/August 2010
A brief round up of news from the secto.