News
Premier Partnership welcomes greater sponsorship interest.
New Millennium Technologies has signed up three new sponsoring insurers to its Premier Partnership. ...
MasterPlan opens up to high risk.
The non-standard liability market will now be more accessible for MasterPlan members following the i...
Semploy proves flexible.
Bishopsgate has introduced a new flexible excess rating option on its small business liability produ...
Steve Knight.
Very soon, we will be doing business in another century, but the year 2000 is not the only problem that brokers face.
Countrywide offers a Diamond service.
Countrywide Insurance Marketing has launched a comparative commercial package facility on the Misys ...
No need for a Royal Charter, we have CII.
Tony Lancaster's short article (PB, June, p12) is of great value since he dares to mention making a ...
Letter of the month - GA: approaching my clients direct is wrong.
I have read several stories in Professional Broking recently about insurers who have approached thei...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Simon Kean, 28, is the new sales manager of the commercial insurance department of RP Hodson. Mr Kea...
Ad complaint against Direct Line thrown out.
The Advertising Standards Authority has decided not to uphold the complaints made by NIG Skandia and...
CGU announces new managers.
CGU, the company formed following the merger of Commercial Union and General Accident, has unveiled ...
Appointment at Aon.
Following the restructure of Aon Risk Services (see p24) the broker has unveiled its new management ...
Fishers returns its catch.
Fishers Group, a UK insurance services provider will no longer proceed with the acquisition of IRISC...
News service launched.
Beachcroft Stanleys has launched a free electronic news service for insurance claims professionals. ...
Preventative measures.
Household theft claims have fallen in recent years, partly due to better security. Steve Banner investigates insurers' attitudes to theft prevention.
Spot the uninsured.
Predictions of a worldwide slowdown in economic expansion could see many sectors experiencing a rise in bad debts. Edmund Tirbutt says that despite the soft market and range of cover, too many businesses are not taking out credit insurance.
AGF ends review with loss of claims chief.
Two more senior managers have left AGF Insurance following the executive shake-up in February of thi...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Brendan McManus (above), 38, has been appointed as the new marketing manager for UK regions. Previou...
Appointment at Worldwide Broker Network.
The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed George Worsley as executive director. He will be situated...
Ex-CNA UK boss quits Lombard.
Ian Jerrum, the ex-general manager of CNA Insurance UK, and his former assistant general manager, Ja...
Ian Ritchie.
Issues raised at the BIIBA conference must remain 'live' if we are to get good ideas off the drawing board.
Alistair Murray error.
In last month's news story about the integration of Eurosure into Key Choice, we inadvertently state...
IGB outsources run-off business.
Non-standard motor insurer Insurance GB is making a third of its staff redundant and outsourcing its...
AGF brand axed after Cornhill takeover.
The threat of redundancy hangs over the 850 staff of AGF following the news that Cornhill will acqui...
Risk of trading with small firms is eased.
A new database for assessing the risk of trading with non-limited businesses, sole traders and partn...