Property
Groupama boosts e-trading offering after broker feedback
Groupama Insurances has made a number of enhancements to Optima Property, its product for commercial and residential properties.
Bollington expands into medical devices sector
Bollington has confirmed that it is targeting business in the life sciences sector specifically aimed at the medical devices area with a twelve-strong team.
Insurers blasted for "continuing delays" over flooding deal
Insurers and the government have been slammed for their failure to reach an agreement over affordable cover for households at risk from flooding.
Power Hour: Inherent defects insurance roundtable
In a special roundtable Insurance Age invited experts in inherent defects insurance to discuss the current state of this market.
RSA reveals UK weather costs will hit £50m
RSA has calculated that it is facing a £40m impact on its book of business from the UK rain during June.
NIG rolls out SME property product after successful trial run
NIG has launched its SME-focused Essential Property Owners (EPO) product to the wider broker market.
Home insurers’ underwriting profits increase
Deloitte has revealed that across the market home insurers posted a net combined operating ratio of 89% in 2011.
Brokers urged to check property covers amid cannabis "menace"
Questgates has warned brokers to check their property owners' covers amid a rise in UK cannabis factories.
e-Underwriting teams up with Acturis
e-Underwriting, the new division of OIM Underwriting, has launched a property owners’ insurance product on the Acturis platform.
Brightside partners with Asda
Brightside has partnered with Asda to manage the supermarket’s Asda Money car and home insurance offering.
Allianz Retail launches household product in Adrian Flux deal
Allianz Retail has made its Clear Household product available through Adrian Flux.
In conversation with Zurich: Personal lines broking
Personal lines brokers have endured endless change in insurance distribution and survived – and they continue to do so.
Aspen targets brokers with property owners' product
Aspen Risk Management (ARML) has launched a property owners' product designed to give brokers capacity for an estimated maximum loss of up to £75m for any one location.
Review: there's no place like home
HomeWorks: 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
AIG to use its brand name once more
AIG will use its brand in public once more after having shied away from using its own name.
MSL extends LEI product range
MSL Group has launched two products to be sold exclusively through brokers.
Allianz unveils new underwriting manager in property and three ATE appointments
Allianz Commercial has appointed former RSA underwriter John Dunn as its new underwriting manager, property.
Clear Insurance confirms five new recruits
Clear Insurance has announced five appointments across the company.
NIG reveals profits in 2011 results
NIG has revealed that it made a profit after tax of £47.3m in the year to 31 December 2011, a reversal of the £78.8m the provider lost in 2010.
JLT launches unoccupied property cover
JLT Specialty has extended its landlords insurance offering to cover unoccupied properties, and enhanced its online quote and bind facility.
Farr unveils land contamination legal cover
Farr Insurance has launched an environmental impairment liability (EIL) cover product.
Warning of rise in home insurance premiums after floods
Business advisory firm Deloitte has warned that the recent floods across the UK could tip insurers into losses and force premiums higher for policyholders.
R K Harrison buys Marsh businesses
R K Harrison has bought four businesses from Gibbs Hartley Cooper (GHC), a part of Marsh UK.
Products: Aviva sets second product live on PowerPlace
Aviva has added commercial property owners’ to its PowerPlace offering, its second product available live on the online marketplace.