Schemes
Schemes: Rural rides high with horse scheme
Rural Insurance and broker UK Insurance Solutions have teamed up for the launch of the provider’s first equine delegated authority scheme.
Arista schemes head moves to Darwin Clayton
Tunbridge Wells-based broker Darwin Clayton has appointed a new managing director.
Rural launches equine scheme
Rural Insurance has launched equine insurance solutions in partnership with UK Insurance Solutions.
Broker Expo: Ecclesiastical restructure sees redundancies in schemes unit
Two of Ecclesiastical’s senior schemes individuals will leave the business following a restructure of the insurer’s schemes operations.
How to… ensure scheme claims run smoothly
Members of a scheme often communicate with each other and share their experiences on all manner of subjects – including insurance. And so the well-worn saying that a claims service is the “shop window” for the insurance industry has never been truer than…
Product roundup: Cleaning up in a commercial niche
Groupama is aiming to sweep up business in the cleaning world, an industry it believes has a turnover of £5.3bn a year. The latest addition to its Exclusively range, which is available for open market trading, allows brokers to flex their commission…
Sterling loses out to newcomer for Biba scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has chosen newcomer Aqua Underwriting over holding insurer Sterling to run the association’s high net worth (HNW) scheme.
MGAA secures FSA fees deal
Full members of the Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) can pay their Financial Services Authority (FSA) fees by instalments at a discounted rate following its official recognition as a financial services trade association.
Groupama targets cleaners
Groupama Insurances has unveiled Exclusively Cleaning as the latest addition to its ‘Exclusively’ range of specialist commercial products.
Products: Schemes brokers chase commission, study shows
Research by MMA has found that brokers have been diligently undertaking schemes work with insurers although there were variations in uptake both by size and across the country. It also discovered that the most common time to retender a scheme was every…
Products: F&R unveils oil-fired heating scheme
Grantham-based F&R Associates has unveiled a home emergency scheme for oil-fired central heating systems to be sold under its Cover My Business brand.
Products: Oxygen launches cover for home-working therapists
Oxygen Insurance Brokers has launched an exclusive home insurance scheme for psychological professionals in the UK who see clients at home.
Product roundup: MMA reveals home truths about retendering
MMA’s research into brokers and schemes makes for interesting reading, revealing as it does that brokers’ main reason for changing the holding insurer of a scheme is the promise of more commission. The study also reveals that the most frequent time to…
Products: UK General broadens tradesman product
UK General has been celebrating the signing of a new capacity deal with MMA to broaden its tradesman’s liability offering. The development is the latest step in the company’s strategy of growing its commercial product set following its capacity deal in…
Products: Central Insurance offers new charity policy
Central Insurance has joined forces with Hiscox to launch a new charity policy. It is the first tie-up between the Aberdeen-based broker and the specialist insurer in a move the two claimed was designed to meet the entire spectrum of insurance needs for…
Products: Focus groups lead Exeter Family Friendly to PMI plan
Exeter Family Friendly has unveiled the fruits of its series of focus groups with private medical insurance (PMI) intermediaries dating back to 2010 – a new modular PMI plan named Health Choices for Me.
Products: Arbiters of etiquette launch HNW product
A new player has entered the high net worth sector with the launch of Debrett’s Prestige Insurance providing comprehensive buildings and contents cover “for discerning home owners”.
How to… move a scheme
▶ Brokers have long regarded schemes as an opportunity to mine a niche for the benefit of their business. However, once they have taken the time to investigate a market, pull together the product and persuade an insurer to work together in a partnership,…
Bluefin looks within for schemes head
Bluefin has appointed Liz Johnson to head of Newmarket Underwriting.
F&R Associates to heat up market with new scheme
UK General has signed a new schemes deal with Grantham-based insurance broker F&R associates to cover home emergency for oil-fired central heating systems.
MMA deal leads to scheme option for UK General brokers
UK General has signed an extension to its capacity deal with MMA to broaden the terms of its tradesman’s liability offering.
What’s the Big Idea?
In May this year, Insurance Age teamed up with Axa Personal Lines to launch the Big Idea at Biba 2011. Broker entrants from across the UK submitted 100 words detailing what their Big Idea was and those that held the most promise have been asked to submit…
Products roundup: Blanc divorces simple from complex at Axa
Amanda Blanc’s long-awaited strategy for Axa Commercial is unveiled this month and she is confident that it is what brokers want and need from an insurer. The division of simple and complex risks certainly seems to make sense and brokers may welcome the…
Law Society and Prime Professions join forces to help ARP firms
The Law Society has announced it will again offer a scheme to assist law firms who are experiencing difficulty securing professional indemnity (PI) renewal terms.