News/Management
An EL of a class.
Employers' liability insurers are starting to push through significant premium increases. With rising personal injury awards and medical inflation higher than RPI, Graeme Sutton says such rate increases are more than justified.
Employee Benefit Trusts - what a relief.
Q: We have heard that Employee Benefit Trusts are very tax efficient. Can you explain what they are, and how they work?
Exclusive - GISC set to go live with no formal empowerment.
The General Insurance Standards Council is likely to go live on a voluntary basis, without any forma...
Pollution law hits firms.
Carlyle Insurance Brokers is warning businesses of the potential costs they may incur following rece...
Testing times for Zurich.
Zurich has established Zurich Certification, which will be responsible for the certification of syst...
Fleeting success.
Brokers, as well as insurers, have a major role to play in helping fleet operators to keep insurance costs low through the successful application of risk management measures, says Joe Freebody.
Independent Insurance relaunches Absolute Tour.
Independent Insurance is to hit the road again with the relaunch of its Absolute Tour. Last autumn, ...
Trained for the job.
The most valuable asset of any company is its staff. And those businesses that train and develop their personnel will increase this value still further, says Jennifer Jarrett.
Insurance debate hots up.
Recent Parliamentary changes include the creation of an alternative debating chamber, which some forward-thinking MPs are using to raise issues important to the insurance industry.
More business in the pipeline?
Adrian Leonard looks at the introduction of new health and safety legislation, and the opportunities that the regulations create for brokers and engineering insurers.
A question of IT.
Q: We have a growing composite business and are spending more and more money on IT. We are wondering if we should take on a full-time IT manager? Can you give us any advice about the sort of person we should be looking for?
Injury awards could double in size
Personal injury awards are set to increase by 50-100% following recommendations made by The Law Commi...
Clinicare reacts to Tory plans to Tax PMI providers
Clinicare has reacted angrily to Tory party proposals which advocate the taxation of private medical ...
Broker warns on pollution liability
Carlyle Insurance Brokers is warning businesses of the potential costs which they may incur following...
Independent goes live with Irish office
Independent Insurance's new Irish operation goes live today, with a team of 20 planned by the end of ...
Coining it in.
Insurance brokers are having to get slick to ensure their revenue streams continue to flow in today's tough markets. Failure to do so could prove to be catastrophic for the smaller firms, according to Jennifer Jarrett.
A recipe for the New Year.
The flavour of this year's pot will mainly be determined by the GISC proposals, opportunities for acquisitions and the Internet, says Ian Richie.
Appointment at Goss & Co.
Reading-based broker Goss & Co has promoted its operations director Jerry Wilson to the position of ...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Insurances has made three senior appointments to its new Affinity and Corporate Partnership...
Exclusive - Marsh to overhaul Aldgate.
Marsh is to overhaul Aldgate, Sedgwick's commercial lines middle market operation, and from April 20...
Raising the roof.
The construction industry is currently doing well, but insurers involved in the industry are not reporting similar up-turns in business, says David Fanning.
GISC must include industry-wide representation.
I feel very strongly that if the General Insurance Standards Council is to gain credibility, represe...
ABI and Lloyd's to sell LPC
The Association of British Insurers and Lloyd's are negotiating the sale of the Loss Prevention Counc...
RSA Appointed by DTI in Pressure Equipment Directive
Royal & SunAlliance's UK Commercial Engineering Practice has been appointed by the DTI to monitor the...