Commercial
Zurich looks to grow its regional offices network.
Zurich Commercial is considering opening new regional offices, according to managing director UK comm...
Highway takes single route to commercial.
Lloyd's motor insurer Highway aims to offer a single commercial vehicle policy, in place of its curr...
Lloyd's insurer Brit revises premium income forecast.
Lloyd's insurer Brit has revised its premium income forecast for the year by £10.2m from £577.6m to ...
Step by step into Europe.
The dust may have settled after the Chubb bid last year, but there is still a lot happening on the retail insurance front at Hiscox, as its managing director, Sian Fisher, reveals.
Lack of expertise in property market will lead to disaster.
Too many people involved in the property insurance market are gambling on no repeat of the periodic ...
Aquilo to seek acquisitions.
Listed vehicle assistance company Accidentcare is set to rename itself Aquilo and pursue an aggress...
Broker targets contractor database.
Broker Alexander Forbes is in talks to establish an employers' and public liability facility for up ...
Double indemnity.
Cross indemnity agreements have led the House of Lords to find contractors on Piper Alpha liable to indemnify the platform operator. John Butler reports.
Fast-moving business.
Expect more takeovers of life reinsurers says David Atkinson, who views the US market from his positi...
Flushed with excess.
Business is booming for Ireland's excess liability writers, which have a near monopoly on top-layer cover in Europe. Adrian Leonard reports.
July launch of new City and Central London BIBA region.
To mark the July launch of the new City and Central London BIBA region, Lloyd's is hosting a special...
NU must work hard to justify claims.
Norwich Union's decision to axe hundreds of jobs in a reorganisation of its national dedicated claim...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This website, set up by wholesale broker Sterling Hamilton Wright, successfully splits its informati...
A report into the Yarl's Wood fire.
A report into the Yarl's Wood fire by Bedfordshire County Council published this week calls on the g...
No broker panels for PRI.
Professional Risks Insurance, the London market liability insurer that intends to raise £130m when i...
Appointment at 1st Software.
1st Software, the provider of integrated technology solutions to financial advisers and intermediari...
Eye Risk launched this week by GAB Robins.
Instant collation of claims data is to become available to risk managers with the launch this week o...
Accidents will happen.
Every five minutes, someone in the UK has a serious accident - and many of these happen in the home. Yet personal accident insurance is relatively low on most people's shopping list. Simon Threadgold looks at how insurers are getting the importance of…
MMA increases its online offering.
Broker-only insurer MMA has increased its online offering, on the Software Solutions Partners Gilt E...
Subsidence monitoring questioned.
Loss adjusters and engineers have been challenged to justify the almost universal monitoring of buil...
NU to open up data files to rivals.
Chris Hill, who took over as head of claims fraud at Norwich Union in April, plans to try to kick-sta...
Appointment at Misys Insurance Management.
Tim Rogers has been appointed to the newly-created position of Countrywide fleet manager at Misys In...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Law firm Hill Dickinson has promoted Adrian Marsh to the position of partner in its Manchester offic...
Insurers losing £70m a year.
Insurers are losing £70m a year in larger claims settlements because policyholders are taking too lo...