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Former Powerplace CEO Ball back with new online SME start-up

The former boss of Towergate's online offering Powerplace is back with a new online SME venture which using ex-Coverzones software allows brokers to white label their websites for "quote and buy" policies...

Broker | 16 May 2012 secure

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Travelers starts job loss talks over re-jig

Insurer Travelers is proposing job losses after deciding to reorganise its UK underwriting and operations.

Insurer | 27 Mar 2012 secure

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Zurich and Travelers plead guilty to data protection breaches

Zurich, Travelers and FBD have pleaded guilty to illegally using social welfare information on individuals obtained through a private investigator.

Insurer | 16 Feb 2012 secure

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Methodology: Insurance 360 Finpro

One hundred and fifty-seven commercial brokers completed an online questionnaire addressing the service they got from their financial and professional lines insurers.

Insurer | 14 Feb 2012 secure

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Insurance 360 Financial and Professional Lines: Positive experience

The Insurance 360 Financial and Professional Lines report found standards to be high.

Insurer | 14 Feb 2012 secure

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Insurance Hound

A free and easy-to-use digital library of briefings, white papers and reports updated on an hourly basis

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Sterling targets northern presence with Manchester office opening

Sterling Insurance has today revealed that the new team that will run its northern office in Manchester will be led by former NIG and Travelers underwriting manager Martin Kerrison.

Insurer | 13 Feb 2012 secure

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Travelers targets brokers with event cancellation cover expansion

Travelers has expanded its event cancellation cover from the firm’s Lloyd’s syndicate to its insurance company operation in a move which is expected to provide regional brokers with better access to the product.

Insurer | 24 Jan 2012 secure

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Travelers launches new PI products

Travelers has launched a new professional indemnity product offering aimed at the publishing and general media sectors.

Insurer | 17 Jan 2012 secure

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Legal groups to fight Travelers PI refusal

The Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority are to take on insurer Travelers over its aggregating of fraud claims and subsequent capping of a solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance policy.

Claims | 17 Jan 2012 secure

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Insurance 360 Research: Financial & Professional Lines Insight Report 2011

Based on comprehensive input from over a 150 unique brokers of professional & financial risks, the Financial and Professional Insurers Insight Report 2011 delivers actionable insights on the 16 most used financial professional insurers.

Broker | 13 Jan 2012 secure

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Insurance 360 - Commercial insurers: Winners and losers

The annual Insurance 360 Business Insurers Insight Report service rankings show some steady, some on ladders - and some on snakes.

Insurer | 05 Jan 2012 secure

Long-term prospects are now front of mind for accountants

Market moves: Ageas and Axa name new MDs

With insurance companies gearing up for the festive holidays, it was a surprisingly busy week in recruitment.

Insurer | 13 Dec 2011 secure

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Market moves: ‘Tis the season for recruiting

As Christmas draws closer, the insurance industry has prepared for the New Year with a raft of appointments. In the broking market, there were moves for Aon and Willis, while Howden added three new faces to its team.

Broker | 06 Dec 2011 secure

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Hudson resurfaces at Mitsui

Former Travelers Europe president Martin Hudson has been named as director of underwriting at Mitsui Sumitomo.

Insurer | 30 Nov 2011 secure

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Market moves: Fresh faces for underwriters

As the industry heads into December, underwriting agencies and insurers lead the way in the job market. This week saw major moves at Chubb, More Than and Travelers, while Evolution, Arista and Ink all welcomed new staff. It was another slow week...

Broker | 29 Nov 2011 secure

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Lynn Rouse

Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest

This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...

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JLT chief executive Dominic Burke

Interview: JLT's Dominic Burke - a thoroughbred performer

Horseracing-mad Dominic Burke has huge ambitions for JLT, with a firm focus on international expansion, and he scotches...

View from the top

David Reed

View from the top: Airline insurance - the risk remains

Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...

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Pitney Bowes 2012 Insurance Industry Report

2012 insurance industry report: The inside track to achieving a more sustainable business

To achieve a sustainable profit, personal lines insurers need to transform their retention rates, using modern communications techniques to engage with customers and understand their individual needs. This white paper is based on a specially commissioned study involving 42 senior managers at UK and Irish insurers.

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The complex patchwork of legislation and guidance governing work equipment risks in the UK is an administrative monster that many businesses struggle to wrestle with successfully. It takes significant levels of technical expertise and resources to understand and effectively navigate the maze of legal requirements, and this problem grows increasingly unwieldy for smaller organisations with limited manpower and finances.

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