Market moves: IFB adds four to team
With the fight against fraud hanging in the balance, the Insurance Fraud Bureau was one of the most active recruiters this week, welcoming four new staff - including a new operations co-ordinator –...
Insurer |
15 May 2012 
UKG new broker schemes premium grows 50%
UK General has boasted £300m in gross written premium with a £90m rise from new broker schemes.
Insurer |
02 May 2012
Battle for broker schemes hots up as players bolster ranks of expertise
Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical has secured four new broker schemes, just weeks after pledging to refocus its efforts on intermediary deals, as insurers scramble to pick up lucrative broker schemes.
Insurer |
17 Apr 2012
Market moves: UK General and Towergate lead the pack
Insurer UK General and broker Towergate were the main movers and shakers this week, appointing a new chief operating officer and director of group mergers and acquisitions respectively.
Insurer |
20 Mar 2012
Broker Focus: Schemes - Time to get scheming?
Specialist insurance schemes can offer enormous benefits for niche customers. But do they represent good business — and how can brokers make them successful?
Broker |
28 Feb 2012
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Insurance 360 - Commercial insurers: Winners and losers
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05 Jan 2012
UK General ready for Acturis-backed commercial push
UK General will set out to win back substantial broker business following the launch of the firm’s commercial offering, supported by Acturis and a new e-trader platform.
Broker |
22 Nov 2011
Bruce joins UK General in bid to boost commercial – Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including the appointment of Cathie Bruce to the newly created role of commercial managing director at UK General.
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28 Sep 2011 | 
Bruce joins UK General in bid to boost growth of commercial lines
UK General has appointed Cathie Bruce to the newly created position of commercial managing director, hoping the new high-profile role will help mimic the success of Rural Insurance.
Insurer |
27 Sep 2011
Penny Black’s insurance week
Penny is a firm believer in it never being too late to spice up life a little.
Insurer |
13 Sep 2011
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UK General signs scheme deal with F&R Associates
The scheme covers home emergency for oil-fired central heating systems, and will be sold under F&R’s ‘Cover My Business’ brand.
Insurer |
13 Sep 2011
UK General signs capacity deal with MMA
UK General has signed a new capacity deal with MMA to broaden the terms of its tradesman’s liability offering.
Insurer |
05 Sep 2011
Ex-Swiftcover CEO Blowers back with new online start-up
Online insurance broker Qmetric has been granted full Financial Services Authority approval and is said to be a “few weeks” away from adding three major insurers to the panel of its specialist consumer brand Policy Expert.
Broker |
23 Aug 2011
Quadra lures back previous customers
A Manchester-based loss adjusting firm, created by the founders of Carr Greenwood Smith, has won back old customers UK General and Ecclesiastical following its split from Merlin in March last year and recruited more than a dozen employees.
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09 Aug 2011
NIG adds four to Midlands office
Commercial insurer NIG has named four new staff to its Birmingham-based Midlands regional office.
Insurer |
27 Jul 2011
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24 May 2012 
Nationwide slams CMCs as PPI wipes £103m from balance sheet
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24 May 2012
Experian joins forces with Transactor
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24 May 2012
Suspected bogus broker arrested
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24 May 2012
Mapfre appoints Midlands boss
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24 May 2012
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...