Insurance Post Staff
Follow Insurance Post
Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Friends' free cover.
Friends Provident has added free terminal illness cover to its term assurance products. The cover, w...
Long-running fraud case ends in victory for CU.
Commercial Union won a £1.6m fraudulent insurance claim trial on Monday after almost six years of in...
RSA's new values.
Royal & SunAlliance's new healthcare and assistance division has launched its first product, called ...
Entering the danger zone.
Political risk insurance is going through something of a boom, but with the market described as a minefield, David Fanning discovers the best plans can easily blow up in an insurer's face.
End of war heralds start of new office era.
Back in 1919, as commerce started to get back to normal after four years of war, those returning to ...
ABI makes PASS at cash-strapped IFAs.
A loan fund of £100m has been set aside to bale out independent financial advisers in danger of goin...
Fire sent out the wrong smoke signals.
Contrary to your recent front page story (PM 24/31 Dec), the Haymarket Shopping Centre in Leicester ...
Record business levels.
Standard Life has reported record worldwide new business levels of over £3.5bn for 1998. According t...
Agency Underwriting target sailing enthusiasts.
Sailing enthusiasts have been targeted by Agency Underwriting with a new Mariner's Travel Policy. Th...
Glad to be on the 'net.
Telebroker Gladiator has launched the first website specialising in the non-standard sector of motor...
The artful Dodger.
Los Angeles Dodger superstar Kevin Brown might have one of the deadliest arms in the game, but as ye...
Appointment at Beachcroft Stanleys.
James MacNish Porter has been made a partner at Beachcroft Stanleys. Mr MacNish Porter trained wi...
Cologne brand to be splashed all over the world.
The General & Cologne Re brand has now been fully implemented in the UK with the rest of the world e...
Newsagent wins electronic point of sale system from Aon.
Kidderminster newsagent Norma Oakes has won a £7000 electronic point of sale system from Aon. The EP...
Appointment at HSBC Gibbs.
Charles Ledsam has been appointed a director of HSBC Gibbs. He will have particular responsibility f...
Lloyd's sees fall in Names.
The number of individual unlimited liability Names underwriting at Lloyd's for the 1999 year of acco...
Appointment at Donns Solicitors.
Medical negligence expert Stephanie Forman has joined Donns Solicitors as a partner to head and deve...
Wait and see over euro: Cap Gemini.
CAP GEMINI has warned insurers to wait until March before celebrating the euro conversion process. ...
Asia targeted for aggressive marketing.
Australia's National Mutual Holdings has targeted Asia for aggressive marketing in 1999. The firm, w...
Howell out, Homer in.
The chairman of the Motor Insurers' Bureau, Les Howell, has stepped down on completion of his four-y...
Weightmans to expand through merger with William Hatton.
Law firm Weightmans is to expand through a merger with Midlands practice William Hatton. Weightmans'...
A promised land for insurers.
Cardiff and Swansea are fast becoming hotspots for UK insurers. David Fanning finds out why.
Nice niche for Nash.
Carole Nash has expanded in Ireland with the opening of a Dublin office and upgrading its Emerald Po...
St Paul picks up PI from NU.
Norwich Union has sold the IFA professional indemnity portfolio it acquired with the purchase of Lon...