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Marsh buys Alexander Forbes broker business
Marsh of Marsh & McLennan companies has acquired the brokerage business of Alexander Forbes.
Post Magazine - 1 September 2011
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Essex broker rebuffed by Qmetric over Primo name - Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories which include an Essex based insurance broker lodging a formal complaint against Qmetric for using the Primo trading title which it claims was its brand name first.
All conditions satisfied for Giles' CBG bid
All conditions for the £5.1m offer from Giles for fellow broker CBG have now been satisfied.
Howden opens for business in Bermuda
Howden Broking Group, part of international insurance and reinsurance distribution group Hyperion, has opened a new wholesale and retail operation in Bermuda’s capital, Hamilton.
Audience with Zurich: Techmedia sector in the spotlight
Zurich Insurance today launched independent research which found that more than half of Britain’s mid-size technology companies feel at risk from losing skilled employees, with the figure rising to 70% amongst companies with a £25-£100m annual turnover.
Insurance Insight weekly update live
Insurance Insight’s weekly update is live with an article on harmonising European compensation systems; and an article on the opportunities for brokers in the international PMI market.
International PMI: the brokers opportunity.
Many brokers fear branching out into unknown lines but Tim Mutton argues there is an excellent untapped opportunity for many European brokers in the international PMI market.
Half of UK’s brokers managing schemes
Schemes specialist insurer MMA has today revealed a new study that suggests a significant uptake in the number of brokers undertaking schemes work.
Willis develops nuclear exclusion risk cover
Willis Group Holdings has developed insurance to cover business interruption costs for companies with key locations, suppliers or customers situated in the vicinity of a nuclear power station.
Willis develops interruption cover in wake of recent disasters
Willis has responded to the devastating impact of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March by developing an insurance product to cover business interruption costs for companies in catastrophe hotspots.
Grant Ellis joins Prince's Trust Insurance Leadership Group
Broker Network and Countrywide Insurance Marketing chairman Grant Ellis is to join the committee of The Prince’s Trust Insurance Leadership Group.
Ambitious broking firm opens offices in London and Cambridgeshire
Managerial appointments have been made across the board following the opening of new offices in London and Cambridgeshire by the Norfolk-based Alan Boswell Group.
Willis targets Polish construction market with broker buy
Willis has bought Polish insurance broker, Brokerskie Centrum Ubezpieczeniowe (AMA) to grow in the Polish employee benefits and construction sectors.
Willis strenthens Polish presence with construction acquisition
Willis Europe BV, a division of Willis Group Holdings has acquired 100% of the shares of Polish insurance broker, Brokerskie Centrum Ubezpieczeniowe Sp. Zoo.
Brunel launches wholesale PI
Professional indemnity insurance broker Brunel Professional Risks has launched a wholesale PI insurance broking service to give brokers to access a wide PI market.
Editor’s comment: A heavy downpour
It never rains but it pours. Cliche that may be but it’s one that works on multiple levels across the insurance industry this week.
Campton targets motorcaravans
Campton Insurance Brokers is aiming to become one of the largest motorcaravan brokers in the UK, after partnering with software provider Wanna Insure in a bid to “dramatically grow” its policy book.
Penny Black’s insurance week
Any company that has ever rebranded will know the path is a perilous one.
Post history – Five years ago: Brokers vie for Olympic partner deal
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
View from the top: A multi-channel world
Many brokers will have read the recent update around Zurich’s personal lines strategy, following the announcement that we’re re-entering the direct channel later this year via an outsourced arrangement with Endsleigh, where the majority of new business…
Quick Quote ‘baffled’ by rival’s withdrawal
The battle for broker dominance in South Wales is expected to be cranked up a notch following the news that rival firms Quick Quote and Motaquote are both looking to expand operations in the region.
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.
ULR shuffles top level after senior departures
Legal expenses provider ULR has embarked upon a major management shake-up in the wake of two long-standing senior figures departing.