Commercial
Fortis appoints non-executive directors
Fortis has appointed Julian Hance and Mike Urmston as independent non-executive directors.
Junction hires new relationship managers
Affinity specialist Junction has appointed four new relationship managers.
Expensive team movement will continue despite industry worry
Moving whole teams from company to company is a costly business that can rack up bills of more than ...
Is NU's broker group truly independent?
The front cover of last week's Post carried the story that Norwich Union is to launch its Broker Ind...
Insurance lift for site
Money Supermarket's insurance revenue increased by 38% to £77.7m in 2008 compared to £56.4m the prev...
Hardy to double GWP after capital raising
Lloyd's insurer Hardy plans to more than double the size of its business by 2012 after raising £40.3...
Hero boss bows out after sale to Capita
Hero Insurance Service's boss is set to leave the business following the £15m sale of the LV-owned b...
RSA CEO: attrition drop spells more redundancies
RSA is cutting its UK workforce by 1200 jobs to meet its target of saving £70m expenses by the middl...
Saga pulls plug on aggregator site as advertising spend rockets
Saga-owned price comparison website Confident Cover has closed, marking the aggregator advertising w...
Penny Black's insurance week
It appears that bankers and the City-types are not the only ones to worry about redundancies. Clea...
Admiral plans US expansion with new brand
Admiral Group's finance director has outlined its American ambitions and European growth plans. The...
NU downplays risk of broker overdependence
Norwich Union has confirmed its Broker Independence Group launch is part of its strategy to support ...
Discouraging the growing impulse to sue
A few weeks ago a plane ditched into the Hudson River in New York. The story that emerged created a ...
Axa axes area branch managers in regional shake-up
Axa Insurance is consolidating its 11 area branch manager roles into four regional posts as part of ...
JLT organic growth up
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has said it does not need to sign any major deals to increase growth. The bro...
Self preservation
In series: Fleet Motor
Steep grades
In series: Fleet Motor
JW Group boss quits Towergate for start up
Ken Davie, former managing director of Towergate's first significant broking acquisition in Scotland...
Exchange of fates
As the pound goes down, brokers making US dollars are seeing an unexpected benefit in the recession....
Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed Carl Wooding as UK marine client manager. Working closely with the UK cargo team...
Allianz boss hints at SME initiative
Allianz Commercial is targeting growth in Scotland in small-ticket regional business, following the ...
Tapping into the electronic revolution
Roundtable: E-business
Appointment at JLT
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has recruited Ian Thompson to join its new transport, engineering and water...