Commercial
Aviation prices to rise
Willis has said it expects aviation insurance prices to rise and the insurance market to harden furt...
Rasche wins business accolade
SSP executive chairman David Rasche was named business leader of the year at the Yorkshire Post Busi...
Appointment at Arista Insurance
Arista Insurance has promoted Jim Morrison to the position of regional underwriting manager for th...
Greek tragedy
Average individual losses emerging from the civil unrest in Greece are EUR10,000 (£9,113), rising to...
Credit hire industry unites with one voice
The credit hire industry's two trade associations have formed a focus group aimed at improving the s...
S&P downgrades XL Capital
The rating of XL Capital and its subsidiaries has been lowered one notch by Standard and Poor's. Co...
Bluefin targets SME growth with Q1 launch
Axa-owned broker Venture Preference is set to unite its small-to-medium sized commercial underwritin...
Coming to the crunch
Construction Fraud
Direct Line ups the ante with aggregators
Direct Line's talking red telephone is set to make a comeback in the new year as part of a multi-mil...
Appointment at Brit
Brit has announced that Matthew Wilson will join the group's executive management committee from 1...
The year of living dangerously
Review of the Year: General insurance
Buncefield report
The final report on the Buncefield incident published this week shows its overall cost will almost h...
2009: a tricky prediction
If this time last year, someone was to tell you: a leading global insurer would be bailed out by the...
Miller recruits London trio
Outsource Services Group subsidiary Miller International has boosted its London office with the appo...
Bad times for auditors
Deteriorating economic conditions and a subsequent rise in company insolvencies will increase the nu...
BGI to hire 800 staff in third-party call-centre outsourcing move
The BGL Group is to develop a new multi-million pound income stream starting next year. The company...
What's certain is that nothing is certain
One of the nice things about writing at this time of year is the ability to speculate on what the co...
Start-up admits job cuts but denies Capita dispute
Start-up specialist takaful general insurer Salaam Halal Insurance has confirmed four redundancies a...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Rod Ratsma as managing consultant in its UK business continuity management tea...
Morrisons picks Allianz
Morrisons has selected Allianz Engineering to provide its inspection services. Following a successfu...
Appointment at MMA
MMA Insurance has made a number of appointments within its business development team, as part of the...
IIB elects new director
The Institute of Insurance Brokers elected Phil Thorpe of NW Brown in Cambridge to its board as a director at its AGM yesterday.
AM Best places New Castle Re under review with negative implications
Ratings agency AM Best has placed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a-" of Bermudian reinsurer New Castle Reinsurance Company under review with negative implications.
Helphire outlines plans to cut costs
Helphire has issued a trading statement outlining the cost-cutting measures to be implemented under the leadership of new chief executive officer Mark Adams who was appointed on 13 November.