Commercial
Crawford hires to combat rising fraud
Loss adjuster Crawford and Company UK has bolstered its corporate and major incident team with two a...
Axa has a spring clean
Axa's split this week with another managing general agent - in this case Primary Group subsidiary UK...
MGA capacity deal faces an uncertain future as Axa splits
Axa Insurance's future as the majority capacity provider for PBS Holdings looks in jeopardy after th...
Heath Lambert in Brum
Heath Lambert is expanding its UK operations by launching a new venture in the heart of Birmingham. ...
Appointment at Allianz Insurance
Allianz Retail has recruited Mike Caidan as head of sales and Phil Carr and Steve Rowley into ...
Open GI SME platform
Open GI has expanded its commercial offering with the launch of a new SME trading platform. Open Tra...
NU launches new club to tap into the £500m smaller broker pool
Norwich Union is set to launch a club for small intermediaries, called the Broker Independence Group...
Fortis and LV unclear about charities merger
The merger of two of the UK's largest charities has moved a step closer, although the potential impa...
NU flood tips go online
Norwich Union has launched online flood protection via its website for brokers to download to help b...
XL shelves UK expansion plans due to downturn
XL Insurance is focusing on existing business after shelving plans for further UK regional expansion.
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LV close to Hero sale
An announcement on the sale of Hero Insurance Services is expected this week. LV had confirmed prev...
Esure pledges 600 new jobs by 2014
Personal lines insurer Esure is to create 500 jobs in Glasgow in the next five years after it was aw...
London's Design Museum announces award winners
London's Design Museum has announced the individual category winners of the Brit Insurance Design Aw...
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Broker study confirms value of insurer regional offices
LV has backed up its regional strategy with research that claims 60% of brokers believe regional off...
Ten boss heralds return of independent brokers
The era of mass broking consolidation built on high commissions is over and the smaller entrepreneur...
Aegon launches business protection workshops for advisers
Aegon is to launch a series of workshops for advisers on the importance of business protection.
Pick of the week
Post senior reporter Sarah Hills looks at the major stories in this week's Post: MGA capacity deal fa...
Aon appoints marine expert for UK regions
Aon has appointed Carl Wooding as UK marine client manager to support small and medium sized UK companies by improving their access to specialist hull, liability and related marine insurance in the local and London markets.
Biba responds to Comparison Consortium code of practice
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has given the news that the Comparison Consortium will work with Association of British Insurers to agree a new industry code of practice for price comparison websites a cautious welcome.
Fortis steps in as Axa and Primary part company over UKU deal
Fortis Insurance and UK Underwriting have announced an agreement to enter into a five year partnership, worth annually in excess of £50m gross written premiums.
Heath Lambert grows Midlands operations
Heath Lambert is expanding its UK operations by launching a new venture in the heart of Birmingham.
Peter Staddon appointed to board of The Insurance Charities
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's Peter Staddon has been appointed to the Board and the Grants Committee of The Insurance Charities.