Commercial
MMA Insurance focus on distribution
MMA Insurance has appointed Ian Josephs to the newly created role of head of distribution, in a move that recognises the key challenge of profitable distribution.
XL Insurance hires construction chief
XL Insurance has appointed Martina Geiss as senior construction underwriter for the UK and Ireland, Scandinavia and Africa region.
Towergate agrees new covenants with banks
Andy Homer, chief executive of the Towergate Partnership, has said the broker has agreed new debt covenants with both Lloyds TSB and HBOS until the end of 2009. He did not give further details.
BIBA Launch Group Personal Accident & Business Travel Scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched the BIBA Group Personal Accident & Business Travel scheme in partnership with ACE European Group.
Venture Preference acquires broker
Venture Preference has acquired Northampton-based broker Newspace Insurance Services.
Xchanging webcast online now
Xchanging CEO David Andrews talked to Anthony Gould, group editor in chief of Reinsurance last month...
Lloyd's broker founder and CEO to step down
THB has announced that group chief executive Vic Thompson is to retire from the company and the board on 30 April 2009.
Hartford sees $2.6bn loss
The Hartford Financial Services Group has reported a third quarter net loss of $2.6bn, compared to a net income of $851m in the same period last year.
HSBC and Junction partnership delivers 250% motor insurance sales growth
HSBC is delivering motor insurance to a record number of new customers following its affinity partnership with Junction.
One in 10 small businesses struggling in credit crunch, say RSA
One in 10 small business owners can no longer afford to run their business, according to research by RSA.
Financial adviser survey reveals limitations of traditional MPPI
Over half of advisers (53%) believe that the biggest limitation of traditional mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) is that benefits are only paid for a maximum of 12 or 24 months. Despite this finding, half will continue to recommend MPPI or a…
Pick of the week
Post reporters Louise Meeson and Sarah Hills look at the major stories from the general insurance ma...
Aggregators will push up prices, claims consultancy
Motor insurance prices will inevitably be forced up by aggregators, according to a report published ...
Brit COO to step down
Kathy Lisson, COO, is to step down from Brit Insurance's board at next year's annual general meeting...
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Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Darren Mallett as liability underwriter. Mr Mallett joins from Zurich C...
Appointment at Zurich
Delaine Fritz has been recruited as distribution executive for Zurich North America Commercial's dis...
Crunch time for industry
As the credit crunch has taken hold it has become evident how intertwined the whole financial servic...
If you can't beat them
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Abbey in group buy
Abbey Protection - the specialist supplier of legal and professional fees insurance products and ser...
Top 10 Post stories
The top 10 most popular stories on postonline.co.uk over the last week were: 1) Founder steps down ...