Commercial
Fusion duo leave to start 'mark two' venture
Two founders of Towergate-owned Fusion are expected to return to the market with a similar 'mark two...
Broker Direct rolls out instant commercial quotes
Broker Direct has launched its first comparative commercial product onto its new online full-cycle q...
Cutting insurance is short sighted in the extreme
It is hard to recall when the UK last faced the current levels of financial uncertainty. Nor, for ma...
Colosso doubts future MGAs
A leading broker has voiced his opinion that the recent spate of managing general agent start-ups is...
Roundtable - Technology challenges
Business Technology
Capita: GI outsourcing has a way to go to catch life
Appetite for outsourcing in the general insurance industry has been dwarfed by that of the life sect...
When a plan comes together
Premium finance: Prince's Trust initiative
Appointment at Groupama
Groupama has recruited Paul Cann as HR director. He will be based at Groupama's head office in the C...
Underwriting complex risks - Man meets machine
Business Technology
Technology link up - Aggregate expectations
Business Technology
The claimant's view: HSE takes soft option
The Health and Safety Executive has a steering group set up to evaluate the impact of measures to st...
SSP uses buyout for growth
SSP Holdings is set to continue its growth strategy after being acquired by private equity firm Hell...
Towergate seeks US growth cash injection
Towergate group executive chairman Peter Cullum has admitted the company is seeking to raise money f...
Web-based insurance - Net profit
Business Technology
QBE expands for positive market
QBE has expanded its Leeds office with the appointment of five new underwriting staff in anticipatio...
Technology innovation - The revolution will not be televised
Business Technology
Integrating systems - Cruel legacy
Business Technology
Advent chief looks for positives from £5m fall
The chief operating officer of Advent has claimed to be delighted at the company's mid-year results,...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny spent an enjoyable and informative evening with Crawford and Company at Dr Johnson's House in ...
Genesis Underwriting promotes Williams to lead new division
Genesis Underwriting Management, the US (re)insurer, has appointed Kevin Williams to manages its reinsurance & programs divisiion - a new platform that will combine its former capitive reinsurance division with its commercial insurance division.
Transatlantic Re opens Munich office
Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (TRC), a subsidiary of Transatlantic Holdings, has said it will open a representative office in Munich, Germany.
Lords' threat to kill judgment favours police
The House of Lords has delivered its judgment in the conjoined appeals of Van Colle v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire and Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex .
RenRe's Q2 net income off 24%
Renaissance Re, the Bermudian (re)insurer, said that second quarter net income dropped to $146.3m, down 24% from $193.7m a year earlier. First half net income dropped to $294m, down from $395.7 a year earlier.
Broker Direct kicks off comparative online facility with D&O offering
Broker Direct has launched the first comparative commercial product onto its new online full cycle quote and buy system.