Commercial
Brit pretax profit tumbles as investment returns fall
First half pre-tax profits at Brit Insurance Holdings more than halved in the first half of the year as the group's investment return dwindled to just £2.1m, down from £55.9m a year before.
Heritage hires three major insurance figures to rebuild syndicate
Bermudian (re)insurer Argo's Lloyd's Heritage syndicate is to hire three senior insurance figures to rebuild it since the depature of active underwriter Nick Jones and four others.
Allianz, Catlin, Amlin all on Madrid plane crash
Allianz may have a significant insurance share of Wednesday's plane crash in Madrid, a senior source has told Reinsurance.
GAB looks to Aon for new TPA boss
GAB Robins has named Julien Hampson as director of third-party claims administration operations.
Insurance Christmall Ball - places selling fast
The inaugral Insurance Industry Christmas Ball has already attracted a host of companies from across the UK general insurance sector, and Incisive Media can now confirm that donations of £10 per head, along with all auction proceedings, will go to the…
Legal expenses insurance plays vital role
In the recent article entitled 'The Kill Bill' on corporate manslaughter (Post, 7 August, pp 17-18),...
Survival Horrors
Events: Cancellation and abandonment
Xbroker adds three
Online comparative quotation system Xbroker has expanded its panel and product range with the additi...
Appointment at Home and Legacy
High-net-worth specialist Home and Legacy has appointed Mark Wooldridge as sales director. Mr Wooldr...
'Rescuer' failed to meet primary victim criteria
Monk v PC Harrington Contractors and others (Queen's Bench Division - 31 July 2008)
Appointment at SSP
Matthew Snape has joined SSP as a senior account manager in its broker division. His recent experien...
Helphire emailer action
Helphire has claimed it is a step closer to identifying an alleged former employee who sent a malici...
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny was both amused and slightly Confused.com after confronting British Insurance Brokers' Associa...
Northern exposure
Insurers have received hundreds of claims following heavy rain and severe floods in Northern Ireland...
NU swims against tide with SME direct withdrawal
Norwich Union's decision to pull out of the direct commercial market will certainly trigger debate (...
Embrace change and prosper in interesting times
I've never understood the curse of 'living in interesting times' - imagine the curse of living in un...
Appointment at Arista
Commercial lines underwriting operation Arista Insurance has appointed Andrew Ball as schemes manage...
North of the Border: Lords reject earlier work equipment reasoning
In the recent House of Lords decision of Spencer-Franks v Kellogg Brown & Root (2008), an employee w...
Appointment at Ace
Ace Europe has recruited Emma Bartolo as environmental risk underwriter in Manchester. She will be r...
Morrison looks North
Commercial lines underwriter Arista has appointed Jim Morrison as a senior underwriter to provide te...
Confused hits back in aggregator row
A survey that poured scorn on the value of aggregator websites has come under fire from one of the firms mentioned.
Aggegators blasted in report
People shopping online for insurance or other financial products may not always get the best deal if they rely on a single price comparison site, according to research by Which? Money.
Aon VP quits for energy specialist start up
Bill Farnan has resigned as executive vice-president of Aon International Energy, to head up Alesco Risk Management Solution’s new Houston office.
Allianz Insurance financial rating affirmed
AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (superior) and issuer credit rating of “aa” of Allianz Insurance. The outlook for both ratings is stable.