Commercial
Cooper Gay completes Heath Lambert acquisitions
Global broker Cooper Gay has acquired the aerospace, reinsurance and UK wholesale divisions of Heath Lambert. It has also purchased elements of Heath Lambert’s global business solutions unit.
Customers compare policies on more than price, says aggregator
Some 45% of motor insurance customers pick policies on factors other than price, according to comparison site comparethemarket.com.
Arista appoints new underwriter in South West
Arista Insurance has appointed Dan Mewse to provide localised underwriting support to its brokers in Cornwall and Devon.
Crawford strengthens its global account management team
Crawford and Company has appointed Michael La-Band as a new member of its global account management team based at its Lloyd’s of London office.
Insured losses from Colorado tornado expected to be $147m - report
BESTWIRE --- Colorado insurers can expect up to $147m in insured losses from a tornado and hail on May 22, which would rank the storm fourth among the state's costliest insured disasters.
Direct Fleet rolls out free claims portal
Online insurance platform Direct Fleet Insurance has launched a free claim and accident handling ser...
Brokers lobby Parliament to oppose disclosure talk
Leading figures in the UK broking market took their case against mandatory commission disclosure to ...
Heath expands team
Heath Lambert's new commercial affinity and select business division has appointed Richard Woodall a...
Hothouse must cool for compliance
While I cannot comment on the internal issues regarding Willis' cold-calling campaign ("Willis divid...
Abbey still searching after AIM success
Abbey Protection has hailed the success of its floatation on the Alternative Investment Market last ...
A loss of quality
Major loss: new approaches
AIG arm hit by FSA fine
The Financial Services Authority has fined Unat Direct Insurance Management £640,000 for failings re...
Appointment at Arista
Mike Shallcross has joined Arista as broker development manager. He will be responsible for the deve...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz Insurance has appointed Sian Tarbuck as manager of its underwriting academy. Ms Tarbuck join...
Appointment at Liberty
Liberty International Underwriters has appointed Gerard van Loon to the new position of managing dir...
Aggregators mull Biba's membership olive branch
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has welcomed the first price comparison website into its ...
SME failing key staff
Around 60% of small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK do not have the right form of business pr...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's ears are still ringing after so many bids went under the hammer during her attendance at a n...
Post Online top ten stories
The top 10 most popular stories on postonline.co.uk over the last week were: 1. Money Supermarket i...
Fight or flight
Aviation
Biba: hypocrite or in line with change?
Having criticised aggregators in the past for their less than ethical tactics, on face value the Bri...