Commercial
Appointment at Weightmans
Weightmans has appointed Ian Vicary as a partner. Mr Vicary joins as the firm's new head of corporat...
Social broker networking
Brokers should embrace online social trends, according to Doug Richard, founder and chairman of Libr...
Underwriting team boost
Iprism has appointed John Lawton as head of its new underwriting team. He joins from Home and Legacy...
Appointment at Ace
Ace has promoted Andy Hollenberg to senior vice-president, accident and health. Mr Hollenberg will l...
RSA: "alone" with commercial hikes
Royal and Sun Alliance has dramatically increased its personal lines revenues with a 29% rise in pre...
Royal appointment
Allianz Engineering has been selected to provide engineering insurance/inspection services and compu...
Reasonable care taken despite icy incident
Pace v City and County Council of Swansea (Swansea County Court - 10 July 2007)
Appointment at Evolution Underwriting
Evolution Underwriting has recruited Jon Denney as business development executive. Mr Denney joins f...
To affinity and beyond
Affinity
Axed NU staff notified
Post understands Norwich Union told senior staff internally which of the 300 middle managers highlig...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Appointment at Alec Finch
Alec Finch has strengthened it Manchester and Halifax corporate practices with five appointments. Pa...
A great stall in China
A report from Lloyd's has found that risk awareness is a key challenge in the Chinese general insura...
Broker Direct hires Brierley
Broker Direct had appointed Paul Brierley as director of sales and marketing to spearhead developmen...
Allianz sets up £600m all-in-one personal division
Allianz Insurance is looking to "significantly beef up" its personal lines operation bringing a numb...
Jelf consolidates healthcare businesses
Jelf has integrated Jelf Corporate Healthcare, SPS Wellbeing and Healthwise into one trading business, Jelf Wellbeing.
Ceta adds two property policies to quote system
General insurance network Ceta has introduced two new property insurance policies to its comparative quotation system allowing brokers to meet the needs of owners of multiple properties.
Allianz blames weather for £63m profit drop
Allianz Insurance has revealed a £63m drop in its profit before tax in the first nine months of 2007 compared with the prior year reporting period.
Broker Direct appoints commercial sales director
Broker Direct had appointed Paul Brierley as director of sales and marketing to spearhead development of its commercial business.
Aon sells wholesale travel book to Citybond
Citybond Suretravel has acquired Aon's wholesale travel insurance book of business with effect from 1st November 2007.
Allianz wins Royal Albert Hall contract
Allianz Engineering has been selected to provide engineering insurance / inspection services and computer cover for The Royal Albert Hall.
Jon Dye to head up enlarged Allianz personal lines division
Allianz Insurance is restructuring its operation to create a new trading division focussing exclusively on the insurance needs of individual customers.
Melling joins Marsh to head up European consumer practice
Mike Melling has been appointed as chief executive of Marsh's consumer practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based in London, Mr Melling will report to Alex Moczarski, CEO of Marsh EMEA and Hank Allen, CEO of Marsh’s global consumer practice.
Arista launches new property owners product
Arista Insurance, the commercial lines underwriting operation, has reinforced its growth credentials with the addition of a property owners’ product to its suite of products at the same time as expanding its existing underwriting arrangements.