Commercial
Appointment at Lockton
Lockton International has appointed David Hamer, Marta Dalton and Sharon Ridgewell to its affinity d...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz's personal lines division has appointed Jim Eakins as key account manager. His main responsi...
Biba's web aggregator warnings dismissed
Uswitch has dismissed the British Insurance Brokers' Association's claim that aggregators are a "dan...
Penny black's insurance week
Penny was caught between a Rok and a hard place last Friday as she attended the annual Chartered Ins...
Henderson in UK office boom
Independent broker Henderson is looking to expand its nationwide operation by opening a host of new ...
Ace Bermuda Lloyd's box
Ace Bermuda International has opened a new box at Lloyd's to support its international expansion and...
Appointment at Arista
Arista has appointed Andy Saxon to regional underwriting manager. Mr Saxon will be based mainly in t...
Appointment at Catlin
Catlin US has recruited William P Casey as managing director and senior vice president of Catlin Sco...
Pricing module released
Software company CDL has launched a module designed to improve brokers' relationships with aggregato...
RSA takes sixth place after £37m Canadian acquisition
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced plans to acquire Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Company for approximately C$75m (£37m) payable in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
Eversheds in swoop from Lovells' Munich office
Heisse Kursawe Eversheds has hired Fabian Volz from Lovells’ Insurance and Product Liability team. Mr Volz has 10 years of experience in dealing with international matters in product liability, product safety, insurance and reinsurance and will join…
Munich Re in $1.3bn US specialty buy
Munich Re has announced that it has concluded an agreement to buy US primary insurance company Midland for $65 per share, worth $1.3bn (€0.9bn) in all and which represents a 12% premium to their last closing bid price of $58 a share.
Ace strengthens presence in Lloyd's
Ace Bermuda International has announced the opening of a new box at Lloyd's to further complement the company's business development strategy.
Groupama signs up for Key Choice commercial intiative
Groupama has joined Key Choice's commercial initiative -the business network for users of Software Solutions Partenres (SSP)systems. It has been created to deliver a wider range of commercial lines products to its 750 members and drive growth in the…
Arista continues south-western push
Arista Insurance, the commercial lines underwriting operation has appointed Tracey Vivian as senior underwriter at its Bristol branch.
Heath Lambert launches Quarry scheme
Heath Lambert Group has launched a business insurance facility for members of The Quarry Products Association.
Biba brands aggregator report's claims "irresponsible"
The Resolution Foundation has called for a voluntary code of practice for price comparison websites after it pointed out the risks of sites potentially misleading customers. However, The British Insurance Brokers Association claimed that Resolution was…
Biba announces 2008 conference theme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has announced that Influencing Tomorrow will be the theme for its 30th annual conference and exhibition to be held at the SECC in Glasgow between Wednesday 30 April and Friday 2 May 2008.
Broker Network value soars on approach
Broker Network share price has jumped almost 10% today following news it has had a bid approach.
NIG fears uninsured SME technology risk explosion
The UK’s broadband explosion is having a major impact on the behaviour of the country’s SMEs but large numbers are failing to manage the risks this new reliance on technology creates.
Fortis CEO hails opportunities afforded by UK acquisition
Fortis has acquired a majority share in Insuretech Systems, an internet software development company focusing on web aggregator technology for the insurance market.
Pet partnership for Allianz
Allianz Animal Health has expanded its partnership business by providing pet insurance through Leeds...
Highway pilots new motor offering with LV
Highway Insurance's broking business Hero will begin marketing a call generation and distribution se...
Shopping spree starts to add up
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