Commercial
Norwich Union adds child CI cover
Norwich Union (NU) has revealed that it is to extend children’s critical illness cover to all CI policies.
Iprism and Go-Compare launch commercial aggregator
Online SME insurance comparative quote facility Iprism has launched a white label service and announced its first client is insurance comparison website, Gocompare.com. Both parties claim the partnership marks the first time that a commercial insurance…
Direct Line adds to commercial portfolio
Direct Line has added two new products to its recently-launched commercial insurance portfolio.
Direct Line expands commercial offering
Direct Line has added two new products to its commercial insurance portfolio which it has recently launched.
Brit Insurance recruits team to lead its UK sales force
Brit Insurance today announced it had recruited a new team to head up its sales division.
Recruitment group meets
The London Market Sector Advisory Group, the first of eight new sector-specific groups designed to i...
Liverpool - Cultural revolution
The city of Liverpool is currently celebrating its 800th anniversary and next year will be crowned European Capital of Culture. Ralph Savage visits Merseyside to see what impact these changes are having on its insurance market
Profits success heralds broker's London push
Specialist broker Choicequote is planning to expand into London after recording a 50% rise in profit...
NU: fraud battle is far from over
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Possible Broker Network bid sparks heated debate
Members of The Broker Network have this week responded to news that their group is subject to biddin...
Appointment at Howden
Greg Ferguson has been appointed to lead a new general liability team at Howden. Mr Ferguson has mor...
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.