Commercial
Oxygen beats rivals to Lloyd's broker
Oxygen has beaten off competition from a number of large and medium-sized companies to acquire Lloyd...
Cooper Gay courts team transfers
Further acquisition plans are in the pipeline at broker Cooper Gay after it struck a deal for the re...
Brit sees UK profit hit by floods and reserve releases
Brit Insurance will focus on regional retail business in a bid to double its UK revenue to £700m by ...
THB buys Cardinus
Broking and risk management group THB has acquired health and safety specialist Cardinus. THB has pa...
Allianz loses out as XL builds team
XL Insurance has poached Stefan Bramwell from Allianz Engineering in a bid to boost its construction...
BGL Group moves quickly to replace outgoing Zeidler
The BGL Group has moved to replace Phil Zeidler as managing director of its affinity outsourcing bus...
Highway looks at ways to "embrace aggregators" as investment returns boosts profit
Highway this morning reported a profit before tax of £11.8m (2006: £7.5m) on gross written premiums of £131.2m (2006:£119.3m) for the first six months of 2007.
Primary Group sells global expatriate PMI subsidiary
Health care provider Aetna has bought Primary Group subsidiary Goodhealth Worldwide, a specialist provider of expatriate private medical insurance.
New mutual begins underwriting after FSA approval
Following authorisation from the UK Financial Services Authority, Fire and Rescue Authority Mutual, managed by a Charles Taylor Consulting company, commenced underwriting on 1 September 2007.
Brit boosted by Global Markets business as UK slumps
Brit saw its domestic UK insurance business profit slump in the first half of 2007 from £30.4m to £8.5m.
Groupama expands partnership team
Groupama has expanded its Partnership Business Development team with the appointment of Richard Saunders and Kingsley Oji as account managers.
AIG acquires travel insurance specialist
AIG has acquired Direct Travel Insurance Services, based in Shoreham by Sea.
UK Flood costs - UK floods not of 1947 scale claims RMS
Despite the widespread devastation caused by this summer's UK floods, the damage is not yet as costl...
Bradley appointed non-exec at London and European
London & European has appointed Diarmuid Bradley as a non-executive director to its main board.
UK debt default second highest in Europe says Atradius
The latest Payment Practices Barometer from trade credit insurer Atradius shows that payment practices in many European industries deteriorated between summer 2006 and winter 2006/2007 with the UK one of the highest scorers in payment default across…
Oxygen acquires Lloyd's broker
Oxygen has acquired Lloyd’s broker Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers.
Winners and Losers: Post's monthly round-up of job cuts and gains
Winners - Emergency insurance provider Homeserve is set to recruit 500 workers at its new Prest...
Insurance industry can reap rewards of raw talent
If the UK insurance industry is to employ and develop new raw talent, it should not just focus on ac...
Willis to road test new fee-based remuneration model
Broking-giant Willis is preparing to test a new fee-based remuneration model on the UK retail market...
Alpha gains FSA approval
Lloyd's members agency Alpha Insurance Analysts has made positive noises in advance of its rubber st...
Appointment at McClarens Young International
McLarens Young International has recruited Howard Laidlaw, as its regional manager for the Latin Ame...
Appointment at THB
THB Group has recruited Colin Jackson as head of its commercial team. Mr Jackson was previously exec...
Appointment at Crawford and Company
Crawford and Company has made two new appointments in its UK technical services group. David Townsen...