Commercial
Appointment at Towergate
Towergate has announced the promotion of three staff members. Peter Thomas has been appointed direct...
Commercial breakdown
Floods: Business continuity and interruption
New joint venture for JLT
Arab Commercial Enterprises and Jardine Lloyd Thompson are establishing a joint- venture company in ...
Retail giant beats Tesco to the punch in aggregator battle
Dixons this week became the first established retailer to confirm its plans for an insurance aggrega...
Guest's house of growth
Allan Guest
GWP drop for Allianz
German insurance giant Allianz reported last week that its UK general insurance operation had seen i...
Start-up waits as Hampden bids for AIM
A start-up Lloyd's members agency was this week seeking clearance to launch, as activity among priva...
Former Junction managing director heads for pastures new
The founder and managing director of affinity specialist Junction has left its parent company BGL. ...
Appointment at Junction
Junction has made three appointments across the company. Martin Overton, former chief operating offi...
Post's pick of the week
Jonathan Swift, the editor of Post Magazine, presents a run down of the major stories featured in this week’s Post Magazine including a row between two global brokers, RSA’s moves to pacify intermediaries, a new aggregator linked to a major retailer,…
Quinn Direct rating outlook positive at Moody's
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a positive outlook to the Baa2 Insurance Financial Strength Rating of Quinn Direct Insurance. The rating action reflects further maturity of the QDI business, as seen in both sustained profitability and an enhanced…
JLT signs exclusive Arab trading agreement
Arab Commercial Enterprises and Jardine Lloyd Thompson are establishing a joint-venture company in Saudi Arabia to support an exclusive trading agreement for the Kingdom and to underline their commitment to seek to align their interests, wherever…
Crawford launches repair estimating service
Crawford & Company UK has launched NetRate 2007, a web-based scheduling tool to help contractors determine repair costs for schedules of work. The rates allow for regional variations and have also been independently benchmarked.
Helphire pays £10.7m for legal services acquisitions
Helphire Group has entered into a commercial agreement with CS2 Lawyers Limited and has acquired the CS2 Group of legal services businesses.
Names' agency in £15m float plan
Lloyd's Members agency Hampden has announced its latest plan to lure private capital with a new vehicle targeting investors of more modest means.
Friends Provident launches online protection service
Friends Provident has enhanced its protection offer with the launch of an online income protection quote service. Advisers can now quote and produce an illustration for individual IP and cover through the company’s website.
Protectagroup swoops for former Opus CEO in commercial push
ProtectaGroup has continued its commercial division with two high-profile appointments.
THB Global links up with specialist rail and transport business
THB Global Risks has entered into an exclusive consultancy agreement with F&H Business Solutions.
Heath Lambert profit reaches £10.2m for first half
Heath Lambert, has revealed its profit before interest, taxation and amortisation (PBITA) is up 19 per cent to £10.2m on last year’s first half.
Brit hires portfolio managers in Zurich swoop
Brit Insurance has appointed Andrew Jackson to the newly-created role of UK portfolio manager – property & packages, and the appointment of Jamie McNab to the newly-created role of UK portfolio manager – liability.
New manager for NIG
NIG has appointed Dean Laming as the new regional manager for its Redhill operation. Mr Laming will ...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Ben Maidment as privacy, cyber and technology underwriter within the US...
Worth the wait
Malcolm Edwards
Zurich: repair cost will not exceed £200m
Zurich said it expects aggregate claims from the UK floods in June will not exceed $400m (£197m) bef...