Commercial
Xbroker facility not for sale
Welsh underwriter Moorhouse has no plans to sell or list its Xbroker facility, according to group ch...
Axa triggers broker storm after 'direct is best' letter
AXA has been forced to issue a grovelling apology after it admitted it made a "huge mistake" sending...
Arista adds to T&P
Arista has launched a contractors combined policy to add to its tradesmen and professionals products...
Travel insurance - What the client wants
League tables
NU book under threat as Santander enters UK
Spanish banking group Santander plans to establish a new UK-based insurance company from next year i...
What the papers said this week
The Guardian A dentist who implanted temporary fake boar tusks into an assistant's mouth while sh...
Highway completes withdrawal
Highway has completed its exit from Lloyd’s following closure of its former Lloyd’s Syndicates
Highway completes exit from Lloyd’s following closure of Lloyd’s Syndicates
The Board of Highway Insurance Holdings (Highway) has obtained Court approval for the transfer of the business of Lloyd’s Syndicates 37 and 2037 to Highway Insurance Company, pursuant to Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the …
Munich Re signs UN climate change declaration
Munich Re is a signatory to the joint declaration on climate change issued by the Geneva-based Unite...
Brit agrees $200m cat bond swap deal
Brit Insurance has entered a three-year catastrophe swap contract with Fremantle, a Cayman Islands e...
Buy, steal or start up?
Inside view
Abuse case costs insurers $227m
A total of 12 insurers are contributing more than $200m towards a multi-million-dollar class action ...
JLT claims Bermudian market leadership with buy
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) says it expects to place over $400m of premium in the Bermudian market ...
Brit hands brokers £50m authority for share buyback
Brit has granted its bankers the right to purchase up to £50m ($102.4m) worth of shares over the sum...
Where the growth is - long-term care
Country profile: Spain
Veggie insurance is nothing new
The vegetarian insurance option launched by Animal Friends Insurance on Monday is nothing new, COVER can reveal.
Brit in Lloyd's first
Brit Insurance has become the first Lloyd's syndicate to sign up the services of Risk Stop.
Axa in brokers "can take time" storm
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has accused Axa of biting the hand that feeds it with a recent mailer which said going through a broker "can take time".
Fleet managers must improve safety data
Fleet managers are being urged to improve the quality of their road safety data in order to draw effective lessons from benchmarking their levels of work-related road safety against other companies.
Arista adds to product portfolio with contractors combined
Arista, the commercial lines underwriting organisation, has launched a Contractors Combined policy following the launch of its Tradesmen and Professionals product earlier this month.
Law firm warns over flood clean up
Flood-affected companies whose staff get involved in cleaning-up their business premises must consider very carefully all the potential health and safety risks before any work begins, even if this means slowing down the process, law firm Reynolds Porter…
Fortis to expand team by 50% in new broker assault
Fortis is set to increase the size of its broker team by 50 per cent over the coming months. In a reorganisation of its sales force, Fortis has created 12 districts throughout the UK, each with a broker relationship manager. Steve Berry and James Astle -…
Comparethemarket.com appoints managing director
Comparethemarket.com has announced that Kal Samra has been appointed to the role of managing director for the business.
Former NU exec heads broker's new commercial comparison website
Bolton based wholesale broker U K Facilities has launched a commercial comparative online website.