Commercial
Brit on up despite soft market fears
Shares in Brit Insurance maintained their strength this week after its latest round of buy-backs and...
APC to place £30m with Lloyd's partners
Anglo Pacific Consultants has agreed to place up to £30m in UK property owners' business to three of...
NU to add two hubs in property claims push
Norwich Union is planning to roll out a property claims management strategy in a bid to cut "ineffic...
Allianz admits Home and Legacy toil
Allianz Cornhill's personal lines boss has echoed the comments of its chief executive in blaming IT ...
Fairchild leaves Axa in surprise departure
Andy Fairchild, who was only recently promoted to the role of Axa UK chief operating officer, has re...
Website clarity needed
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Towers of strength
Interview: Clive Nathan and Amanda Blanc
Awards for brokers
Insure Cancer, a specialist provider of travel insurance to individuals with a diagnosis of cancer, ...
RSA restructures affinity team
Royal and Sun Alliance has announced the formation of a new Affinity executive team.
Chubb recruits new personal lines boss
Chubb Europe has announced the appointment of Paul Chapman to the new position of head of personal insurance. He will have responsibility for Chubb’s personal lines and accident and health businesses across Europe.
Xchanging reveals £500m IPO price
Xchanging has announced the offer price for its IPO has been set at 240 pence per ordinary share. This gives a market capitalisation of approximately £493m and a diluted equity value of approximately £525m.
Brit bolsters commercial insurance presence on imarket
Brit Insurance has become the latest insurer to join imarket. The move comes weeks after the decision by MMA and Fortis to back the industry e-trading initiative.
Aon survey outlines array of worries for multinationals
A global risk management survey has declared multi-nationals are increasingly worried about protecting their reputations, but have made no preparations to protect themselves. According to the survey by Aon, the encroachment of US-style litigation…
Brit continues to pull back on UK commercial
Brit Insurance has released a trading update in advance of its annual general meeting, declaring what everyone knows already - UK commercial rates are on the slide.
Coversure Insurance reports record premium levels
Coversure Insurance, the Huntingdon based franchise operation has reported a surge in gross written premium levels in 2007 to record levels.
Highway launches Choice Motorcycle on Open GI
As part of its ongoing commitment to provide competitive products and service for its broker partners, motor insurer Highway has developed its Choice Motorcycle product in conjunction with Open GI to provide a full cycle EDI solution.
Highway launches motorcycle EDI product on Open GI platform
Highway has developed its Choice Motorcycle product in conjunction with software supplier Open GI to provide a full cycle EDI solution.
APC to issue delegated binding authorities for Property Owners Business
Commercial insurance underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants (APC) is offering bespoke delegated binding authorities to selected brokers for property owners business.
Cullum hails Snowball as "world class player"
Towergate has outlined its plans under the leadership of former Norwich Union group executive director, Patrick Snowball.
Board appointment at Dual International
Dual International has announced the appointment of Russell Kilpatrick to its Board.
NIG adds motor legal protection to Commercial Fleet product
NIG is adding free motor legal protection cover to its Commercial Fleet product from the 1 May this year. The extended cover will apply to both new and existing policies incepted or renewed from this date.
APC to promote property owners business to brokers
Commercial insurance underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants is offering bespoke delegated binding authorities to selected brokers for property owners business.
S&P downgrades IPCRe to A-
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded its financial strength ratings on Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer, IPCRe to A- from A, blaming the firm’s lack of diversification.
Industry is failing to provide adequate terrorism cover says research
Nearly 80% of travel insurance providers do not provide terrorism cover for medical costs as standard, according to a survey by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association.