Commercial
Oval launches wide cover for a construction plant-hire policy
Oval Underwriting Agencies, a trading style of Oval Insurance Broking Limited, has relaunched its wholesale product for Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) members with underwriters QBE and Royal Sun Alliance (RSA). The product is called The CPA…
SSP and IBM planning May launch for software platform
Software Solutions Partners and IBM are to launch the next generation of insurance company software, SSP insure J on 1 May 2007 at a joint seminar at IBM’s UK headquarters at Bedfont Lakes near Heathrow.
Atrium profits increase threefold, FD steps down
Lloyd's insurer Atrium record pre-tax profits of £44.7m (2005: £10.0m) up 347% during 2006, the company announced today.
SMEs face holiday entitlement law headache
Small to medium-sized businesses are most likely to be negatively affected if minimum holiday entitl...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has only just caught up with the rest of the UK, after her clocks failed to go forward at the ...
Harvey stirs up assessor wrath
I write on behalf of the Institute of Public Loss Assessors. The recent articles from the three maj...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Richard Gaunt as a contingency underwriter. Mr Gaunt held the same posi...
Broking channel - Merging channels
Personal Lines
Fusion in mobility launch
Fusion has unveiled additions to its product range, a new stand-alone liability product and a contra...
Aggregator snaps up CDL
Price comparison website Money Supermarket has added to its list of intermediaries with the implemen...
Court rules change forces insurer decision
New court rules introduced next month could help facilitate early settlements, but an expert has urg...
Assessors demand the respect of the industry
We were extremely disappointed to read Malcolm Harvey's letter of 8 March. We could of course respo...
Distribution strategies - Planning for success
Personal Lines
Budget constrains broker innovation
Broking innovation could be dashed by Gordon Brown's 2007 budget, claim accountancy firm Mazars. An...
Keep your head above water
Business interruption
Loss adjuster captures top three spot with buy
AMG's acquisition of rival adjuster Carr Greenwood Smith has provided the missing link in the firm's...
Appointment at Amlin Transit
Amlin Transit has appointed Stephen Gallagher as business development manager responsible for market...
Brought to earth
Air shows
CNA steps up Irish push
CNA has recruited David Leary to establish a presence in the Irish broker market. He joins CNA as di...
Interview - Richard Mason - Bringing up baby
Personal Lines
Household Renewal Behaviour - Standing out from the crowd
Personal Lines
The lion's share
Survey: Large Corporate buyers
Giles expands network
Giles Insurance has opened two new offices in Cardiff and Chester, taking its network across the UK ...
Back in the fast lane
Interview: John O'Roarke