Commercial
Budget hires IT director
Budget has appointed David Matthewman as IT director, a newly created role, to head up an expanding in-house IT team to support the group’s ambitious strategic growth plans.
Global broker seeks to dominate world-wide SME markets
Willis is accelerating its effort to grow its business among small companies around the world with the appointment of Tom Bartleet as CEO of the global small commercial business.
Liberty appoints Kynixa for liability claims
Liberty International Underwriters has entered into an arrangement with Kynixa to provide rehabilitation services to employees covered under Liberty’s employers’ liability policies.
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Hill Dickinson fraud bosses move down M62
Law firm Hill Dickinson is moving key members of its fraud and policy team to its expanding Manchester practice.
Arag joins Broker2Broker panel
Broker2Broker has chosen Arag Legal Insurance to provide a range of commercial legal expenses products on its system.
JLT deal over Pavilion approaches completion
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has issued an update on yesterday's bid for niche insurance broker Pavilion.
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...
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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...