Commercial
SMEs face tribunal hike
New compensation limits for employment tribunals mean that firms are exposed to increasing claims co...
Broker to target £10m following online launch
Personal lines broker Allen and Allen Group is aiming to generate up to £10m in premiums from an onl...
J and M snaps up Sunrise
J and M Insurance has acquired High Wycombe-based taxi broker Sunrise Insurance. Established in 1999...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to spend a night last week in the company of a number of celebrities, from crick...
JLT heralds new joint venture with ICAP
Jardine Lloyd Thompson says it is hoping to corner the market for insurance-based derivatives throug...
Chubb preaches legal action threat to bosses
Chubb Insurance has relaunched its directors' and officers' offering for private and public companie...
Text-based motor quote
Insurance software house CDL has launched an aggregator service, via textcheck, the mobile phone-bas...
Competition: Win a day at the races
Which horse won the Brit Insurance Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham on 17th March 2006? Brit Insurance ...
Competition: Win a day at the races
Which horse wonthe Brit InsuranceNovices Hurdle atCheltenham on17th March 2006?
Allianz Cornhill set to bang musical insurance drum
Allianz Cornhill is relaunching its £6m musical instrument insurance division in the next few months...
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AIG set to insure Man United fans
AIG is set to become Premiership giant Manchester United's new insurance partner, Post understands. ...
Advent recovers from 2005 catastrophe
Castrophe reinsurance specialist Advent has returned to profitability, following one of its worst ev...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
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Re-sume
Hiscox moves to 'boardroom in the sky'
Hiscox, the specialist insurer, has moved into new offices on the Bristol waterfront just over a year after esablishing a presence in the city.
Peart signs up 40 sub-brokers
Peart Associates, the Kendal-based insurance specialists, has signed up almost 40 new sub-brokers as a result of recent publicity and a re-branding.
Benfield continues Fac rebuild with two London hires
Reinsurance broker Benfield has announced the appointment of Honor Jones and James Lyndon-Stanford to its global Facultative Solutions team. Ms Jones and Mr Lyndon-Stanford will be based in London and will join the company in May and July 2007…
Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould editor in chief, Post talks about Axa's commission rates stand; the latest adjusting se...
GE Money unveils vPayment settlement tool
Online insurance booking companies will find increased control and streamlined reconciliation from the introduction of GE Money's vPayment settlement tool to the European market.
JLT launches new JV company with broker
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has tramed up with the interdealer broker ICAP to establish a joint venture company owned equally by the two groups, to operate in areas where the market for insurance, financial derivatives and securities are converging.
Allianz Cornhill warns of rising tribunal awards
New compensation limits for Employment Tribunals mean that firms are exposed to increasing claims costs, warns Allianz Cornhill.
Allianz Cornhill tackles work-related illness with new employee health promotion
Allianz Cornhill has launched a health promotion scheme, which aims to boost the physical and mental health of the company's 4,000 employees.
Petplan strengthens ties with Brooks Braithwaite
Pet insurance provider, Petplan, has strengthened its alliance with broker Brooks Braithwaite with an arrangement that will see them administering all the new and existing policies for boarding kennels and catteries.