Commercial
Heath Lambert pub push
Broker Heath Lambert is making an aggressive push into the pub sector, with plans to grow its online...
Watchdog travel policy probe
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has thrown its weight behind an investigation into travel...
IGI in discussions over future investment
Insurer IGI is considering refinancing just five months after its parent company was acquired by ano...
PCP appoints Ablett
Tim Ablett, former chief executive of FirstAssist, has been appointed by leading financial services ...
Post Claims Club: Advisory Board
Chair: Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post Board: Steve Eckhardt, senior claims officer, AIG; Rich...
Lesson from history can be difficult to remember
September 2006 marked the fi fth anniversary of the World Trade Centre attack, a tragedy that change...
Appointment at Groupama
Groupama Insurances has appointed three key account managers. Paul Cavanagh, Paul Cousans and Simon ...
Appointment at Arista
Arista has launched its office in Southampton with the appointment of a team working under the direc...
Only turnover target
Insurance aggregator Only Insurance has said it hopes to generate a turnover of between £15m and £20...
From technophobes to techno pros
Broking technology
Gibson finally gets Highway green light
Returning Highway chief executive Andrew Gibson has been given the green light to join the company a...
Small brokers will prosper, not perish
Not having read the report from Plimsoll Publishing, we are very much on the back foot due to not ha...
MMA full-cycle EDI launch
MMA Insurance has unveiled plans to develop and launch five full-cycle EDI personal lines products o...
Axa signs deal with Pavilion
Axa has signed a three-year deal with electronic intermediary Pavilion Insurance Network to underwri...
Post Office eyes motorcycle and pet markets
The Post Office has earmarked motorcycle and pet as its next possible insurance launches after enter...
Post Magazine Claims Club: Rising Star Award 2007
The Post Claims Club will be making an award to the Claims Club Rising Star 2007 at its Annual Dinne...
Highway names date for CEO's return
Highway Insurance has today confirmed that Andrew Gibson has signed a formal service agreement that will see him return as Chief Executive Officer of Highway no later than 1June 2007.
Swiftcover joins Only Insurance panel
Only Insurance is in talks with a number of direct underwriters in a strategic bid to attract as many writers as possible onto its panel for the group’s home, motor and travel cover offering.
First Assist founder Ablett returns in new role
Tim Ablett, former chief executive of FirstAssist, has been appointed by leading financial services consultancy, Project Consulting Partners, as a consultant specialising in the general insurance sector.
Scor bucks 1/1 trend with “remarkable” 10% growth
French reinsurer Scor has reported an increase of approximately 10% in worldwide premium income for non-life reinsurance renewed at 1 January 2007
Norwich Union critical illness product update
Norwich Union (NU) is introducing changes to some of its protection policies which include an increase to the maximum period that cover is available on some critical illness policies and the introduction of the Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) best…
Consolidator rebrands major acquisition
Following the merger one year ago, Reading-based corporate consultancy, Goss & Co, is rebranding to adopt the livery of parent company, Jelf Group.
Onlyinsurance.co.uk launches with 28-strong panel
Only Insurance.co.uk, a new concept in online home, motor and travel insurance, is set to radically shake up the aggregator sector when it goes live next month.
MMA in major EDI roll out
MMA Insurance today announced plans to develop and launch five full-cycle EDI personal lines products on Sirius, over the next twelve months.