Commercial
CII green light for board revamp
The Chartered Insurance Institute has been given the green light to overhaul its structure to modern...
Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Post Magazine runs through this week’s major general insurance news...
ABC confirms broker market launch and rebrand
ABC Insurance, headed by former NIG chief, Phil Bunker, has confirmed its plans to launch into the b...
Screen departs Giles after just three months
Bob Screen has left Giles Insurance Brokers after just three months as its chief operating officer d...
Only adds new offering to consumer roll out
Online aggregator Only Insurance will add health and payment protection insurance to its offering in...
Campaign calls for asbestos payout equality
Thompsons Solicitors is lobbying for damages awarded to bereaved families of asbestos victims to be ...
Allianz to establish Newcastle foothold
Allianz Cornhill is to open a new office in Newcastle. The commercial service centre will open in t...
UK insurers fearful over terror pool proposals
A proposed law aimed at compensating British tourists injured by terrorists around the world has com...
Towergate in Scotland spree
Towergate is set to rival fellow broking consolidator Oval by vying for a foothold in Scotland follo...
NIG appoints schemes boss
Insurer NIG has appointed Phillip Jones to the newly created role of schemes development manager. Mr...
Thacker eyes 100% growth following MBO
Stockport-based broker Richard Thacker is aiming to double its size over the next five years after c...
Brit share buy-back spree
Brit Insurance Holdings continued its share buy-back spree, acquiring a further 175,000 ordinary sha...
Towergate acquisition
Towergate has acquired north London-based broking firm Marrs Insurance Brokers. The deal will see 12...
Appointment at MMA
Intermediary-only insurer MMA has appointed Paul Coleman as its national development manager. He wil...
In for the long haul
League tables: Travel insurance
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny is a keen watcher of the markets, and anyone that says there is no money in insurance is a mug...
Capital gains
Regional Review: South Wales
Industry still dazed and confused
I think the letter from Debra Williams, managing director of Confused.com, (Post, 5 April, p13) perf...
Underwrite the future: Carbon offset
As part of Post's Underwrite the Future campaign, we asked Hardy Underwriting to explain why it has embraced carbon offsetting and how it went about it
Crawford hires Noble in customer service role from GAB
Crawford and Company UK has appointed Vic Noble as national customer service manager for its UK property operations.
Global outsourcer Mastek opens giant Indian centre for UK insurance clients
Mastek, the global software solutions and applications development specialist, has today launched a 5000-seat operations centre in Chennai, India which will serve the company’s clients in the UK and global insurance markets.
Liv Vic broking business ABC confirms June launch date
ABC Insurance, headed by former NIG chief, Phil Bunker, has confirmed its plans to launch in the broker market in June 2007. The business, part of the LV= Group, will initially employ up 30 people in its new headquarters in Croydon.
NIG creates new schemes manager role
NIG has appointed Phillip Jones to the newly created role of schemes development manager.
Towergate takes over Marrs
The Towergate Partnership has announced the acquisition of North London broking firm Marrs Insurance Brokers.