Commercial
Appointment at Activus
Activus has expanded its development and support teams with the appointments of Leo Gosland, Diego C...
Price management - Tricks of the trade
Top 100 UK Insurers
Ordnance survey presents geographical intelligence tools
Insurers' ability to price risk with high-precision geographic information (GI) at their fingertips was a key focus of an exclusive industry seminar at the Lloyd's Building.
SSP to float
Broker software company SSP is set to float on the stock exchange, according to papers filed with the London Stock Exchange.
Heritage unveils first half 2006 figures
Heritage Underwriting made a profit before tax of £3.2m for the first half of 2006, down slightly on the £3.4m it made over the same period of 2005.
Need a business boost? Why not run a graduate development programme?
For the past four years, healthcare insurance provider BHSF has run a graduate development programme, and believes other SMEs can benefit from the enthusiasm and fresh talent that graduates can provide to a business. Michael Chapman explains
Swiss Re considers selling tower
Swiss Re is considering selling its 30 St Mary Axe tower in the City, known as 'the Gherkin'. The re...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Paul Murphy has joined Fusion Insurance as UK property underwriting manager. Mr Murphy joins the com...
Case is more than child's play
Shine v London Borough of Tower Hamlets, (Court of Appeal - 9 June 2006)
Taking stock
News analysis
JLT wins first 2012 Olympics contract
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has beaten off four rivals to win the first multi-million-pound contract to a...
The best definition
Broking roundtable
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has recruited Lorraine Denny as HR director. Ms Denny joins the company after six yea...
Appointment at M4 Underwriting
M4 Underwriting has made Graeme Sutton sales and marketing director. He has 20 years' experience, ha...
IGI speeds up growth plans
IGI's expansion plans are expected to gather pace after its parent company was acquired by another I...
Sirius platform not a threat to I-market
Sirius is to seek a percentage of brokers' gross written premium in return for constructing their e-...
NU ended tie-up because of bad business
Norwich Union had to pull out of Money Supermarket in order to stem losses months before it announce...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill's commercial division has appointed David Cooper as regional manager of its London ...
What the papers said this week
The Times The cost of insurance at Lloyd's of London, which was up 12% in the first half, will rema...
MD role for RSA's Hopes
Royal and Sun Alliance has established a dedicated affinity arm as part of its latest reorganisation...
Alea announces half year results
Alea has unveiled its first half 2006 results, announcing that it made a loss after tax of $10.7m, down on the profit of $19.5m it made over the same period of 2005.
US insurance data provider opens London office
Advisen, a provider of analytics, benchmarking and market information to the global commercial insurance industry, has opened an office in London.
RSA unveils new COO and MD roles in UK restructure
Royal and Sun Alliance today announced a re-organisation of its UK business around three customer groups – broker, retail and affinity - and the creation of a new operations function. These changes will result in the creation of two new roles on the UK…
Highway appoints Equity manager
Motor insurer Highway has appointed Terri-Ann McKenna to a newly created role as underwriting development manager. Ms McKenna was previously manager in the products and pricing division of Equity Insurance.