Commercial
HBOS rebuffed in £80m trade sale
Halifax Bank of Scotland is attempting to realise its investment in Paymentshield through a trade sa...
Highway settlement delays resolution
The High Court has failed to rule on who pays for the care of accident victims after the insurer and...
Next generation
Nuclear Power
Appointment at Aascent
Lloyd Hanks has been made sales and marketing director of Aascent where he will be responsible for t...
Appointment at PBS Holdings
PBS Holdings has made Simon Taylor marketing director. Mr Taylor joins from Monument UK following a ...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Mike Thomas and Kay Clancy have joined Brit Insurance as head of strategy and architecture, and head...
Willis to rank insurers on service and support
Broker Willis is launching the Willis Quality Index, an initiative to benchmark insurance carriers from the perspective of servicing and supporting clients’ needs.
Periodical compensation payment take-up limited
A leading practitioner has given a cool report on periodical compensation payments one year after their introduction.
Highway pays out £6.8m in personal injury care case
Highway Insurance has agreed to pay £6.8m in an out-of-court settlement to a car crash victim in a dispute over whether it or the local authority should pay for the man's care.
Plus One launches age-related MPPI
White label insurance provider PlusOne Insurance Solutions has launched an age-related mortgage payment protection insurance available exclusively to it’s “own brand” partners.
Towergate creates new £150m specialty division
Towergate has signed a number of senior staff to operate its new sales and service division which will service high volume and low premium specialty business including military cover and caravans.
RSA to cut 1000 UK jobs
Royal and Sun Alliance has revealed it is to cut 1000 UK jobs in a bid to be more profitable.
Allianz Cornhill acquires Home and Legacy Insurance Services
Allianz Cornhill Holdings plc has completed the purchase of the Home and Legacy Insurance Group - the specialist mid to high net worth household insurance intermediary.
MMA hires Brierley from CII on mission to double income
Intermediary-only insurer MMA Insurance has appointed Paul Brierley as head of business development.
Allied Fort adopts broker branded QuoteMac
UK insurance broker Allied Fort has adopted a white label version of Anglo Pacific Consultants’ on-line SME underwriting system, QuoteMac. The system is used by more than 1,000 brokers in the UK and was recently upgraded by APC to enable brokers to white…
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Lloyd's LMIT picked up by North America
Less than a month after its launch, the Lloyd's and London Market Introductory Test has been adopted...
Aggressive growth plans for Willis
Willis Group has highlighted aggressive growth targets to be fuelled organically and by acquisition,...
British Insurance launches protection insurance product
British Insurance, in conjunction with Assurant Solutions, has launched an age-banded mortgage payme...
Evidence must be in order
Hague v Rexam Glass (Barnsley) (Court of Appeal - 5 April 2006)
Howden: asbestos initiative
Broker Howden has launched an exclusive professional indemnity insurance scheme to provide cover to ...
Marsh adds to Scottish clan
Marsh hopes to strengthen its position in Scotland by adding to the 17 employees recently poached fr...
Clients have final word over consolidation
At this busy time of broking consolidation, there are two big issues: the first is price and the sec...
Equity Insurance Group wins affinity deal
Equity Insurance Group has won an affinity deal with Skipton Building Society and hopes to announce ...