Commercial
Report claims travel brokers may be forced to quit
Price cutting and increased regulation in the travel insurance market may force some firms to give up or specialise in niche products, the leading financial research company Defaqto predicts.
Oval acquires Sheffield broker
Oval has bought the majority of the corporate insurance business of Sheafmoor Brokers in Sheffield, with plans to expand this part of its operation.
Hiscox launches new SME policy
Hiscox has launched an SME office insurance policy that provides a level of cover not offered by the ‘one-size-fits-all’ pre-packaged policies currently prevalent in the market place.
Cornhill in new £550m bid
Allianz Cornhill this week launched its new accident and health offering, Embrace, in a bid to grow ...
Global eye
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Premierline Direct launches website
Premierline Direct has launched a website to increase its sales of business insurance. The company h...
Reflections on the 2006 Biba conference - Biba, Lord Coe, 2012 success and listening to customers
Sebastian Coe, the man who led Great Britain's Olympic team to winning its bid to host the 2012 Olym...
Ex-Zurich MD to take Brit to its next level
Brit Insurance has unveiled former Zurich UK commercial managing director Peter Burrows as the man i...
Maturing taste
IT Migration
Appointment at Crawford and Company
Alison McKinna has been recruited by Crawford and Company to fill the newly created role of customer...
QBE targets SMEs with relaunch
QBE is targeting mid-market regional businesses with the relaunch of its employers' liability policy...
Brit new signing to bowl over UK regions
Brit Insurance this week summoned former Zurich Commercial boss Peter Burrows to the crease to lead ...
Niche to see you
Ecclesiastical director and general manager Steve Wood believes it is the right time to take a leap of faith and develop the insurer's latent strengths. Jonathan Swift asks how far the insurer is likely to go
Appointment at Finsure
Finsure, the premium finance subsidiary of NIG and part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, has app...
Generic forms block PI take-up
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What the papers said this week
The Scotsman A Dutch insurer is offering employers in the country the chance to insure themselves a...
RSA CEO speeds up restructure
Royal and Sun Alliance's UK chief executive, Bridget McIntyre, has stamped her authority on the insu...
National and foreign regulation as a barrier
Almost one-third of insurers regard national and foreign regulation as a barrier to acquisition acti...
Motor insurer in fleet move
Motor insurer Highway has launched a commercial approved repairer network in partnership with TMS Fl...
Allianz signs three-year deal
Allianz Cornhill has signed a three-year deal for commercial vehicle claims with CCL UK Group, repre...
On a level
Professions Report
South African insurer announces UK deal
South African insurance group Hollard has chosen HomePro Insurance – one of the UK’s leading providers of insurance backed guarantees – as its preferred partner in the UK IBG market, with a view to introducing other leading products to HomePro’s database…
Thompsons orders ABI to prove 40% legal costs claim
Claimant law firm Thompsons Solicitors, has called on the Association of British Insurers to come clean about its statistics that “prove” there are disproportionate costs in personal injury claims.
Regional broking giant swoops again
Broking consildator Jelf has acquired Swansea-based Brian D Thomas Insurance Services, increasing general insurance premiums (excluding healthcare) managed by the Jelf Group to over £85m. It is its first purchase since the merger with Goss earlier this…