Commercial
Hill Dickinson makes 15 firmwide promotions
Hill Dickinson has made 15 firmwide promotions, increasing its total partner figures from 116 to 125...
Appointment at Specialist Liability Services
Specialist Liability Services has appointed John Thompson as manager of its newly formed disease uni...
Hotel Bureau's storage tie-up
Insurance Claims Hotel Bureau has launched a packing, storage and removals service for its insurer a...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has made Peter Burrows its UK underwriting centre director, as well as a member of it...
Appointment at Equity Insurance
Equity Insurance has appointed David Grant as head of sales and marketing at Equity Red Star. Mr Gra...
Hiscox launches an SME office insurance policy
Hiscox has launched an SME office insurance policy that it claims provides a level of cover not offe...
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson to open conference in October
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson will be officially opening the two-day UK Insurance and Financial Services ...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has restructured its UK retail placement practice, appointing Ron Hayes as practice leader. Mr...
Broker Arthur J Gallagher makes Sarah Dalgarno a director
Broker Arthur J Gallagher has made Sarah Dalgarno director of compliance and risk management. Ms Dal...
Allianz waits for its rivals
Allianz Cornhill will not raise its personal rates until it sees a general move in the market, despi...
Asian opportunity could go both ways
Lloyd's syndicates should avoid the emerging Asian market if they want to make profits, Catlin Under...
JLT defectors have to wait 12 months
Three senior executives who defected to Aon from Jardine Lloyd Thompson's industry risks division wi...
CMIB boss to stay at NFU Mutual
CMIB managing director Neil McKenzie is set to stay at NFU Mutual and not transfer with the broking business to Towergate.
Teceris partner joins Hamilton Bond
Robert Binning, partner for Teceris West Midlands, is to join Hamilton Bond, claims consultants and chartered loss adjusters.
Allianz Cornhill profits fall and combined ratio rises
Allianz Cornhill's first quarter results have seen its profits fall to £48.7m (2005: £50.5m) as its combined ratio rose to 96.6% (2005: 94.7%).
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 ...
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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...
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