Commercial
Biba resubmits protocol advice
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has launched a campaign to prevent more regulation of cl...
Insurers given one year to defend claims
QBE, Zurich and Norwich Union have been given one year to prepare their defence against a series of ...
Haste: "2006 must be a hard market"
Royal and Sun Alliance group chief executive Andy Haste has warned rivals they will "feel the pain" ...
Allianz Cornhill appointed preferred carrier
Allianz Cornhill Commercial has been appointed preferred carrier of accident and health insurance fo...
Rebuilding a business
Hard-nosed, focused, driven, affable and disarming are a few of the words used to describe Andy Haste, chief executive of a rejuvenated Royal and Sun Alliance. He talks to Anthony Gould about life at the insurer in his first three years
The Towergate Partnership announces acquisition
The Towergate Partnership has announced its 103rd acquisition, that of Eric Barber and Company, bas...
BIBA rejects call for discrimination against younger drivers
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has rejected SAGA’s call for younger drivers to be discriminated against with higher premiums because their age group commit more uninsured driving offences in the UK.
Aon cuts 750 UK jobs in restructure
Aon UK today embarked on a major restructuring of its UK insurance broking and risk management operations. As part of this process, the company anticipates taking actions that will reduce employee numbers by up to 750 out of a total 6800 UK workforce…
Allianz Cornhill ties up exclusive Willis deal
Allianz Cornhill Commercial has been appointed preferred carrier of accident and health insurance for Willis Commercial Network.
AMG in management buyout
Hermes Private Equity has backed a £62m management buyout of Ashworth Mairs Group, as predicted by Post Magazine last week (PM, 29 September 2005, p1).
Allianz Cornhill celebrates first batch of engineering management graduates
Allianz Cornhill Engineering's first eight delegates have just graduated from the new Engineer Development Programme; a new one year course which has been created to aid succession planning and management development within Allianz Cornhill Engineering.
NAMIC praises consumer-protection moves
An analysis by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has praised a new lega...
Peru - UK brokers enter the market
Global Review: Latin America and Spain
Willis teams up with Highline Data
Willis Group Holdings and Highline Data LLC have teamed up to develop and distribute analytical repo...
My top European reinsurance dos and don'ts
Europe Supplement 2005
ISO enhances NetMap
ISO has enhanced its NetMap for ClaimsTM software with several new functions to empower claims inves...
Axa brings Hodge on board
Axa has hired a new strategic partnership manager with direct responsibility for establishing and developing relationships with key strategic partners.
Moorhouse sets up academy
Welsh broker Moorhouse Group has launched a new in-house training academy to effectively train its expanding workforce and comply with FSA regulations.
Appointment at Towergate Partnership
Towergate Partnership has made Nick Houghton regional sales director for northern England and Scotla...
In the ascendancy
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Heath Lambert to open in East Midlands
Heath Lambert National has appointed two former Oval employees to open a new East Midlands commerci...
Ads are not offensive - just funny
I read Mr Forte's letter, "Clucking chicken adverts are demeaning" (PM, 15 September, p12) with some...
Liability breaks even for first time in 20 years
Combined ratio for the UK liability market has fallen below the all-important 100% for the first tim...
MMA Insurance enhances its Master Tradesman Plus
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has added several trades and enhanced the cover available under it...