Commercial
Premium Credit prolongs Biba account
Premium Credit, has secured a further three-year deal with the British Insurance Brokers’ Association confirming it as preferred provider.
New motor claims boss at RSA
Royal & SunAlliance has announced the appointment of Ian Thompson to the newly created role of head of motor operations – claims services. Ian will begin his role on 3 April, having worked for R&SA for the last 12 years in a variety of global and UK…
Amazon and Google are insurance industry’s biggest threat
The insurance industry’s greatest competitive fear is the entry into the market of internet suppliers such as Amazon and Google, according to a study.
Beazley's US move not a ploy
Lloyd's insurer Beazley has reassured its London brokers the firm's expansion in the US is not a plo...
New panel of insurers for Shakespeare Underwriting
A new panel of insurers has been put in place for agency Shakespeare Underwriting, which was acquire...
Recycled parts saving more than the world
Motor Claims: Management Briefing Plus
A safety net or a black hole?
Directors should not be lulled into a false security over the reach of their directors' and officers' cover. Tim Hayes advises them to carefully study the small print
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Directors' and Officers': UK
Start-up bids for Tesco Law wins
A former Capita director has launched an outsourcing venture for law firms he hopes will mirror his ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has made Shirley Watkins a legal adviser for Lawphone. She was pre...
Insurers ignoring curable sleep disorder
An easily curable sleep condition that leads to lorry accidents every year is being ignored by insur...
Highway warns that brand war will harm
Highway Insurance has criticised the brand war it believes is being fuelled by major motor insurers ...
Allianz Cornhill extends service
Allianz Cornhill is extending its telephone-based small broker support service to brokers in the Sou...
Bluesure joins Heath Lambert motor panel
Multi-lines insurer Bluesure has begun its product rollout, confirming to Post Magazine that it is t...
Appointment at Pioneer Friendly Society
Pioneer Friendly Society has made Paul Wood national sales and marketing manager. Mr Wood was previo...
Day provokes angry response
Motor Claims: Conference Report
Brit axes pro-merger broker over strategy
Brit Insurance Holdings has fired one of its joint stockbrokers, Cenkos Securities, after a falling ...
Gold Cup Cheltenham ticket winners
The answer to the Brit competition for Cheltenham tickets was the insurer writes 70 classes of busin...
Arrow 2 conflicts of interest
Conflicts of interest will increasingly be the focus of Arrow 2 visits in 2006, the British Insuranc...
Markel promotes medical testing liability product
Markel (UK), the regional arm of Markel International, has launched a liability product aimed at protecting the medical and pharmaceutical industries. The product, Speciality Liability covers the following areas specifically; surgical, pharmaceutical and…
Bupa embarks on change programme to slow premium increase
Healthcare giant Bupa today boasted that 82% percent of insurance customers rated its service excellent or very good.
Groupama appoints e--business trading manager
Groupama Insurances has appointed Ken Hutchinson to the newly created role of e-business trading manager.
Cooper Gay sees top line growth of 12% in 2005
(Re)insurance broker Cooper Gay has announced results for the year ended 30th September 2005 that saw turnover and other operating income up 12% to £58.4m (2004: £52.1m).
NU launches haulers' liability
Norwich Union is targeting the freight market with a new hauliers’ liability policy and two guides.