Commercial
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.
SLE Worldwide launches event cancellation insurance
SLE Worldwide, a sports, leisure and entertainment insurer has launched an event cancellation policy which provides online quotations. The new policy protects events of all sizes in the event of cancellation, abandonment, postponement, interruption or…
Allianz extends small broker support service
Allianz Cornhill is extending its telephone-based small broker support service to brokers in the South West and Midlands. The move follows a pilot and launch in the South East which has produced an 81% increase in new business.
Consolidator acquires
The Towergate Partnership has announced the acquisition of G R Patrick & Company based in New Malden, Surrey. GRP controls £16m in gross written premium, Towergate said, underwriting schemes for care and nursing homes, and pubs and restaurants.
Intermediary research shows young are not attracted to jobs
Following a study by industry analyst Plimsoll Publishing (PM, 2 March, p4), research from Norwich U...
It's a dog's life
Pet Insurance
Employees view different risks
Companies these days tend to place ultimate responsibility for risk management solely and rightly wi...
UIA to roll out online offering
The specialist trade union insurance provider UIA is to roll out its online offering from next month...
That sinking feeling
With new employment legislation due to be introduced, Peter Dobie explains why more needs to be done to prevent businesses becoming immersed in legal problems
Biba in Westminster assault
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is planning a PR assault on Westminster and has hired new...
Appointment at Intech
Jonathan Ramsden and Rick Martin have both been appointed as analyst programmers for Intech. Mr Rams...
Commercial Express launches property owners' facility
Commercial Express, the specialist buy-to-let insurance provider, has launched a new property owners...
JLT: analysts see slow growth
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has admitted it may look at outsourcing to cut costs, following this week's s...
Highway results show steady improvement
Motor insurer Highway Insurance has reported premium revenue rose to £242.9m in 2005 from £225.6m the previous year and the company's profit before tax increased by £6.1m to £27.3m.
Oval makes further two acquisitions
Intermediary consolidator Oval has made a further two acquisitions, bringing its total number of purchases to ten.