Commercial
Call for united front after 7 July
The impact of the 7 July bombings in London was foremost in discussions at a recent Post Magazine Claims Club. Anthony Gould reports
Insurers to access the International capital markets
Small and medium-sized insurers are now able to access the international capital markets through a n...
Amnesia case reveals doubts over experts
Butler and another v Thompson (Court of Appeal - 13 July 2005)
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz Cornhill Schemes has appointed a new operations manager. Joe Copp comes to the team after sp...
Top 20 Spotlight - 13. NIG
Top 100 UK Insurers
Appointment at Highway
Highway has appointed Michael Lawrence and Steve Kilbey to its board. David Murray has also been pro...
Getting personal in an impersonal world
We find ourselves in a category of business that rarely has effective, relevant or timely contact wi...
Top 20 Spotlight - 4. Zurich
Top 100 UK Insurers
Post Magazine Claims Club Advisory Board
Chair: Anthony Gould, editor-in-chief, Post Magazine Board: - Steve Eckhardt, director, senior cla...
Appointment at Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has appointed former Royal and Sun Alliance director Les Brewin, pictured, as distrib...
First Assist sells business
First Assist has today announced the sale of its private medical insurance business to Standard Life Healthcare for an undisclosed sum.
Brokers celebrate at Insurance Age Awards
Brokers across the UK are celebrating their success after the 12th Insurance Age Awards which took place in London at The Brewery last Friday.
Teceris appoints new partner
Teceris, the high end loss adjusting expert has appointed Jack Chisholm as a Partner and head of the construction and engineering team. Jack will be responsible for bringing increased scale to Teceris’ business sector.
Flexitime key to staff retention
Flexi-working could be the key to improving employee recruitment and retention for small to medium-s...
FSA recruits new members
The Financial Services Authority has decided to recruit several new members from the open market to ...
European governments response to economic threats
The president of the Federation of European Risk Management Association, Thierry van Santen, this we...
No debate needed over client share
I was interested in the comments made by Tony Durrant, managing director of Oval Financial Services,...
Penny Black's insurance week
It is amazing the calls that one receives in this internet age. Penny was minding her own business t...
Clucking chicken adverts are demeaning
I am sure I am not the only reader that has been outraged by the way call centres have been portraye...
Appointment at Brit
Brit has appointed Kathy Lisson as chief operating officer. Ms Lisson is joining the company from Ba...
Broker Partners to adopt ratings portal
Software provider Broker Partners has decided to adopt Insurecom's Polaris-based ratings portal. Acc...
Towergate Partnership acquires portfolios
The Towergate Partnership has acquired the mixed commercial and personal portfolios of Chase Insuran...
Scottish broker plans $100m US brokerage
Giles Insurance has revealed plans to build a $100m (£54.9m) US brokerage during the next decade, af...
Highway announces profits
Highway has announced interim pre-tax profits of £11.3m, up £6.3m on last year's first half results ...