Commercial
Highway boss resigns
Highway Insurance this morning announced that Andrew Gibson, chief executive officer, has resigned wi...
NU wins out with major affinity deal
Norwich Union has signed a new 3 year contract to be the sole supplier of payment protection insurance to Littlewoods’ retail catalogue customers.
Spain's Mapfre acquires Bristol-based intermediary
Spanish firm Mapfre Asistencia has acquired Abraxas, the Bristol-based insurance intermediary in the motor sector for £10.5m, reports Anthony Gould.
Taking a different tack
David McMillan, Norwich Union's partnerships director, tells Jonathan Swift why the company is taking a more active approach to affinity
The bright young things
Young achiever of the year, BIA Finalists
Norwich Union launches new insurance
Norwich Union has launched a new engineering insurance offering to complement its existing segmented...
Spitzer: "death of the broker"?
I can obviously appreciate that the Spitzer affair concerned everyone, however, we now seem to be go...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Broker Heath Lambert has appointed Matthew Bates, right, as sales and development director of HL Nat...
Insurers to pay for BPS
Insurers will have to foot the seven-figure bill from the shutdown of BPS Insure. Administrator Beg...
UIA terminates pet insurance agreement
UIA has terminated its pet insurance agreement with Paws Pet Insurance, a division of Jardine Lloyd ...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Mike Smith has joined Brit Insurance to head up its expanding technical wordings team. He will cover...
Towergate targets larger deals again
The Towergate Partnership is set for a change of focus by targeting its first large broker buys sinc...
L&G appoints new GI head
Legal and General has appointed a new head of general insurance from within the group. The insurer'...
Scheme seeks to support £1bn capacity
London Market News
Broker looks to double size
Midlands-based broker, David Moore and Company has acquired Stourbridge broker Edge Tancred in a bid...
The claims future
Lizzy Ordidge from Royal and Sun Alliance, centre, is presented with the inaugural Post Magazine Cla...
Junction business drought ends
Affinity specialist Junction this week claimed it was over its new business drought. The intermedia...
New research pinpoints car insurance quotes
New research commissioned by branch-based broker Swinton reveals that, on average, the optimum time needed to find the most competitive car insurance quote is 55 minutes and 11 seconds.
Moody’s upgrades Liberty Syndicate
Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has upgraded the Syndicate Performance Rating of Lloyd's syndicate 4472 -- Liberty Syndicate Management -- to B Average from B- Below Average.
Towergate completes acquisition ton
The Towergate Partnership has announced its 100th acquisition with the purchase of Westinsure Webb.
Mondial wins travel TPA contract with Liv Vic
Mondial UK has won a contract to provide Liverpool Victoria Travel Insurance. Under the new agreement, Mondial is providing every aspect for a fully branded travel insurance and medical assistance service to Liverpool Victoria customers.
Hiscox appoints former Co-op chief to board
Hiscox has announced that Sir Mervyn Pedelty and Mr Adrian Auer will join the board as non-executive directors on 1st July 2005.
Dale given MD role at L&G general insurance
Jane Dale has been appointed managing director of Legal & General’s general insurance operations from 1 July 2005.