Commercial
Moorhouse Group announces expansion plan
Moorhouse Group has announced a £1.5m expansion plan, adding an additional 8500 square feet of offic...
Allianz Cornhill to open new offices
Allianz Cornhill is planning to expand its branch office network in a bid to grow its commercial lin...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Heath Lambert has appointed Nick Dunn as divisional director of business development. Mr Dunn moves ...
Hiscox Insurex acquisition
Hiscox has acquired Insurex Expo-Sure as part of plans to extend its business in the events and exhi...
Axa restructures UK operations
Axa Insurance's chief executive, Peter Hubbard, has insisted its UK business reshuffle is directed a...
Burrows out, Martin in at Zurich UK
Zurich Commercial managing director Peter Burrows handed in his resignation last week as the insurer...
Aon income stable despite contingent commission dip
Aon's contingent commission income reduced from $46m to $11m in the last quarter of 2004, against the same period in 2003. In its end of year results, the broking group reported profits from its continuing operations increased to $685 million from $676…
Smart and Cook in acquisition boost
Smart and Cook has added to its acquisition team with the appointment of Dave Ball as integration director.
Aon signs Gecalux deal
Aon Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Le Foyer and Kredietbank to transfer the business of Gecalux Luxembourg, Gecalux Switzerland and Gecasuisse.
Axa UK unveils restructure
Axa Insurance has announced a restructure, dividing the business into four core operational units: Distribution, Customer Operations, Corporate Development and Underwriting.
NU in talks to acquire Barclays insurance arm
Barclays Bank has revealed that negotiations are underway to sell Gresham Insurance, which it bought today from Legal & General, to Norwich Union as it seeks to boost its share of the general insurance market. If negotiations are succesful NU would…
Zurich renames in strategy move
Zurich London has been renamed Zurich Global Corporate UK in line with the group's profit generating...
Concerns continue over Lloyd's reserves
Assertions from Lloyd's Names that Highway Insurance may be over-reserved have raised concerns over ...
Markel shuns growth as GWP drops
Insurer Markel International has revealed plans to capture a greater share of the European market in...
Argyll close to new buy
Argyll Insurance Group has revealed plans to increase gross written premium to £50m during the next ...
CIS terminates broker agencies
The Co-operative Insurance Society has terminated most of its broker agencies as part of its insuran...
Penny Black's insurance week
It is good to see the much-maligned insurance industry is committed to recycling. Calling former GAB...
Oxygen moves headquarters to Fenchurch Avenue
Start-up intermediary Oxygen this week moved to the 'insurance village' on Fenchurch Avenue from its...
Misys' general insurance business increases operting profit
Software supplier Misys' general insurance business has increased its operating profit by 8% to £7m....
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Date is set for NU fraud case
Former Norwich Union employee Carol Birrell is due to appear in court in February to receive her sen...
CILA nears government protocol deal
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters is close to agreeing a protocol with the government to all...
Everest Re reports lower 2004 Q4 earnings
Everest Re Group has reported fourth quarter 2004 after-tax operating income, which excludes realized capital gains and losses, of $94.7m, a 20.2% decrease compared to $118.6m in the fourth quarter of 2003.
Zurich London renamed Zurich Global Corporate UK
Zurich London will be renamed Zurich Global Corporate UK with effect from January 31 2005 according to Zurich Financial Services Group.