Commercial
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Jonathan Turner has joined Brit Insurance Holdings to head its reinsurance operations. He takes over...
New cargo insurance website
A new cargo insurance website, Gocargoinsu-rance.com, has been launched to enable freight forwarders...
Differentiation not valued
Differentiation other than price is often talked about, but seldom valued, according to a leading br...
CIS under threat from union strikes
The Co-operative Insurance Society this week admitted its business could be severely hit if unions r...
Tobacco case little comfort
Regarding the recent reports on the failure of the Imperial Tobacco claim against tobacco manufactur...
Appointment at James Hallam
Arnold Fisher, sister company to James Hallam, has made Stuart Burt regional director and Vito Sepe ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny is not one for commercial television at the best of times, but one could not help but notice t...
Linked health and safety premiums in force
While I wholeheartedly agree with deputy director of the Health and Safety Executive Justin McCracke...
US coalition calls for insurance industry reform
A coalition of 134 national and regional insurance companies and agencies, banks and trade associations have asked the US Congress to enact optional federal insurance charter legislation in effort to push for reform in the insurance industry.
Machell hails MoD contract win
RAC, the roadside assistance company owned by NU's parent Aviva, has won a 15 year contract worth £600m to supply plant and mechanical equipment to the UK government. Simon Machell, managing director of RAC said: "We'redelighted that Lex Defence, as part…
DA Constable aims to stem contractor woes
DA Constable Syndicate 386 is launching a new professional indemnity product aimed at design and build contractors.
Names to vote on future schemes
Integer, the mutual set up for Lloyd's Names as a stop-loss reinsurance vehicle, is to tell its members they will soon get the chance to vote on their scheme of arrangement.
SMEs losing war on talent over PMI
Small to medium-sized enterprises are losing out in the war for talent by not taking a proper intere...
Recruitment firm targets India
The insurance and financial services recruitment specialist Darwin Rhodes has secured funding of £1....
Staying out for the summer
Insurance Internship
Nanotechnology will drive risk revolution
Risk Report
Insurers fail with employee affinity push
General insurers are having trouble tapping into the potentially lucrative employee benefits market ...
Marsh considers broking arm sale
Broker Marsh has confirmed it is considering selling its wholesale broking operations to avoid poten...
Let's stick together
Roundtable
Highway continues to buy
Motor insurer Highway has added another 5000 policies to its growing retail division, by acquiring a...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances
Lynn Harris has joined Groupama Insurances as proposition development manager. She reports to the he...
Appointment at Quest Gates
Graeme Shurben has joined Quest Gates, where he will take on responsibility for the development of t...
Credit where it's due
Risk Report
Moorhouse unveils £5m warchest
Broker Moorhouse has established a £5m warchest to buy brokers and books of small to medium-sized en...