Commercial
MMA claims increase in commercial property and household business
Insurer MMA claims its commercial property and household business placed through Misys has increased...
PI changes will have little effect
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The BIBA enhances its travel product
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has enhanced its travel product, Biba Protect. Underwritt...
Appointment at Cedar Consulting UK
Enterprise application consultancy Cedar Consulting UK has made Robert Godlonton managing director. ...
Stepping up to the crease
Insurer NIG is considering adding its name to the industry's long association with cricket by lining...
Norwich Union offers long-term pricing stability
Norwich Union claims it is now able to offer brokers long-term renewal pricing stability for househo...
RSA "warms up" relations with Towergate
Royal and Sun Alliance has begun offering more capacity to Towergate Underwriting Group and Folgate ...
Towergate to enter new niche with latest buy
Towergate has acquired military insurance specialist Forces Direct as a part of its plans to double ...
NIG includes commingling in new TOBA
NIG has issued its new Terms of Business Agreement (TOBA) to brokers which will accept co-mingling of funds.
Aascent merges sales and ops function
Commercial premium finance provider Aascent has promoted Ed Ferrell, one of the company’s founding partners, to the newly-created role of director of sales and operations.
Biba and CNA add terrorism cover to travel product
CNA Insurance Company (CNA) and the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) have enhanced their flagship travel product, Biba Protect - available exclusively to members of Biba - to provide protection to insureds under the medical expenses section…
Hiscox IFA book taken over by Link
R3 Group has announced its latest acquisition with its subsidiary Calibre HomeSolutions taking over a home insurance scheme for the National Federation of Independent Financial Advisers.
Barker joins Wildnet
Simon Barker is the new UK sales director at Wildnet, which provides business process solutions to the insurance and reinsurance industry.
Towergate acquires military specialist
Towergate has announced the acquisition of military insurance specialist Forces Direct, as part of its plan to double the group’s size over the next two years.
AWAC expands New York office
Allied World Assurance Holdings has announced that its subsidiary, Allied World Assurance Company US (AWAC US), has expanded the capabilities of its New York office to underwrite excess liability and errors and omissions coverages.
Appointment at Lockton Risk Services
US-based Lockton Risk Services, a subsidiary of Lockton Companies, has made Kirke Dorweiler executiv...
Capita signs up new insurer
Capita Insurance Services has signed a rolling contact with Evolution Underwriting for an outsourced...
Appointment at Norwich Union
Norwich Union Healthcare has promoted Graham Boffey, partnerships director at NU Insurance, to manag...
Banking on schemes
Schemes
Aon reports increase in profits
Broker Aon has reported an increase in profits from £316m to £371m in the first six months of 2004. ...
MMA's stake in Saturn no longer fit its strategy
MMA Insurance said its decision to sell its 45% stake in Saturn Professional Risks is in keeping wit...
New Zurich MD outlines affinity plan
Zurich is planning a concerted affinity push, according to its new personal lines managing director,...
RSA refutes client "pinching" claim
Royal and Sun Alliance director of commercial business Brendon McManus has dismissed suggestions the...
Group aims to stamp out staged accidents
The insurance industry working group investigating staged accidents met this week for only the secon...