Commercial
Bermuda players report leap in GWP
Bermuda-based Alea Group Holding has increased its gross written premium by 30% in the first half of...
Appointment at CNA
Robert Skilbeck has joined CNA's Manchester team as casualty underwriter. Mr Skilbeck previously wor...
Esure adopts intelligent recording system
Esure has adopted an intelligent recording system across its contact centres in an effort to boost i...
Cornhill Direct Life to cease writing new business
Cornhill Direct Life, the direct life insurance unit of Allianz Cornhill, is to cease writing new bu...
Affinity drive for More Than
Royal and Sun Alliance's direct arm, More Than, has this week outlined plans to capitalise on the af...
PYV launches fast lawyers' PI quote service
Professional indemnity broker PYV has launched a new website that allows solicitors to obtain PI ins...
RenaissanceRe announces Q2 figs
RenaissanceRe has reported net operating income of $143.1m for the second quarter of 2004, up on the $130.5m for the comparable period in 2003.
Cornhill closes direct arm
Cornhill Direct Life, the direct life insurance operation of Allianz Cornhill, is to cease writing new business after 31 December 2004. The direct life business will then be placed into run off, alongside the Cornhill Life division which closed to new…
Alan Boswell Group expands
Independent insurance and financial services company, Alan Boswell Group, is expanding the local service offered by its Attleborough office.
Towergate completes acquisition of HHH specialist scheme business
Towergate Underwriting Group has completed the acquisition of over £4.25m of specialist gross written premium from Hill House Hammond.
CSC ties up $600m IT deal with Aon
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced a seven-year contract worth approximately $600m to provide Aon Corporation's US operations with information technology (IT) infrastructure support services.
Capita confirms HHH run-off deal
Capita Insurance Services has today confirmed it has signed a contract to manage the run-off for the personal lines services of Hill House Hammond, worth £10m over the next two years.
Misys General Insurance achieves record profits
Misys revealed that its general insurance business achieved a record operating profit of £14m (£13m 2003) for the year ending 31 May 2004.
Fusion sets out new regional structure
Fusion Insurance has unveiled a new regional management structure as it seeks to increase its gross ...
London Market Faculty delayed
The launch of the London Market Faculty has been put back to October. The Chartered Insurance Instit...
Appointment at NIG
William Simpson has joined NIG as regional sales executive for personal lines; and Gwenda Watt as re...
21-day notice period still not being met
Insurers are still failing to give the recommended notice period for employers' liability renewals, ...
JLT to defend fraud charge
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is set to defend a court action made by collapsed Australian insurer HIH over...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
This site starts off with a really good-looking front page and then spoils it with a really incohere...
What the papers said this week
Metro Online insurance broker Screentrade has paid £1 650 for a banana chewed by GMTV breakfast pre...
Broker Network loses FG Watts
The Broker Network has lost one of its largest members to the Folgate Partnership, despite its own a...
Williams venture finally launches with 30 brokers
After months of delays Post Magazine can reveal Community Broker Solutions has officially launched. ...
RSA looks to make millions with UK risk mapping tool
Customer data specialist GB Group has developed a geographical risk analysis system for Royal and Su...
THB in US warning
Listed broker THB Group has reported a 14% increase in profits but admits the softening market and t...