Commercial
Halifax General appoints new national schemes development manager
Bank of Scotland Commercial Insurance, part of Halifax General Insurance, has announced the appointment of Paul Bishop as national schemes development manager.
Swiss Re adds to Admin Re subsidiary
Swiss Re has announced that it is to acquire the shares of Life Assurance Holding Corporation, including its life insurance subsidiary Windsor Life Assurance, for £333m in cash.
The key to CLE
Commercial Legal Expenses
Major players hope to convince big is beautiful
A month ago, Post Magazine reported findings from the Association of British Insurers that claimed n...
Small players set to feel the squeeze as rivals 'offshore' insurance jobs
Smaller insurers may have to reconsider their operations as they come under increasing pressure from...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Heath Lambert Group has appointed Martin Ecott to its specialist transportation unit within the proj...
Appointment at The Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has made Jason Rayner marketing associate. He has 13 years of marketing and communica...
THB appoints new board members
AIM-listed broking group THB has appointed a number of new board members. Group human resources dire...
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Cycle Management
Biba offers to step in over Zurich row
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has offered to intervene in the row over Zurich's decisio...
Sibthorpe takes over Brit London market division
Brit Insurance Holdings has appointed Mike Sibthorpe as underwriting director of its London Market centre, the largest of its three underwriting centres with about £600m of capacity for 2004. PLC (“Brit” or “the group”), the UK general insurance group,…
THB recruits trio for board
AIM-listed broking group THB today announced three new appointments to strengthen the board with effect from 1 July 2004. THB also announced that it intends to split the roles of chairman and chief executive, presently held by Vic Thompson, with the…
Axa in new bank tie up
National Australia Bank had awarded a travel insurance contract to Axa in the UK. Under the contract, Axa travel insurance policies will be offered to customers of the National’s four European banks – the Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, Northern Bank…
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Fleet Motor - Fleeting opportunities
Commercial Lines
System support
If the legal expenses insurance sector is to remain buoyant, it needs to be reassessed in terms of what it can honestly support, says Ian Sadler
Allianz Cornhill's IT departments cuts audit time
Allianz Cornhill's IT department claims to have cut weeks off the time it takes to audit its softwar...
Kiln in intellectual property push
The government has urged small and medium-sized enterprises to use insurance to protect their intell...
SMEs - Small is beautiful
Commercial Lines
Call for support over preparation
I enjoyed reading the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters technical forum report on the future of ...
Customer Relations - Where's this relationship going?
Commercial Lines
Mobile worker benefits spelt out
As workloads get heavier and stress levels get higher, professionals should be looking after their r...
Allianz offers brokers white-labelling service
Allianz Cornhill is planning to offer brokers the chance to white-label its personal lines products ...
Direct Commercial - The great leap forwards
Commercial Lines