Commercial
Highway to acquire three in network plan
Highway Retail, a new division of motor insurer Highway, has revealed it is close to acquiring three...
Appointment at Helphire
Total Accident Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Helphire Group, has appointed David Joyce as...
AIG tops list of big 10 commercial firms
AIG has come out on top in a report ranking the largest 10 commercial insurers in the UK. Using dat...
Highway moves to acquire brokers through new retail division
Highway has today launched a retail division in order to acquire a number of UK brokers, improve its earning stream and smooth the impact of the underwriting cycle
D&G expects minimal Competition Commission impact
Warranty protection insurer, Domestic & General has reported its results for the nine months up to 31 March 2004, with its core UK warranty turnover up 9.4% to £155.8 million.
Opening up to change
Europe
Appointment at Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhard
Chris James has been appointed chief executive of Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhard. Mr James ...
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Heath Lambert Group has announced the appointment of Barry Duffin as operations director, heading up...
Commercial insurance markets feel pressure
Market dynamics are bringing an end to the double-digit increases in commercial insurance costs expe...
RMS updates catastrophe modelling software
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), has unveiled new releases of RiskLink, its core catastrophe modelli...
Appointment at Price Forbes Bermuda
Alan Waring has been appointed to the post of chief executive at new company Price Forbes Bermuda. T...
Appointment at Allianz Japan
Joachim Wessling is the new chief executive of Allianz Fire and Marine Insurance Japan, better known...
The state of US regulation
As the US insurance industry continues to evolve, what does this mean in terms of commercial lines deregulation and federal regulation?
Russian and Swedish risk managers join Ferma
Risk management associations from Russia and Sweden are the latest members of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations.
Q1 profits up one third at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill’s first quarter operating profit reached £46.3m, up 29% over the same period last year, but its core commercial lines book rose just 2.3% in premium income.
Fortis UK reports 16% jump in GWP
Fortis UK reported overall gross written premium for the first quarter 2004 of £144m, an increase of 16% over the same period in 2003 (£124m).
Allianz Cornhill confirms appointment
Allianz Cornhill has confirmed the appointment of Lloyd Hanks as broker sales manager, as predicted ...
Clicking onto wholesale
Wholesale Broking
Galbraith commits to bettering talent
Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith declared the need to recruit "weapons-grade talent" if the broki...
SSP steps into Ireland with Bitsys buy
IT systems supplier Software Solutions Partners has taken over Irish counterpart Bitsys as the first...
Marsh unveils SME expansion drive
Broker Marsh plans to grow its small and medium-sized enterprise products via both organic developme...
Lloyds TSB makes SME plans
Lloyds TSB is developing plans to attack the SME commercial market more aggressively this year, and ...
Critical illness cover suffers sales slump
Health Report
Outgoing chairman makes plea to members and delegates
Outgoing Biba chairman Hamish Ritchie made a plea to members and delegates at the conference to brin...