Commercial
Towergate acquires HHH specialist scheme business
Towergate Underwriting Group is about to acquire part of Hill House Hammond's specialist scheme business for an undisclosed sum, reports Insurance Age ( http://www.insuranceage.com ) .
Zurich Financial Services reports improved results
Zurich Financial Services has reported increased income for the 2003 calendar year, with $2.1bn (£1.1bn), against a $3.4bn loss for 2002.
Folgate undecided over HHH branches
Folgate chief executive officer Andy Homer said this week it was too early to say whether the call c...
Lloyds TSB begins India staff move
Lloyds TSB's general insurance division could see more jobs move to India after its announcement thi...
Appointment at James Hallam
James Hallam has made Insiyah Alibhai compliance manager. She has worked in the industry for seven y...
Plenty of women in the industry
I thought that I should respond to your recent editorial comment bemoaning the lack of women in seni...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
Although sites like this proliferated during the early years of the internet, you tend not to find t...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances
Andy Heap has become head of customer propositions for Groupama Insurances' sales and distribution t...
Ace faces massive pay-out over rail crash
Insurer Ace could face a multi-million-pound claim from the families of four rail workers tragically...
Brokersure.co.uk strengthens broker training team
Cox subsidiary Brokersure.co.uk has further strengthened its broker training team with the appointme...
Product Liability - A can of worms?
Liability
Over-reserving claims don't hold water
If true, claims made by Nottingham University's Professor Diacon that UK general insurers have been ...
Appointment at Clyde & Co
International law firm Clyde & Co has made a string of appointments to its aviation and aerospace gr...
Litigation Control changes name to LCL
The Litigation Control Group will, from today, trade as LCL Group Limited. One of the Group’s constituent companies, Litigation Control Limited, will also now trade as LCL Insurance Services Limited.
Brit switches household business from Lloyd's to company market
Brit Insurance Holdings has announced that, in keeping with its stated strategy to move UK business f...
Budget makes four more acquisitions
Budget Retail has made a further four broker acquisitions since the start of the year.
Folgate buys HHH commercial
The Folgate Partnership has confirmed that it has acquired Hill House Hammond's commercial business from Norwich Union (Aviva), as predicted by Post Magazine this week.
New head for SOFA
Bob Bullivant is to be the new managing director of the Society of Financial Advisers – the Chartered Insurance Institute’s financial services arm.
Folgate outlines details of HHH deal
Folgate CEO Andy Homer today declared that the acquisition of Hill House Hammond’s commercial book will put it “one step closer” to achieving its ambition of becoming the “largest independently owned intermediary in the UK”.
Syndicate needed to help small insurers
At last week's Post Magazine Claims Club seminar, claims managers shared their experiences of supply chain management and regulatory compliance. Anthony Gould reports
No supplier slash and burn
"We could have driven out more cost from the business in six months by adopting a slash and burn app...
Royal & Sun Alliance launches new campaign
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched a new marketing communications campaign - "We can't help helping" ...
GISC rules are 'far from informal'
I would like to comment on the article 'Broker: GISC too weak to stop white-label fraud' (PM, 29 Jan...