Commercial
ABI hits out at scare-mongering over cover refusal
The Association of British insurers has damned recent speculation over insurers' supposed blanket re...
It's a dog's life?
Pet Insurance
Vega sets off Primary spree
Insurer Primary is about to embark on an acquisition spree to secure its future distribution channel...
JLT plans to double Scottish presence
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is aiming to double its presence in Scotland - partly through acquisition - f...
Island feels the heat
GAB Robins Channel Islands has been appointed by Norwich Union in connection with a fire that almost...
Penny Black's insurance week
Any illusion that business is anything other than war by another name was last week shattered - appr...
PlusOne Services develops business model
PlusOne Services, the administrative arm of underwriting agent Select & Protect and Hiscox Connect, ...
Folgate to launch network contender
Folgate is due to go head to head with Mike Williams' and Bob Becketts' network start-up Total Broke...
EL next as CFA deal struck
Behind-the-scenes cross-industry talks addressing the high legal costs in employers' liability claim...
No more playing with fire
Schemes
Holding the road in the fleet sector
Fleet Motor
What the papers said this week
Evening Standard Plans for the future of GM crops in the UK took a knock after insurance giants iss...
Insurers join in the hunt for the charity pound
General insurers could be missing out on a potentially lucrative distribution channel if they contin...
iMarket to include claims tracking
IBM's Adam Bellchambers said that claims tracking was on the agenda for the next stage of the insure...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance's business development executive Paul Bamford has been promoted to the newly-created r...
Survival of the fittest network
The battle has begun. Following the Financial Services Authority's final go-ahead for brokers and ot...
Winners and Losers: Post Magazine's monthly round-up of job cuts. and gains
WINNERS Broker THB declares that it intends to retain all the staff of fleet specialist Rarrigini &...
Markel opens Leeds office
The regional insurance arm of Markel International has reiterated its commitment to expansion outsid...
RSA claims savings with QED
Royal & Sun Alliance claims to already be saving money for clients with good risk management track r...
The staff stay but Meredith goes at LBS
The Broker Network has bought out the remaining 49% stake in its wholesale subsidiary London Broking...
Allianz review is over
Following an extensive review of its commercial property claims loss adjuster panel, Allianz Cornhil...
Is body repair set to follow adjusters?
It appears that exactly the same is happening in the body repair industry as happened in the loss ad...
Managers must take fraud more seriously
Last month's fraud conference, held in London, saw a consensus on the need to tackle fraud. David Worsfold reports