Commercial
Hill House Hammond acquires ML Bender Insurance Brokers.
Hill House Hammond has acquired Truro-based ML Bender Insurance Brokers, which was established in 19...
Out on your own.
Starting up your own business can be a risky undertaking if a well thought-out business plan is not in place. A few of the industry's successful entrepreneurs offer some helpful pointers on how to make those initial steps that bit easier. Lynn Rouse…
View from the Top - Robert Hiscox
Robert Hiscox, chairman, Hiscox The old wisdom is that the insurance market goes up the lift and do...
What the papers said this week.
Financial Times A proposed train safety system would cause more deaths than it would save by forc...
No time to waste in modernising broking.
The insurance industry has so far failed to work together to change the industry with the help of technology. Michael Collins says time is running out and the industry cannot afford to continue to fritter away money on needless administration costs.
Open + Direct in £111m MBO
Viridian Group has completed the sale of its Open + Direct Consumer Financial Services business to a ...
Signs to the cycle path.
New premium rating indices published by Lloyd's should help syndicates to measure and manage the ups and downs of the insurance cycle. Robert CB Miller reports.
Hiscox covers 'quake risk.
Hiscox Syndicates has bought a $33m catastrophe bond to protect syndicate 33 from exposure to earthq...
Aon reinsurance dispute hits Q1 result
Broking giant Aon has said it will make a lower than anticipated profit in the first quarter because ...
AssureWeb has integrated TEP Exchange.
Misys has incorporated the TEP Exchange for electronically trading endowment policies onto its Assur...
Brokers and insurers are both to blame over liability bombshells.
Lynn Rouse reports on last week's British Insurance Brokers Association annual conference, which was held in Manchester.
Chairman of Zurich Financial Services to resign.
Rolf Huppi, embattled chairman of Zurich Financial Services, is to resign as chairman following the ...
View from the Top - Duncan Boyle
Duncan Boyle, chief executive, Royal & Sun Alliance A great deal has already been said within these...
Dutch financial services group ING ...
Dutch financial services group ING last week conceded that job cuts are likely following the announc...
Fleets ahead.
UK businesses seem to be reluctant to invest in risk management strategies where their fleet cars are concerned. However, to ensure long-term savings, this kind of initiative is essential in the drive to keep productivity up and costs down, says Duncan O…
Leah gets lucky in ticket competition.
The winner of the final Post Magazine/Avon Insurance football ticket competition is Leah Rinaldi, in...
Budget - Small comfort for brokers.
The chancellor last week claimed his Budget contained a string of measures aimed at helping smaller businesses. However, in reality, the Budget changes mean smaller brokers will have to run faster just to stand still, argues Mike Slack.
Davies issues MMA with writ.
Loss adjuster Davies is understood to have issued a high court writ against insurer MMA seeking sub...
NIG has strengthened ties ...
NIG has strengthened ties with agricultural insurance specialist FarmWeb with the opening of a new c...
Risk threat warning for brokers.
Brokers failing to provide risk management services to small to medium sized enterprises were warned...
Co-op confirms CFS formation.
The Co-operative Group has confirmed it has merged its banking and insurance arms together to form C...
Ockham Holdings has posted an after tax profit ...
Ockham Holdings has posted an after tax profit of £7.2m for the year ended 31 December 2001, in comp...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This is a nice site that turns out to have a bit of a sting in its tail. It has been set up by an in...
Young brokers must push for career progression.
Young brokers should not be put off from pursuing a career in insurance, said Tim Rolfe, director of...