Commercial
Covering all the angles.
As the public becomes more litigious and the law more complex, commercial clients are demanding more from their insurance. Simon Threadgold looks at the spectrum of covers available as insurers and brokers mix and match to protect against any eventuality.
Ark First emerges from ISS takeover.
Risk management specialist Ark First is to launch an application service provider model, which it cl...
Appointment at Dawnay, Day Insurance Services.
West End-based Dawnay, Day Insurance Services, part of the Dawnay, Day Group, has promoted Ian Lee t...
Big push for smaller brokers.
As the AIIB and BIBA are poised to merge, many are worried small brokers will lose out. Mike Slack, chairman of the AIIB, explains to Edward Murray his intention to keep smaller members' interests very much in the frame at BIBA.
NU management shake-up.
Norwich Union has appointed Bryan Jenkins, currently retail business director, as chief executive of...
Entrants unfazed by environment risks.
More insurers are set to enter the burgeoning UK environmental risks market, despite escalating long...
New European terrorism pool.
Six European insurers and reinsurers have agreed to form a new Luxembourg-based insurance pool to pr...
Brokers are key in client relationship.
Your article 'Poor communications threaten industry image' (PM, 4 April, p11) raises some important ...
German insurer Allianz's subsidiary ...
German insurer Allianz's subsidiary Arab International Life Assurance Co will sell its insurance pro...
Online insurance intermediary its4me.co.uk ...
Online insurance intermediary its4me.co.uk celebrated receiving its millionth quote this week. The c...
Focus of attention.
The schemes sector is currently undergoing significant change. Benefits could be in sight for insurers and brokers if they manage to avoid the pitfalls and are clear about refocusing business strategies, say Vincent Branch and Sarah Redgers.
There is more to being customer-focused than meets the IT.
Practically all organisations are desperate to see themselves as customer-focused, and will go to an...
LMP2001 boosted by launch of Xchanging's on-line repository
Business services contractor Xchanging has launched its London Market Repository (LMR), which allows ...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has taken on Martin Smith in the newly-created position of complia...
RSA aims for top position.
Royal & Sun Alliance's new UK chief executive Duncan Boyle intends to make the company in country's ...
Yarl's Wood closes due to lack of cover.
More selective underwriting in the current market has been cited as a reason for the closure of the ...
Request from Brit Insurance Holdings.
Lloyd's insurer Brit Insurance Holdings has requested that rating agency Standard & Poor's withdraws...
Churchill opens broker division.
David Hiddleston, the executive director heading up Churchill Insurance's new broker division, plans ...
Invest in investors.
Insurers should turn to external asset management companies to deal with the investment side of the business, in order to free up time to focus on their core activities and ensure a good return for their shareholders, says John Troiano.
An EL of a balancing act.
The Woolf reforms and other new legislation has brought great weight to bear on insurance companies for the swift settlement of employers' liability claims. Front-end loading is held to be the best way to counterbalance this. Lynn Rouse gauges insurers'…
Analysis goes live.
Next week, Post Magazine's online service, www.insurancewindow.net, goes live with a new service called Analysis, an essential and comprehensive source of financial data on insurance and reinsurance companies, major brokers and loss adjusters in the UK…
Home and dry.
With the recent floods and other weather-related catastrophes having a huge impact on home owners, disaster recovery specialists are beginning to see the potential in the residential market. David Fanning reports.
Royal & Sun Alliance faces legal battle with Chemring.
Royal & Sun Alliance is facing a legal battle with Chemring, the UK defence contractor, over an unpa...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has made John Keeble director of knowledge management. He joins from Enterprise Oil, where he wa...