Commercial
MMA Insurance appoints marketing director
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has appointed Derek Plummer as its marketing director, assuming r...
Subsidence: dealing with a slippery issue
Subsidence: New ways of tackling an expensive problem - 16 April - The Insurance Hall, London.
Art of the matter
Auction houses will continue to obtain cover for increasingly expensive risks, despite a decline in...
To EL and back?
As the employers' liability crisis drags on, the government has joined the quest for an answer. It may perhaps have found a contender in the guise of no-fault compensation schemes, but just how workable is this solution? Lord Hunt and Anthony Cherry…
Midlands broker goes on spending spree
Wolverhampton-based broker KGJ Insurance is looking to go on an acquisition spree and aims to doubl...
PwC to launch fast-track scheme for EL settlements
The liquidator of Chester Street Insurance is set to launch a new scheme to fast-track some employe...
Folgate Partnership makes seventh acquisition
The Folgate Partnership has made its seventh acquisition - Hertfordshire-based broker Seymour Pope,...
Appointment at MBP
MiniBusPlus has appointed Peter Montague-Johnstone as fleet development manager. Mr Montague-Johnst...
ART demand grows, finds Swiss Re study
Demand for alternative risk transfer (ART) products is continuing to grow, despite concerns about the...
Movie misery
Despite high hopes and significant investment, (re)insurers that gambled on film finance insurance in the 1990s are paying the price with the business itself becoming the biggest flop of all, says Adrian Leonard.
Unhealthy environment
Given the strong growth in policy sales the casual observer would be forgiven for thinking all is well in the UK's life and health markets. Not so, said the experts at Reinsurance's latest Lunch Forum, sponsored by Swiss Re. Janina Clark reports on a…
Price rules
Peter Le Beau finds that price remains the main consideration for buyers of life reinsurance in the UK, despite rapid change in the market.
Axa to run off US reinsurers
French (re)insurer Axa has put its US subsidiaries Axa Corporate Solutions Re and Axa Corporate Sol...
Aggregation holds good
John Butler reports on a ruling that the express wording of a contract, though unusual, allowed an insurer to aggregate claims related to mis-sold pensions.
Study tackles mast risks
A research organisation funded by the UK government and the mobile telephone industry has decided t...
H2GO expands
Following the successful development of trailer-mounted drying machines, which claim to dry water-dam...
PremierLine plans links with life company
Direct commercial insurer PremierLine plans to hook up with a life company, following a management bu...
People: Insurers/underwriters
Euler Trade Indemnity Fabrice Desnos has become director of finance at credit insurer Euler Trade ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was disappointed this week after she discovered that Zurich had not inherited the world. While ...
Sizing up the commercial market
Insurers are feeling the sting of large claims with growing frequency, so it is hardly surprising that many are abandoning the bigger commercial risks in favour of smaller, more manageable ones. Simon Threadgold reports.
Allianz pilot gains credit
Allianz-Cornhill and Euler Trade Indemnity, which are linked through their parent, are looking to rol...
Announcement by MediQuote
MediQuote, the comparative private medical insurance and cash plans portal managed by Sirius Financ...
LMP adoption mandatory
Lloyd's chief executive Nick Prettejohn has reiterated his commitment to mandatory adoption of the ...
InFront Solutions launches consultancy service
InFront Solutions has formally launched a consultancy service for subsidence claims. It follows a p...