Commercial
Commercial provincial up 42%.
The top 250 commercial provincial brokers grew by 42% in 2002, according to the latest figures from...
Hall joins Quest Gates Partnership
Former Capita McLarens liability director Chris Hall is understood to have joined loss adjusting gr...
Preston Whiteside makes refunds after fault noted
Doncaster-based wholesale broker Preston Whiteside has admitted to accepting premiums on policies w...
Insurers warned to 'maintain a firm stance'
Insurers have been warned to "maintain a firm stance" against rising litigation and resist the temp...
A break with the old ways
Shifts in customer and distribution patterns mean a fresh approach is essential if insurers are to prosper. Kevin Harwood believes companies need to break with tradition, employ new business models and IT infrastructures and take a more holistic view of…
Can we fix it?
Working in a high-risk profession, Bob the Builder's employers' liability insurance premiums will have risen steeply this year. However, many insurers claim that the implementation of effective risk management can keep the cost of cover down. David…
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 ...