Commercial
Bupa: Heart & Cancer push
Bupa's new condition-led Heart & Cancer policy will be made immediately available to Lloyds TSB cus...
Post Mag football competition results
The winner of the first Post Magazine/Professional Broking Avon football competition is Janet Perri...
Bell tolls for Avon
The Avon Insurance brand will disappear from the market, following NFU Mutual's decision to sell it...
View from the Top - Robert Hiscox, chairman, Hiscox
One of my basic rules of business is that the status quo always changes. Today's hero is so oft...
Roofing Contractors to take campaign to House of Lords
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors is due to bring its campaign against the recent hike...
Abbey offers brokers loss assessor access
Abbey Legal Protection is to offer broker access to a network of loss assessors through its new ret...
A growing concern
As mould claims become more common, Dr Michael Pickel and Ingrid Dahlquist assess the problem and offer risk managers and insurers advice on limiting exposure.
In father's footsteps
Having a father in the reinsurance industry failed to deter Ken LeStrange, chief executive of Endurance Specialty, from a career in reinsurance. Janina Clark meets a man who professes a love of his job.
Rebriefs - Scor has its credit ratings lowered.
Scor, France's largest reinsurer, has had its financial strength and counterparty credit ratings lo...
One win for WTC cover
The recent ruling that the attack on the World Trade Centre was one occurrence is not the end of the battle for its (re)insurers. Steven Schwartz and Cecilia Froelich Moss report.
Rebriefs - Brit Insurance raises money through share offering
Brit Insurance has raised £204.2m ($316m) through a share offering for its Lloyd's syndicate 2987 a...
NU greenlights new call centre plans
The UK's largest insurer Norwich Union this week refused to rule out moving back-office jobs to Ind...
Brit to roll out truck fleet insurance portal
Lloyd's insurer Brit is set to roll out its new, interactive insurance portal for truck fleet busin...
Customer forum slams insurer action on floods
Last week's Post Magazine masterclass on climate change saw storm clouds gather over the industry. David Worsfold and Jonathan Swift report
Appointment at Zurich Municipal
Zurich Municipal has appointed John Barrett as specialist markets manager, responsible for further ...
Redundancies not ruled out at Norwich Union
Norwich Union staff were told on Tuesday afternoon that the life direct sales force is being refocu...
Brit Insurance Holdings increases paid in share capital
Lloyd's insurer Brit Insurance Holdings has increased the paid in share capital of Brit Insurance, ...
Eleventh-hour talks fail to spark deal
Despite an eleventh-hour meeting with industry representatives, organisers of firework displays hav...
NU risk plan set for January launch
Norwich Union hopes to use its new digital map of Great Britain, Next Map, to more accurately price...
AWA moves into Europe
Allied World Assurance has set its sights on becoming a new European insurance force, with the open...
Don't just trust to luck
Many smaller companies underestimate the personal risks facing their directors, and 80% of such businesses have no D&O cover in place. With less to cushion the blow, it is SMEs that stand to lose most if their luck runs out, warns David Smith.
Giles Insurance Brokers one of three finalists
Giles Insurance Brokers is one of three finalists in the employer medium category at the Scottish M...
XL recruits SVB unit head
XL London Market has recruited rival Lloyd's player SVB's former head of specie Graham Hawkins to j...
Its4Me bullish over white label deals
Online motor intermediary Its4me has said it remains on track to employ up to 150 staff by 2005, ba...