Commercial
Axa completes first e-enabled commercial combined transaction.
Axa has completed its first e-enabled commercial combined transaction through Folgate Partnership br...
NU sets out liability stall
The UK's largest general insurer Norwich Union this week said it would offer renewal terms for all ...
Heath Lambert looking to boost West Midlands office.
Broker Heath Lambert is looking to boost its West Midlands office. The company is looking to take on...
Mutual respect
Mark Summers suggests that a return to mutual values, if not status, may be the best move for many demutualised companies, struggling to grow their market share in a crowded financial services sector.
The Smithson Mason Groups announces sale
The Smithson Mason Group, part of The Folgate Partnership, has announced the sale of its profession...
Cash on tap?
Hardening rates and, in particular soaring employers' liability premiums, mean there is increasing demand for money on tap. The premium finance sector is looking to cash in on this situation and is producing a constant stream of new and updated products,…
Ace creates environmental risk unit
Bermudian (re)insurer Ace is setting up a unit in Philadelphia, US to write environmental liability c...
Max Re will write traditional lines
Bermudian reinsurer Max Re is to move into the hardening traditional reinsurance markets because of...
Endurance aims for UK licence approval.
New Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty has applied to the UK's Financial Services Authority ...
Rebriefs - Cox
London insurer Cox has transfered its general aviation business to German insurer Allianz as part o...
Reweb.
First seen on the Reinsurance website www.insurancewindow.net ...
Appointment at Silverbeck Rymer.
Silverbeck Rymer has strengthened its personal injury technical team with the appointments of Geoff ...
Brit Insurance Holdings posts pre-tax loss.
Brit Insurance Holdings has posted a pre-tax loss of £4.3m for the first six months of the year, com...
Sergon signs DIY deal.
Sergon, GAB Robins' standalone building repair management business, has signed a multi-million-pound ...
Broker headhunter launched.
A new recruitment company will open next week aiming to provide headhunting services for the provinc...
Smart and Cook heads to US.
Smart and Cook is branching out into the US corporate market by forging a partnership with a group o...
What the papers said this week.
THE SUNDAY TIMES Sir Ian Prosser, chairman of Six Continents, was set to retire in July but has p...
Bishopscourt grows with affinity.
Bishopscourt Affinity Solutions hopes to expand its staff from 70 to 100 by the end of the year on t...
RSA takes reinsurance e-route.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to move to buying all its facultative reinsurance electronically, using the ...
Risk alliance to act as legal shake-up looms.
The long-awaited joint risk management standard is due to be launched next week, following years of ...
Offices close in RSA shake-up.
Royal & Sun Alliance this week stressed the redeployment of staff from its direct personal lines arm...
Home Office must set fraud targets.
The biggest challenge facing the industry is to achieve a more "joined-up" approach to fraud among t...
Zurich London launches into contingency market.
Zurich London has launched into the contingency market, with the creation of a new head of media, sp...
Filling the income gap.
The broking sector, faced with tighter terms of business and changes to commission structures, needs to find ways to replace lost income. Rob Fry details one avenue for growth.