Commercial
Appointment at St Paul at Lloyd's
Wayne Saich has been appointed active underwriter for the 2002 account at Lloyd's syndicate 227 by St...
Brit to raise £154m
Brit Insurance is to raise £154m through a placing and open offer to support an upturn in new busines...
Broker fears over Axa bank influx.
Axa has moved to quell broker fears they could be marginalised, following the departure of chief exe...
ING and Zurich agree Canadian alliance
Dutch financial services group ING is to acquire Zurich's Canadian personal and group property & casu...
Legal & General extending alliance.
Legal & General is extending its strategic alliance with Barclays Bank by offering its range of fina...
Breach therapy?
Security breaches are costing unwary companies billions of pounds, but are traditional methods of protection enough - particularly with rapidly evolving net technology and the fact that many transgressions come from within - asks Graham Ashley.
Joint accounts.
Popular in the US, account aggregation is now drawing a lot of attention from UK financial service providers keen to benefit from all the advantages of a captive audience. But, asks Mark Loosmore, what about the legal aspects?
Allianz ups terror cost estimates.
German insurer Allianz has increased its estimate of claims resulting from the US terrorist attacks ...
Trio to set up new insurer.
Mike Slack, group chairman of intermediary Roadrunner, is in talks with two similar-sized intermediar...
PRO to handle run-off.
Swiss Re has established a new Lloyd's managing agency to handle run-off business. PRO Syndicate ...
Sirius contract opens market.
Sirius Financial Systems has opened the door to bigger clients through a partnership deal with CMG ...
Folgate deal in final stages.
Folgate Insurance's transformation into an underwriting agency is unlikely to take place before the ...
Trenwick restructures UK operations
Trenwick International's property and casualty reinsurance treaty portfolio is to be underwritten at ...
Charcol offers online services.
Independent mortgage and financial adviser Charcol has launched a new household insurance broking se...
24/7 broking: the wait continues.
Software developer Rarrigini & Rosso has yet to go live with products for its 24/7 broking model whi...
Kerrigan retirement causes shake-up at Forbes.
International broker Alexander Forbes has announced a senior management shake-up, following the news...
Weakest link may be strong.
With reference to the article on the demise of the i2i-link initiative (The weakest link?, PM, 25 Oc...
Thompson: new loss adjusting company unveiled.
A new chartered loss adjusting and surveying services company Hilton Thompson has been launched by a...
Techno link up.
Allianz Ireland has partnered with technology company Wipro to help in the development of software f...
GISC inquiry.
The General Insurance Standards Council is in no hurry to review its membership procedures, despite ...
Liverpool Vic aims to break into top five.
Liverpool Victoria is set to continue to acquire other companies in its bid to become one of the top...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Thompson Heath & Bond (Northern) has recruited Gary Swallow as a commercial broker in the company's ...
Chester Street bosses absolved.
Directors of collapsed Chester Street Insurance have been absolved of any blame for the insurer's de...
Brit refuses to rule out SVB bid role.
Lloyd's insurer Brit Insurance Holdings has refused to rule out any involvement in last month's abo...