Commercial
Credit reaches new heights.
Brokers and, increasingly insurers, are welcoming the benefits that premium financing arrangements can bring. David Fanning listens to the views of some of the industry's top players, who predict that it is about to take off.
BIBA to set up software evaluation service.
The British Insurance Brokers Association has finally abandoned plans to embark on its own technolog...
Zurich Enterprise.
Zurich Financial Services has launched a new business UK Enterprise, which it claims will focus on t...
Willis expands e-business service.
Willis Group brokerage has acquired e-business service and product developer Wire for an undisclosed...
Sherwood expands with acquisition of Promark.
IT solution provider Sherwood International has acquired general insurance policy administration sof...
RSA extends Enterprise.
Royal & Sun Alliance is extending Enterprise, its small business service for brokers, as part of a c...
Beating the panel.
The question of insurance company panels and what they mean for solicitors and loss adjusters was thrashed out at Post Magazine's round-table event last week. Jane Bernstein reports.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Lloyd's brokers are a funny lot. Dark suits and conservative ties. So Penny was astounded to see ...
United quotes.
Your Mortgage.co.uk has teamed up with Direct Life & Pensions to offer a free independent online quo...
JLT buys ANBC for £22.5m
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to acquire Abbey National Benefit Consultants for £22.5m in cash as part of...
Alexander Forbes UK operations on track
South Africa-based Alexander Forbes, an independent provider of financial and risk services which tod...
Crawford moves for Brazilian operation
Loss adjuster Crawford has acquired its Brazilian loss adjusting representative, Resin - regulacao de...
Berkeley to take on 100 new staff.
The Berkeley Morgan Group expects to create 100 new jobs in 12 months after moving four of its subsi...
Wildnet joint net venture targets insurance sector.
New media company Wildnet, and technology specialist Software AG, have targeted the insurance sector...
Aon to axe 500 UK jobs.
Broker Aon is set to axe around 500 jobs in the UK, as part of a global business review that is expe...
Galbraith new HHH head.
High-street intermediary Hill House Hammond has appointed Eric Galbraith as its new managing directo...
Appointment at NEON.
New Era of Networks (NEON), the e-business integration specialist, has recruited Fiona Jarvis as sal...
Trawling wider.
The online endowment policy trawling service freetrawl.com now offers quotes on utilised with-profit...
Gerling goes global.
Gerling Credit Insurance has launched three new products aimed at the increasingly global nature of ...
MAP Underwriting opens for business.
MAP Underwriting, which claims to be the largest ever independent Lloyd's start-up, opened for busin...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was at the High Court last week to witness those long suffering Names - that's right, the ones...
AIM in Bernard Knope book row.
Broker Alliance Insurance Management has criticised a rival for competing for a book of business it ...
Names push for redress.
Lloyd's Names look set to turn to the Human Rights Act in their battle against the market, despite l...
Stress busters.
Eastgate Legal and Medical Services this week launched a new portfolio of services to provide busine...