Commercial
L&G plans 25% growth in first year of Barclays deal
Barclays has confirmed it has signed a deal with insurer Legal & General to sell its pensions and sa...
Net yourself the best employees.
Companies of all sizes are seeking to regain control of their recruitment by making the internet work for them. Glenn Smith explains how to avoid the potential pitfalls.
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Allianz Cornhill has appointed Paul Maidment to the new position of national panel operations manage...
JLT faces US suit.
Insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson could face a multi-million pound counter-claim from US defen...
Clicking on to credit.
Royal & Sun Alliance is underwriting new credit insurance products from start-up website, www.coverc...
Appointment at Accidentcare Group.
Accidentcare has made Simon Rigby, previously associate director at Lambert French Group, head of af...
NFU close to broker deals.
Insurer NFU Mutual is seeking to expand its 13-strong broker business, which currently has an annual...
Village site goes transparent.
Online insurance intermediary Insurancevillage aims to combat the findings of its own research, whic...
Untimely death.
Geoff Williams, one of the founder members of Universal Salvage, died suddenly just before Christmas...
Wider net cover cast.
Groupama Commercial Insurances has enhanced its corporate and business cover products to take into a...
Appointment at R3: Group.
R3: Group has made two senior appointments. Kevin Rice and Lucy Sinfield have both been made account...
SecurityFirst is safe and sound.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
... a public relations officer.
Moving from insurance into public relations may sound attractive, but you need plenty of patience and a cool head as Jane Bernstein discovered when she spent a busy Monday with Sharon Curd, Allianz Cornhill's PR officer.
New adjuster claims deals.
New national loss adjusting group, The Claims People, has signed its first contract servicing small ...
Rebus halves costs.
London market insurers could halve their telecommunications bill, according to IT service provider R...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has a very hectic social life, but this is probably not as stressful as setting up a new insur...
NU makes conversion.
Norwich Union said half of its brokers would be recommending all or most of the insurer's renewals t...
Highway to sponsor training.
Lloyd's motor insurer Highway has launched a campaign to promote wider training among its 80 broker ...
Appointment at Towergate.
Kevin Brown joins Towergate Underwriting Group as managing director of MIA General Insurance, its la...
E-business sees rising interest.
General insurers and banks reported a sharp rise in business volumes in the last quarter of 2000 and...
Site of the century.
Insurance intermediary Alfred Blackmore has gone live with its website as it enters its centenary ye...
Read is Kingpin.
The Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired the Kings Commercial account, best known as the Britis...
BIBA opts for outsourcing.
The British Insurance Brokers Association will be employing independent consultants for its planned ...
Corporate capital drives £1bn hike at Lloyd's
Capacity at Lloyd's increased by £1bn in 2001 to reach £11.06bn, the largest single increase in the m...