Commercial
Goshawk up as rates harden
Goshawk Insurance Holdings has recorded improved results for the first half of this year, with gross ...
Appointment at Dial Direct Group.
The Dial Direct Group has appointed Anna Bishop as its first e-commerce marketing manager. Ms Bishop...
Grounds for sporting goals hit snags.
As the country looks forward optimistically for what in recent times has seemed completely unattaina...
gtilink hits the net.
Internet insurance start-up Global Transport & Insurance Services has received outline commitment fr...
Brokers miss out on cross-selling.
Brokers could learn from direct writers about the huge opportunities afforded by cross-selling, acco...
Towergate Underwriting appoints new accident and travel team.
Towergate Underwriting has appointed a new personal accident and travel team to replace the one whic...
Allianz profits rise.
German insurer Allianz AG, which recorded a 30% rise in net profits for the first six months of 200...
Chaucer venture: tales of success.
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer has launched a new company to handle consortium arrangements for both Lloyd'...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Keith Morris has joined Euler Trade Indemnity as deputy chief executive, responsible for overseeing ...
What the Papers Say.
METRO Insurance giant CGNU last week admitted making an "isolated" multi-million pound error over...
Sun widens its horizons.
Sun Life Financial of Canada is to broaden its distribution to encompass independent financial advis...
dotRisk signs up financial partners.
Internet company dotRisk has signed up broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and insurer Ace Global Ma...
In the best of health.
Employers are being forced to increase the benefits they offer their employees in the scramble for skilled personnel, and group income protection is one of the ideal candidates, as David Fanning discovers.
Climate for change.
The reinsurance renewal season will soon be underway, and this year's major thrust, for those that have weathered the storm, will be to work towards the long-awaited and much-needed upturn in the market. Eric Alexander reports.
Brit down but looking up
Brit Insurance Holdings has recorded a pre-tax loss of £13.7m for the first six months of this year, ...
Crowe to close down two syndicates
Crowe Syndicate Management plans to close two syndicates following a strategic review for the 2001 ye...
RSA property unit on the move
Royal and Sun Alliance is moving its 80-strong property investors unit out of its offices in Shaftesb...
What's it worth?
John Ball, president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has been reported in PM as saying ...
Changes up north.
Insurer Northwestern Mutual is to rebrand itself as part of a $25m (£16m) marketing campaign as a ma...
Let's get together.
A new improved relationship is being built between independent financial advisers and insurers. In the future, IFAs could at last see improved products, as well as improved support from their providers. David Fanning gets the lowdown.
NU set to monitor IFAs' satisfaction.
Norwich Union hopes to raise the profile of its fledgling retail investment arm by becoming one of t...
An injection of life for UBS AG.
Swiss banking group UBS AG is setting up its own life insurance firm which will first target its hom...
Dial Direct calls up Pinnacle.
Coventry-based intermediary Dial Direct has entered the pet insurance market with the help of an est...
InsureStream: a steady flow.
Online insurance market, InsureStream, has been launched in the UK by US company e-Insurance Systems...