News
SEERPIC appoints Heath Lambert National
The public sector unit of Heath Lambert National has been appointed general broker to the South-east...
Standard and Poor maintains outlook on market
Standard and Poor's is maintaining its outlook on the UK general insurance market (AAA/Stable/A-1+)....
Know your limits
Limitation is a defence that arises repeatedly but there is often confusion over when the clock starts ticking. Niall Innes discusses why professionals and insurers can take the high road
CII teams up with Cass Business School
The Chartered Insurance Institute has teamed up with Cass Business School to offer a scholarship to ...
Highway warns that brand war will harm
Highway Insurance has criticised the brand war it believes is being fuelled by major motor insurers ...
Appointment at Aon
Paul Sykes has been made managing director of Aon Insurance Managers' operations in Gibraltar and Ma...
Police doubles cash in fraud fight
The success of a police crackdown on uninsured driving has led to an additional £350,000 investment ...
Events
16 March - Insurance Institute of London Lunchtime Lectures - The tsunami threat. Lloyd's Old Librar...
Allianz Cornhill extends service
Allianz Cornhill is extending its telephone-based small broker support service to brokers in the Sou...
Appointment at Integro
Nicholas Conca has become managing principal and head of management risk for the New York office, wi...
What the papers said this week
The Sun Wallace and Gromit's creators have won an insurance payout of less than £1m for a fire that...
Bluesure joins Heath Lambert motor panel
Multi-lines insurer Bluesure has begun its product rollout, confirming to Post Magazine that it is t...
Appointment at Pioneer Friendly Society
Pioneer Friendly Society has made Paul Wood national sales and marketing manager. Mr Wood was previo...
Munich Re announces record profit
Munich Re announced a record profit of EUR2.7bn (£1.9bn) in 2005, an increase on 2004's EUR1.9bn fig...
Legal action may hit insurer clawbacks
Insurers' attempts to recover losses arising out of the Buncefield explosion will suffer severe dela...
Norwich Union to target freight market
Norwich Union is to target the freight market with two new publications - Lightening the Burden and ...
Guild of Valuers and Jewellers launches website
Jewellery valuation specialist the Guild of Valuers and Jewellers has launched a website aimed at pr...
Penny Black's insurance week
Halifax Bank of Scotland Insurance has gone pet crazy recently in a bid to grab column inches in the...
Benfield reports profit
Broker Benfield reported a profit of £34.8m in 2005, up 12% on the £31m it made the previous year an...
Aon in Forbes and Heath mix-up
Broking giant Aon mixed up the names of two of its rivals in a recent letter concerning departed sta...
Appointment at JK Buckenham
City-based Lloyd's reinsurance broker JK Buckenham has appointed Anna Neocleous to its special risks...
Aon defeat to impact wider market
Sub-broking arrangements have been clarified in a landmark $80m (£46m) court case, which saw broker ...
Brit axes pro-merger broker over strategy
Brit Insurance Holdings has fired one of its joint stockbrokers, Cenkos Securities, after a falling ...
Asbestos liability stance on the line
Insurers were awaiting judgement yesterday from the House of Lords in a case that could drastically ...