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Industry is unfairly hit
The UK's heavy manufacturing industry continues to be unfairly penalised by liability insurers as a ...
What the papers said this week
FINANCIAL TIMES Long-awaited legislation to make companies criminally liable for fatal accidents fa...
Alan and Thomas launches new credit insurance division
Alan and Thomas Insurance Brokers has launched a new credit insurance division. The department will ...
Harley-Davidson Financial appoints Boncaster
Harley-Davidson Financial Services Europe has appointed Boncaster, a subsidiary of Cox Insurance, as...
Reinsurer Imagine to back Illium
Reinsurance group Imagine has agreed to provide an additional £15m of underwriting capacity to Lloyd...
Oak targets Chubb and Hiscox after sale
High net worth specialist Oak Underwriting is hoping for 25% growth year on year until managing dire...
Broker Networks - Making connections
Simon Threadgold lines up the runners as a growing number of networks join the race for broker members
IT strategy - A new generation of IT solutions
As technology continues to evolve, Tony Vince stresses the benefits to businesses of a well planned IT strategy
Appointment at SVM
SVM Asset Management has appointed Andrew Dykes as European fund manager. Mr Dykes will report to Co...
Appointment at Aquila Group
Aquila Group has appointed Adrian Howells as marketing manager. Mr Howells has more than 10 years' s...
Hardy Underwriting forecasts unchanged
Lloyd's insurer Hardy Underwriting confirmed this week that its previous forecasts for the 2001 and ...
US Travelers Property and Casualty reaches agreement
US Travelers Property and Casualty, which last week announced a merger with St Paul, has reached an ...
Insurers critical of travel industry training scheme
Moves by the travel industry to prolong its exemption from statutory insurance regulation by the Fin...
AA Insurance Services selects legal services panel
AA Insurance Services has selected law firms Berrymans Lace Mawer and Pannones for its legal service...
UK Floats - Sink or swim?
Flotation is becoming a more prominent option for commercial brokers. Jeremy Prescott discusses how brokers would fare should they choose this route
Fusion opens new office to aid growth
Broker-only agency Fusion has put several plans in place to help it benefit from the significant inc...
Builder may be liable for QM2 claim
The builder of the Queen Mary 2 cruise liner could still be held liable for the tragic accident earl...
A word from our sponsor - Software will drive the future for commercial intermediaries
The business environment for brokers is dominated by the proposals on regulation for compliance and ...
Disease fund is big issue
Compulsion is here to stay in terms of employers' liability cover, conceded Paul Fegan, head of liab...
Insurers seek to cut costs
Insurer alliance The Drainage Forum, which has worked to establish standards for contractors in the ...
We are the champions
The insurers of England's victorious rugby team breathed a sigh of relief at the final whistle in th...
Surf's up
A study by IT security specialist Cyber Protect has named brokers as some of the worst culprits for ...
Chartered Status - What's in a name?
Two years on, Rachel Gordon reviews chartered broker status. What measurable benefits has it brought the industry?
Appointment at CNA Insurance
CNA has appointed Richard Spencer and Christine Igoe to its financial lines team in London. Mr Spenc...