News
Fortis UK reports 16% jump in GWP
Fortis UK reported overall gross written premium for the first quarter 2004 of £144m, an increase of 16% over the same period in 2003 (£124m).
SSP reports £5m profit
Software Solutions Partners has reported £5m operating profit – before interest, goodwill, amortisation and tax – for the year ended 31 March.
Brit expecting £400m in UK regional commercial
Brit insurance Chairman Clive Coates has announced expectations for the year, telling shareholders that rates in its principle lines of business are holding up.
Bupa quits business line after review
Bupa today announced that, from 11 June it will not take on any new customers wishing to buy pre-funded long term care cover.
Foil calls for greater urgency in Claims Management regulation
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has called for greater urgency for regulations for Claims Management companies following the recommendations from the Better Regulation Taskforce.
Health and Safety Commission welcomes report on compensation culture
Better Routes to Redress, published by the Better Regulation Task Force, explores why some believe there is a compensation culture and how this perception can be damaging to the UK’s economy.
Heath Lambert brokes fine art blaze
Heath Lambert has confirmed that it is the insurance broker to the owner of the fine art storage facility in Leyton, which was involved in the substantial fire that started on Monday morning.
Allianz Cornhill confirms appointment
Allianz Cornhill has confirmed the appointment of Lloyd Hanks as broker sales manager, as predicted ...
Warning from James Schiro, chief excecutive of Zurich
The chief executive of Zurich, James Schiro, has warned that, in the light of softening rates, his c...
Davis and Perkins Slade in Sirius link
The Davis Group has become the first broker in the industry to license Sirius' Agents Online product...
Entries for this year's Gold Standards Awards
Companies still have an opportunity left to enter this year's Gold Standard Awards. Entry is via a q...
Appointment at KPMG
Steve Blizzard, formerly senior vice-president at Mellon Finan-cial Corporation, has joined KPMG as ...
Galbraith commits to bettering talent
Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith declared the need to recruit "weapons-grade talent" if the broki...
GAB Robins appoints new operations director
GAB Robins has appointed Vic Noble as its new operations director - field force for both personal- a...
Aon: D&O rates to fall by up to 30% in some sectors
Rates for directors' and officers' insurance could be set to return to levels not seen since 2000, w...
SSP steps into Ireland with Bitsys buy
IT systems supplier Software Solutions Partners has taken over Irish counterpart Bitsys as the first...
Appointment at Compliance Management Services
Purley-based Compliance Management Services has employed John Hildrey as consultant to its insurance...
Appointment at Rubicon
Rubicon has made John Cunningham group sales and marketing director. He was previously a partner at ...
HIFX launches insurance division
Foreign exchange broker HIFX has launched an insurance division to provide home insurance for custom...
Young achiever award
Kathryn Dunsmore, corporate account manager at Bland Bankart, was the winner of this year's Sheikh A...
Appointment at Close Premium Finance
Close Premium Finance has promoted Steven Howell to business director. He was previously deputy oper...
Insurers welcome judgement from Court of Appeal
Insurers last week welcomed the judgement from the Court of Appeal, which limits the recovery of pre...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
The front page on this site starts well, with this laughter-inducing piece of text: "We are fortunat...
Marsh unveils SME expansion drive
Broker Marsh plans to grow its small and medium-sized enterprise products via both organic developme...