News
Orion goes into run-off.
Non-standard motor company Orion has been placed into run-off. It is an immediate casualty of the ...
Fraudbusting hits the Internet.
The Association of British Insurers has extended its fraud whistle-blowing facility to the Internet ...
Korma Blimey.
A woman accused of killing four neighbours, including two children, with arsenic-laced curry went on...
Hire education.
Last month the Court of Appeal made a landmark ruling on credit hire agreements. Marcus Grant discovers what implications it will have for the insurance industry.
Register runs pilot IT service.
The Unclaimed Assets Register, which was set up last year by broker Aon to help beneficiaries search...
Pension timebomb.
Pension fund trustees are sitting on a back-office timebomb, according to Latchly Management's Globa...
To advertise or not to advertise.
The insurance industry's ability to market itself was as much a discussion for debate 75 years ago a...
Appointment at PXRE Managing Agency.
David Armes has joined Peter Butler's Syndicate 1224. Previously he was active underwriter with Amli...
Chaucer set to buy.
Chaucer Syndicates, the managing agency subsidiary of Chaucer Holdings, has signed a heads of agreem...
Appointment at Bacon & Woodrow.
Bacon & Woodrow has made eight partner promotions, the most ever made in one year in the firm's 75-y...
Appointment at London Processing Centre.
Tony Medniuk has succeeded Ken Haddon as chairman of the board of the London Processing Centre. Mr M...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
James Scott-Brown has joined Mclarens Toplis to head up its fine art unit. Mr Scott-Brown, who was p...
Bolam lays into IIB.
With the rows over broker regulation still raging, this year's BIIBA conference in Cardiff promised strong speeches. David Worsfold and Francis Higney found it did not disappoint.
Speedy software.
Homeowners Friendly hopes the launch of a campaign management software application from Intrinsic wi...
Swiss Re ready to axe up to 500 jobs in profitability drive.
Swiss Re is set to cut jobs and shed unprofitable business in an effort to challenge the soft pricin...
24-hour claimsline.
Berkshire broker Norman Insurance aims to improve its customer service with the launch of a new Prop...
Tobacco victory.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco is celebrating the result of three court trials. The cases all heard by a...
Hope and glory.
On Wednesday 7 July the insurance industry will experience an event the like of which it has never s...
Appointment at Alexander Hughes.
Robin McWilliams has been appointed to lead Alexander Hughes' insurance and risk management practice...
Axa reviews.
Axa is still reviewing GRE's Irish operation which has brought with it the number one position in th...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black is appalled to hear how poor Clare Parkes, development director with the Society of Fina...
Mark of security.
Cornhill Insurance has teamed up with the security service provider Retainagroup to offer its Home B...
Realistic Lloyd's is driving its own destiny.
Lloyd's of London has taken some of the perennial doom-mongers by surprise with its latest predictio...
Axa branding.
The elimination of the Guardian brand will be completed within 90 days, said Andy Homer, chief execu...