News
Landlord cover boost.
Brian Chubb Insurance has enhanced its Landlord's Choice domestic let insurance policy. The new look...
RSA have missed chance to rebuild confidence.
Royal Sun Alliance is having a bad year. Hopes that the sweeping changes at the very top - with the ...
It's all Greek to ERC.
The close bond between giant reinsurer ERC Frankona and Greek supplier of insurance industry service...
Standards argument stands test of time.
As the arguments regarding standards of professionalism within the industry continue to rage, it's i...
What the papers say.
THE TIMES A police force paid out more than £10m in damages and costs to settle four claims of ma...
In the midst of terror.
When a terrorist bomb ripped through the heart of Nairobi, ex-pat loss adjuster John Miners was caught up in the carnage. Here he gives Post Magazine his account of the day's horror.
Merger puts the cat among broker pigeons.
It is easy to say that the merger between the Association of Independent Intermediaries and the Inde...
Intranet takes the US by storm.
A new report reveals that the intranet has taken the US financial services sector by storm and predi...
Malpractice scheme.
The Medical Insurance Agency is to operate a new optional malpractice scheme for the General Osteopa...
Broker consolidation.
A comment from Larissa Knepper, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.
Broker regulation - Stuck at a stalemate.
That's the position of the major parties involved in the current row over broker regulation row. Francis Higney looks at the effect this is having on brokers and examines ways to break the deadlock.
ABI's code monitoring unit to get tough.
Up to 100 independent intermediaries could have their agencies cancelled by the middle of next month...
Clubbing together.
Commercial Union and Burke Ford Insurance Brokers putted their way to victory in the Bruce Grobbelaa...
IIB members deserve better than 'pathetic rabble-rousing'.
I must say that I am most saddened after reading the latest missive I have just received from Andrew...
Trade bodies to merge.
The two trade bodies launched just over a year ago to represent independent intermediaries are to me...
Farmers badgered by TB cattle fear.
Farmers are fretting over the threat that badgers pose to their livelihoods - and it could mean insu...
Merger will help intermediaries pack a punch.
The merger of the Association of Independent Intermediaries and the Independent Intermediaries Assoc...
Booklet offers checklist for making mergers easy.
The current merger and acquisition culture has left managers struggling to achieve a successful inte...
What's in a name?
Jonathan Guy's Viewpoint (Is the the end of the brand of hype and glory?, PM, Aug 27, p47) says that...
The shipping forecast.
Jonathan Guy outlines what will be on the agenda at next week's International Union of Marine Insurance conference.
Row shows why Lloyd's must go back to the drawing board.
The debate about the future of individual Names at Lloyd's seems to have been settled with a suddenn...
Don't mention premium rates.
As the autumn conference season continues on its frantic domestic and international whirl, it is the...
First time down the aisle.
Shona Cronin visits FMW, which picked up Commercial Lines Broker of the Year at the British Insurance Awards, to discover its winning formula.
No way out of this price spiral'.
Some 2000 delegates arrived in Monte Carlo this week for the 42nd Monte Carlo Rendez-Vouzs. Janina Clark and Alex Beatty report on how they are facing up to plunging rates and fierce competition.