News
Broker branches into household
Specialist motor broker Footman James is aiming to hit £60m gross written premium by 2008 by branchi...
New insurance-only VC company targets brokers
The Towergate Partnership plans to form what it claims will be the first-ever insurance-specific ven...
Appointment at Sectornet
Sectornet has promoted Steve Tillyer from account manager to the role of core account group manager....
Axa sees UK revenues drop
Axa UK's motor and commercial revenue fell in the first half of 2005 but the insurer claimed retenti...
Checking out your assets
Broking Comment
Capita concedes impact of VAT proposals
BDML Connect chairman and chief executive Sandy Dunn has accepted a place on the board of Capita Ins...
TUC takes swipe at insurers over H&S
The Association of British Insurers has renewed calls for trade unions to support its 'Making the Ma...
Hiscox expects profits
Hiscox has said it believes that the group's half-year results will be materially ahead of expectati...
Network risk and threats to organisations
Almost 60% of chief risk officers and senior risk managers view network risk as a significant and gr...
Appointment at Premium Credit
Premium Credit has appointed Lynn Denby as business manager for the south-west of England. Ms Denby ...
Alistair Kinley to leave the ABI
Alistair Kinley, will become the latest in a long line of high-profile departures from the Associati...
Omega halts Hardy talks
Lloyd's insurer Omega Underwriting confirmed on Monday that it had terminated talks with its takeove...
Willis Group Holdings net income report
Willis Group Holdings, the parent company of broker Willis UK, has reported net income for the quart...
Tokio Marine Global joins IUA
Tokio Marine Global has joined the International Underwriting Association as the market body continu...
Cobra membership rises to 80
Broker network Cobra's membership has risen to 80, following the addition of nine new members in the...
CSC will expel over profiteering
The Claims Standards Council will expel any members caught profiteering from the 7 July London bomb ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has heard a million and one stories about fraudulent claims so one found it comforting to hear...
Quinn Direct reveals profits
Quinn Direct, the Irish insurer, made a pre-tax profit of £61m in the six-month period to the end of...
Lloyd's investor to renew challenge at EGM
Goshawk's largest shareholder is set to rally investors later this month in a bid to oust the insure...
Airmic calls for an urgent FSA meeting
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers is to seek an urgent meeting with the Financial Servi...
Zurich begins major new household pilot
Insurer Zurich could have access to up to three million additional customers after agreeing an affin...
HBOS GI deputy set to leave this month
Halifax Bank of Scotland General Insurance is set to lose its deputy chief executive officer just ov...
Events
22 September - Aon Consulting, Healthcare Workshop, London. Tel: 0800 279 5588, E-mail: enquiries@ao...
Message at NIG Business Academy event
Insurers should stop thinking of brokers as simply a distribution chain and start treating them as t...