News
Alex Forbes linked to MBO or sale
Alexander Forbes has been linked with a wholesale or part disposal of its professional indemnity div...
Bomb insurance total could decrease
The insurance market's exposure to the London bomb attacks could be reduced after it emerged that Tr...
Axa hails new product "catalyst"
Axa has described its latest personal lines push as a potential "catalyst" for the business moving f...
Appointment at Chubb
Stephen Blasina has become manager of Chubb's specialty division, with overall responsibility for th...
Scottish Provident launches guide
Scottish Provident has launched a guide to underwriting and claims for intermediaries selling protec...
Giles defectors await FSA approval for new venture
A founder of former broker Ward Evans and an ex-manager from Giles are awaiting regulatory approval ...
Insurers face huge claim after blaze in north London
Insurers are facing a huge claim after a blaze in north London stopped work on the Wembley Stadium a...
Zurich mix-up talks sought
Zurich has yet to confirm whether it would accept any request from Towergate Partnership for a meeti...
Appointment at Greenwoods Solicitors
Greenwoods Solicitors has opened a new office in Milton Keynes and appointed a number of senior prac...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail Around 250,000 drivers could find they are not covered if they have a prang or their car...
Peddle power
Insurance software company CSC has extended its ongoing sponsorship of Team CSC whose leader Ivan Ba...
Prestbury Holdings secures deal
Financial adviser network Prestbury Holdings has secured a deal with underwriting agency Plus One to...
The Balcombe Group is part of the valuing consortium
The Balcombe Group has revealed it is part of the professional consortium valuing the disturbance cl...
First Assist: share plan
Health and well-being specialist First Assist is planning a shareholder scheme to provide incentive ...
Insurers expect liability extensions boost
Insurers could face a massive demand for extensions in employers' liability and public liability ins...
Penny Black's insurance week
With August almost upon us, the rumour mill is kicking into overdrive. NIG was very much the talk of...
NIG to unveil new integrated business model
NIG is planning to introduce a new business model, which will see the integration of its personal an...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Simon Cuthbert has been appointed as regional business manager at Allianz Cornhill Engineering's Bir...
EC probe holds no worries for Lloyd's
A senior Lloyd's figure has expressed concern about how the market will defend itself against the pe...
Winners
Journalists across the Incisive Media Insurance Division - publisher of Post Magazine, Insurance Age...
Nu-clear winner
Heath Lambert Group has been appointed as broker to the Atomic Weapons Establishment, after a compet...
Union name row frustrates Bill progress
Industry figures have expressed dissatisfaction at delays in drafting the Compensation Bill. The De...
Watson returns as Direct Line MD quits
The senior management merry-go-round at Royal bank of Scotland Insurance continued this week, as Dir...
Industry VAT paper out
The insurance industry has been given the chance to have its say on VAT exemption for insurance-rela...