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US Travelers Property and Casualty reaches agreement
US Travelers Property and Casualty, which last week announced a merger with St Paul, has reached an ...
A question of risk
There continues to be inadequate risk differentiation between clients when it comes to liability pre...
Regulation - Don't delay over the FSA
While many brokers have already registered for a Financial Services Authority application form, others are lagging behind. Lynn Rouse advises against delay
Keith Rutter to join JLT
Broker JLT has announced that founder and former chief executive of failed liability insurer The Und...
Appointment at Crawford & Company
Crawford & Company has appointed Nancy Hempstead as its new head of healthcare. The loss adjuster cl...
Surf's up
A study by IT security specialist Cyber Protect has named brokers as some of the worst culprits for ...
Premium Finance - A premium position
Encouraging signs suggest the premium finance market is a safe bet for commercial brokers. Hugo Cranmore unlocks the market's potential
Disease fund is big issue
Compulsion is here to stay in terms of employers' liability cover, conceded Paul Fegan, head of liab...
P&I Club rates show a general rise
The American P&I Club has announced a general rise of 17.5% in total premium for its P&I business fo...
Fusion opens new office to aid growth
Broker-only agency Fusion has put several plans in place to help it benefit from the significant inc...
Zurich targets 500 in bid for top spot
Zurich this week outlined a three-year battle plan to become the top intermediated personal lines in...
Appointment at Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has appointed Phil Barton as group commercial director (designate). Mr Barton was ini...
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Emma Quantrill has been appointed to the press office, and will have lead responsibility for life, p...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed Philip Gore-Randall has joined as chief executive of Aon Risk Services UK. Mr Gore...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was concerned for the good people of Swiss Re this week when strolling through the City of Lon...
Appointment at Unum Provident
Unum Provident has appointed Peter Barnett as head of external affairs. Mr Barnett will report to co...
J Sainsbury financial arm achieves income growth
The financial services arm of supermarket giant J Sainsbury achieved net income growth of 39.2% in t...
Folgate widens UK presence with major deal
Folgate has pulled off one of its largest acquisitions to date, after securing commercial broker War...
Lloyd's gets tough with underperforming syndicates
Further syndicates could exit Lloyd's under the auspices of Lloyd's franchise performance director R...
Fitch raises fears over ZFS reserves
Rating agency Fitch has raised concerns over deteriorating reserves at Zurich Financial Services, af...
Markerstudy increases shareholding in Planet Insurance
Gibraltar-based intermediary Markerstudy Insurance Group has increased its shareholding in subsidiar...
Goshawk abandons preliminary talks
Goshawk Insurance Holdings this week said it had abandoned preliminary talks with several interested...
Technology - Are upgrades too hard to swallow?
Ralph Savage gives the commercial broking sector an IT health check and finds it may be in need of a few rescue remedies
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Emma Quantrill has been appointed to the press office, and will have lead responsibility for life, p...