Lloyds Banking Group
Top 100 UK insurers - 2009
AM Best's top 100 insurer rankings in full, according to Financial Services Authority returns for 2009.
Home & Legacy seals Lloyds deal
Home & Legacy has entered an agreement with Lloyds TSB Insurance Services to provide personal home and motor insurance to its private banking customers.
BIS Countdown - finance raising: Back on the menu
With only a week to go before the inaugural British Insurance Summit, Seb Kafetz explains how the appetite for financing insurance ventures is alive and well despite continued economic turbulence.
Lloyds tops FOS complaints table
Lloyds TSB Bank has received the most general insurance complaints of any company during the first half of 2010.
Interview - Sandy Scott: Discovery continues for tireless Scott
As CII chief executive Sandy Scott notches up a decade at the helm of the institute, he talks to Lynn Rouse about change, challenges and his critics, plus the professionalism agenda he is intent on pursuing.
Aviva appoints head of new business sales
Aviva has announced the appointment of Ian Valentine as head of new business sales.
Lloyds Bank PPI sales fall 23% in H1 2010 results
Lloyds Banking Group has reported that profit before tax and fair value unwind from its general insurance increased by 5 per cent to £195m in the first half of 2010, "due primarily to lower claims and reduced operating expenses".
Broker focus - exit options: Feathering the nest
Finding a favourable exit during the economic downturn has proved tricky for broker owners. Leigh Jackson reports on how the tide may be turning for those looking to sell.
Lloyds pulls credit linked PPI products
Lloyds Banking Group has announced it has ceased selling credit linked payment protection insurance (PPI), effective from 23 July.
Post in print - 22 July 2010
Post reporter Dan Dunkley outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post.
Private equity firm steps in with £115m MCS deal
Swedish restoration services firm Munters has sold its moisture control services business to private equity firm Triton in a move that will see a number of key partnerships in the UK insurance market change ownership.
Lloyds chooses Crawford over adjusting trio after review
A trio of loss adjusters will no longer work with Lloyds Banking Group after it moved to a solus arrangement with Crawford & Company.
Lord Levene set to target state banks with new investment vehicle
Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London, is to spearhead an acquisition vehicle targeting state controlled bank assets, according to reports.
Hiscox secures $750m new funding
Hiscox has secured a $750m syndicated three-year revolving credit and letter of credit facility.
Lloyds Banking Group announces insurance job cuts
The part nationalised bank is set to cut 650 jobs, with the majority of redunancies set be made at its insurance office in Nottingham.
Career development & CSR news: Barrie & Hibbert supports risk academy at Heriot-Watt
Risk modelling specialist Barrie & Hibbert has announced its support of the Scottish Financial Risk Academy, which it claims is the first of its kind in the UK. It was established by Heriot-Watt University following the award of a £335 000 grant by the…
Lloyds TSB provides Henderson with £4.5m boost
Henderson Insurance Brokers secured a £1m finance facility to aid its acquisition of Denny O’Hara, the Leeds-based insurance broker, its new banker has also revealed.
Interview - Nicola Harvey: Embracing new horizons
Incoming Airmic chairman Nicola Harvey talks to Lynn Rouse about relishing career challenges, working with passionate people and her plans to deal proactively with emerging risks.
UK Drainage Network lands Lloyds Banking Group deal
Insurance drainage claims fulfilment company UK Drainage Network has signed a four year deal with Lloyds Banking Group to become the banks sole drainage supplier.
Lloyds TSB welcomes “important” Hastings deal
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has confirmed its intention to back the Hastings management team.
Broker Hastings gets major capital injection from Lloyds TSB
Personal lines specialist Hastings Direct has become the latest broker to receive third-party capital after agreeing to a £20m cash injection from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.
£20m Lloyds TSB cash injection for Hastings
Personal lines specialist Hastings Direct has become the latest broker to receive third-party capital after agreeing to a £20m cash injection from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.
POS PPI ban confirmed
The Competition Commission has reaffirmed its decision to provisionally introduce a point-of-sale prohibition on payment protection insurance.
Competition Commission: Point-of-sale PPI should be banned
The Competition Commission has provisionally decided that consumers will benefit from the introduction of a point-of-sale prohibition for all forms of payment protection insurance, with the exception of retail PPI.