Lockton Companies
In series - Professionalism and CPD: The gold standard
Brokers have embraced the professional development mantra of producing highly skilled employees.
Monte Carlo preview - Destination: Monaco
Reinsurers viewing customers as commodities - Barbican.
GC files against Lockton Re
Guy Carpenter has filed a suit in a bid to recoup brokerage fees after clients followed an employee to Lockton Re. The action follows disputed brokerage fees for placing reinsurance coverage.
Solicitors' PI: The road to reform
In recent times, the solicitors' professional indemnity market has been travelling a difficult path. Jane Bernstein examines the road ahead by taking a close look at proposed industry changes and the effect they may have.
Lockton to become latest London market broker to seek LLP status
Lockton International has become the latest London market broker to seek limited liability partnership status, Postonline can reveal.
Penny Black's insurance week
One of Penny's colleagues met up with new Garwyn CEO Stewart McCulloch this week, and by all accounts he seems to be warming quite nicely to his new role in the claims space.
Interview - Stewart McCulloch: Sticking to his knitting
The new CEO of Garwyn talks to Mairi MacDonald about getting the loss adjuster back on track by sticking to its core strengths while expanding its regional focus.
Lockton issues fiscal report
Lockton generated $774m (£495m) in fiscal 2010 revenue, representing a 5% organic growth rate.
View from the top: Singing from same sheet
Despite being an industry that is not short of executives with opinion, and whose job is to take a view on risk, insurance collectively is a 'shrinking violet' — with no body or mechanism whose job it is to speak out on behalf of the industry.
JLT set to swoop for Lockton business
JLT has formed an alliance with two Lockton-affiliated brokers in continental Europe, in a move that may see key London business move over to the firm.
Guy Carpenter files suit against Lockton Re after client defections
Guy Carpenter has filed a suit in a bid to recoup brokerage fees after clients followed an employee to Lockton Re.
Hanks confirmed as CII president
Chris Hanks has been formally elected president of the Chartered Insurance Institute at its annual general meeting held in London on 21 July 2010.
British Insurance Awards 2010: Cracking commercial
This year's winner, Heath Lambert, is a broker that has taken significant strides to enhance its UK operations and client service in recent years culminating in victory at the British Insurance Awards 2010 writes Andrew Tjaardstra.
Risk managers need board level support, claims survey
UK corporations remain overly reliant on insurance as a catch-all solution and are failing to take risk seriously as a board issue by delegating responsibility downwards. These are among the key initial findings of a three-year study being undertaken by…
Lockton adds to real estate team
Broker Lockton has appointed Gareth Robinson to its specialist real estate and construction team.
Lockton values England squad as £293m risk
Insurance broker Lockton has valued the England football squad as £293m risk to the London market as it completes its flight to South Africa for the World Cup.
Penny Black's insurance week
Despite claims to the contrary, Penny is still not 100% convinced by former Lorega chief executive John Sims' claims that he is not having a mid-life crisis.
Lockton adds to CSR team
Insurance broker Lockton has appointed charity insurance specialist Richard Prenter to its corporate risk solutions team.
Lockton's Brown triumphs
Karen Brown of Lockton International has been named as the winner of the inaugural individual chartered broking award by the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Regional review - Birmingham: Banging the drum for Brum
With a number of new entrants over the past 18 months, Birmingham looks a lively place to do business. Leigh Jackson reports on the upsurge of activity for the city.
Garwyn names new CEO
Garwyn has appointed the former chairman of glaobal sales at Xchanging, Stewart McCulloch, as its new chief executive.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was amused to see a video on the MCE Insurance webpage featuring none other than TV adventurer Charlie Boorman fraternising with the broker's mascot Big Ed at the London Motorcycle show at Excel.
Biba preview - speakers' views: Excel-lent adventure
This year's British Insurance Broker's Association conference held in London on 19 and 20 May will see 2810 attendees descend on the Excel conference centre where 168 exhibition stands await. We caught up with some of the event's speakers to find out…
BMS expands into Latin America
BMS has appointed former Lockton employee Amador Torrealba as a producer, and announced an exclusive agency with JAO & Partners Corredores de Reaseguros S.A, in Peru.