Zurich Insurance

Keelan Westall offers to beat quotes

Wholesale property insurance broker Keelan Westall has launched a ‘guarantee to beat’ initiative promising to beat premiums by 10% for commercial property risks over £500 until the end of the year.

Ex-Churchill MD joins aggregator start-up

Former Churchill managing director Mike Quinton has taken an “opportunity of a lifetime” to become Debra Williams’ first senior appointment at a new price comparison site, joining as commercial director.

Economic uncertainty boosts HNW business

Stock market crashes and market uncertainties are moving high net worth customers from stocks and shares to more tangible assets, boosting business for 
HNW insurers.

Capita looks to double in size by 2013

Outsourcing specialist Capita Consulting has unveiled plans to recruit 30 more consultants to its financial services practice and to double the size of its business in two years.

Keelan Westall and CKW renegotiate claims deal

Property insurance brokers Cadogan Keelan Westall and Keelan Westall have renegotiated their delegated authority agreement with insurer Zurich to allow the in-house claims team to process and settle claims up to £5000 net of policy excess.

Audience with Zurich: Techmedia sector in the spotlight

Zurich Insurance today launched independent research which found that more than half of Britain’s mid-size technology companies feel at risk from losing skilled employees, with the figure rising to 70% amongst companies with a £25-£100m annual turnover.

View from the top: A multi-channel world

Many brokers will have read the recent update around Zurich’s personal lines strategy, following the announcement that we’re re-entering the direct channel later this year via an outsourced arrangement with Endsleigh, where the majority of new business…

Insurers extend riot notification period

Insurers have extended their claims notification periods for claims resulting from the riots in response to the government’s own extension of the notification period under the Riot (Damages) Act compensation scheme.

New generation claims group: Networking opportunities

With a brief of developing innovative ways to improve the claims process, the Chartered Insurance Institute’s new generation claims group recently finished its year-long pilot. Ant Gould looks at the results and talks to the key players.

Zurich claims Q2 bounce back

Zurich has announced a half year operating profit 7% down on the same time last year at £2.1bn, but said its second quarter was 7% up at $1.3bn.

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