Product
JLT responds to market demand with cyber product
JLT Specialty has launched an intangible and cyber exposure service in response to market demand.
Liberty recruits Whelan to crisis team
Liberty International Underwriters Europe has appointed Brenda Whelan, pictured, as senior underwriter for crisis management.
William Russell launches global plans in Abu Dhabi
International expatriate insurance specialist William Russell has opened its global health, life and income protection insurance plans to businesses in Abu Dhabi.
Chinese insurance premiums rise 10% to £150bn in 2011
China's total insurance premiums rose 10 percent to 1.43 trn yuan (£150bn) in 2011 from a year earlier, according to weekend reports.
Product innovation in European insurance firms is widespread
Product innovation in non-life insurance is widespread according to a new report.
Duo launch psychological professionals scheme
Insurer Ecclesiastical and Oxygen Insurance Brokers have unveiled a new tailored home insurance scheme for psychological professionals.
Axa Commercial targets record £1.2bn GWP by 2015
Outlining Axa’s strategy for the commercial lines business, CEO Amanda Blanc said that it aims to have a combined opertaing ratio of 95% by 2015.
European brokers set to benefit from IP growth
The value of intellectual property has come to the fore in recent months and according to Sam Bobo smart European brokers will be investing in developing insurance for this area in order to corner an expanding market.
Groupama launches security product
Groupama Insurance has launched the latest ‘exclusively’ product for commercial brokers.
View from the top: The pace of change
Twenty years ago the world wide web was in its infancy. E-mail, if it was used in the insurance industry, was limited and contained within organisations. Letters and faxes dominated. We may have had second generation mobile phones but the first UK text…
Barbon trading platform on track for a summer launch
Barbon Insurance Group is now "weeks away" from launching its wholesale broker online trading platform via property business Keelan Westall.
Allianz unveils new PI product
Allianz Commercial has launched a professional indemnity product for distribution within UK broker market.
Arista bid to double GWP
Arista Insurance is to target cross-selling opportunities in a bid to double its gross written premium to between £120m and £150m by 2014.
UK General targets £10m GWP with Everest link-up
Home improvement firm Everest is to enter the insurance market with a home emergency product, after signing an affinity deal with UK General.
Groupama launches recruitment product
Groupama Insurances has unveiled a new broker-distributed cover for recruitment firms.
RSA unveils properties product
Insurer RSA has launched a new properties product aimed at owners with single or multi-premises portfolios.
DDC unveils new service
DDC Outsourcing Solutions has unveiled a new combined lead generation and sales service.
Glencairn adds to food and drink team
Glencairn, a company within Faber & Dumas, the third-party wholesale brokerage arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Jamie Webb as account executive, Glencairn Casualty.
Equity Red Star adds to personal accident product
Insurer Equity Red Star has added a new level of cover to its family personal accident plan.
One Answer Network adds Lorega LRI to product offering
One Answer Network has added Lorega loss recovery insurance to its suite of commercial products.
Homelet launches new products
Homelet has launched ‘Optimum’ tenant reference to remove the tenant if they do not pay and ‘Evict’ – an ‘after the event’ eviction service.
Defaqto launches 2011 star ratings
Research firm Defaqto has published its financial product star ratings for 2011.
RBS Insurance targets direct HNW market with ‘Select’ launch
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has launched into the mid and high-net-worth spaces with a single product/ multi-cover offering, which it plans to sell both direct in-house and through affinity partners.
RBS Insurance targets direct HNW market with ‘Select’ launch – Insurance News Now – 27 January 2011
Post reporter Amy Ellis outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post, which includes the introduction of Direct Line Select.