Property
APC updates property owners product
Commercial insurance underwriting agency is to make a number of changes to its residential let and commercial let products.
FM Global to issue largest ever membership credit to clients
Clients of industrial and commercial property insurer FM Global will collectively receive an estimated US$420m premium reduction when they renew their policies between 30 June 2010 and 29 June 29 2011.
Moneysupermarket names Carnegie-Brown as NED
Price comparison giant Moneysupermarket has named former Marsh chief executive Bruce Carnegie-Brown as a non-executive director.
Ace Tempest Re appoints head of international
Steve Roberts has been promoted to managing director of Ace Tempest Re International, which includes operations in London, Zurich, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.
News analysis - Aggregators: Motoring on
With motor rates leaping up by 15%, Tom Cooper assesses whether prudent, profitable pricing is finally on the horizon
Allianz hires new household operations manager
Allianz has appointed Gary Coton as household operations manager responsible for handling all UK household claims.
RFIB adds two in "talent" push
Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB has announced the appointments of Charles Vermont as a broker in its specialty division and Jeannette Smith as associate division director to its North American division.
Arista names new senior underwriter
Arista Insurance has named former NIG key account manager Gavin Benson as a new Birmingham-based senior underwriter.
CRM in quota share deal with Amtrust
Bermuda workers’ compensation (re)insurer CRM Holdings has entered into a quota share agreement with US specialty property casualty insurer AmTrust Financial Services
Giles to make first Lloyd's acquisition
Giles Insurance Brokers is in negotiations with Cooper Gay to acquire its FSJ business unit, Post has learnt.
Letsure agrees insurance deal with Hamptons International
Lettings insurance specialist Letsure has agreed a deal to provide insurance products to landlord customers of residential agency Hamptons International.
ISS merges Damage Control and Rainbow
The ISS Group has merged Rainbow International and ISS Damage Control to create a new restoration division.
Carroll set to depart Canopius
Canopius Managing Agents underwriting director Tim Carroll is set to leave the company less than 18 months into the role.
Election 2010 - Industry Q&A: Question time
In the final part of the countdown to the general election, Post took questions from the leading lights of the insurance industry and put them to the three main political parties.
ICAB revises rental offering
Insurance Claims Accommodation Bureau has restructured its rental department.
NIG to launch property owners product
NIG is poised to launch a new mid-market property owners offering after raiding RSA for account manager Stewart Anderson.
Vast majority of professionally valued buildings underinsured
Aviva has warned that property owners need to review sums insured to prevent underinsurance as research shows 77% of professionally valued buildings are underinsured.
View from the top: A makeover of the mind
The insurance industry has an image problem. If it were a celebrity, it would take more than just a nip and tuck and some botox to transform its wrinkled reputation with the paying public.
Start-up broker NMJ partners with Open GI
The new branch-based broking network established by former Equity Insurance Group Directors has signed up to the Open GI platform for a minimum of four years.
One Answer Network teams up with Selfnet
One Answer Network has teamed up with Selfnet to offer its members a Selfsure product designed to simplify the insurance buying process for both brokers and customers.
Markel adds to hull and war team
Markel International has appointed Daniel McCarthy as an underwriter within its Hull and War team.
Canopius delivers profit of £55m for 2009
Canopius Group, the privately-owned Lloyd’s insurance underwriting business, has reported profit before tax of £55m up from £43m in 2008 and profit before tax excluding foreign exchange on non-monetary items of £74m.
L&G's household book returns to profit with a COR of 98%
Legal & General's general insurance business has recorded a £17m operating profit in 2009, a return to the black after a £2m loss in 2008.
RG Ford acquires Abba
Chelmsford-based RG Ford Insurance Brokers has completed the first of the five acquisitions it hopes to make in 2010.