Schemes
QBE expands Dubai office capabilities
QBE's Dubai branch is now offering GAP insurance and auto extended warranty on a reinsurance basis to cedants dealing with auto dealers and banks operating in the GCC market.
Cuts at Ecclesiastical to focus on three sectors and boost operations performance
Ecclesiastical's UK boss Steve Wood, pictured, has implemented a three-prong reorganisation as part of a cost-cutting exercise that he claims will lead to an aggressive move on its chosen markets.
Axa commercial introduces new schemes solution
Axa commercial lines has introduced a new approach to processing delegated authority schemes business that it says will deliver benefits to brokers and their customers.
Broker Focus: Schemes - Time to get scheming?
Specialist insurance schemes can offer enormous benefits for niche customers. But do they represent good business — and how can brokers make them successful?
Post magazine – 1 March 2012
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
High Net Worth: Opportunities abound to target the top
Despite the economic conditions, high net worth insurance continues to thrive. But will this lead to a host of new entrants in the market?
UK General signs £22m worth of new scheme deals
UK General has signed 11 new schemes deals during the past three months as it continues to grow its presence in the UK schemes market.
Bollington reshuffles management team as private equity speculation increases
Joe and Stephen Wall have both left the Groupama-owned firm
New year European windstorm damage estimated at €267m
Perils has today disclosed an initial loss estimate for windstorm Andrea, which occurred in Western Europe from 4-5 January 2012, of €267m.
View from the Top: Future Flooding
Government must play its part in achieving a satisfactory solution to flood defence
Penny Black’s insurance week
This week wasn’t the happiest in the Black household.
Ecclesiastical rolls out church alarms in crackdown on metal theft
Charity and heritage insurer Ecclesiastical is to spend £300 000 fitting wireless church roof alarms in every diocese in England and Wales after a successful initial pilot.
Brokers wary over Groupama transfers as S&P puts Aviva and Axa on rating alert
Up for sale insurer may be helped by wider eurozone worries.
Broker focus - Personal lines: Survival tactics
Embattled personal lines brokers are facing a tough climate with falling incomes and business volumes, but those willing to adapt to the new environment can survive and prosper.
Arc Legal teams up with Swinton Commercial
Arc Legal Assistance has secured a deal to provide commercial legal expenses and an extended online employment manual service to Swinton Commercial.
New Coverbox boss van der Merwe aims to beat telematics rivals on pricing
The new boss of telematics insurance provider Coverbox has outlined plans to better match premiums to its customers’ driving habits, insisting the current ‘pay-as-you-drive’ players are not making best use of the available technology.
Spotlight on environment: Providing protection
With climate change increasing the likelihood of natural disasters, insurers must influence the debate on how businesses and governments manage risks such as supply chain failure.
Spotlight on environment: Getting protected
When the Statement of Principles on the provision of flood insurance expires next year, how will insurers address the 200 000 high-risk households left struggling for cover?
Allianz launches ‘landmark’ scholarship scheme
Up to 50 brokers across the country are expected to sign up for a “landmark” Allianz Commercial scholarship scheme aimed at boosting standards of professionalism within the industry.
Growth in green energy prompts Rural to enter market
Specialist agricultural insurer Rural, part of UKGI, is the latest business to launch a suite of green insurance products to meet the growing demand for cover from farmers investing in renewable energy schemes.
Editor's comment: Time for a scrap over metal
As an avid music lover, the year end is always a good time to catch up with the inevitable flurry of ‘best of’ lists to make sure that I have not missed out on any gems.
Editor's comment: The winds of change
And so we end 2011 in a similar vein to December 2010, with loss adjusters doubling staff numbers, ramping up resources and putting into play their surge plans as severe weather conditions batter the UK.
Swinton contacts FSA after sacking executive board
An internal document circulated among Swinton employees has stated that the broker needs “to establish the true level of profits” at the firm in the aftermath of the sacking of its executive board.
PSTF: New generation of females in IT would benefit insurance industry
Industry leaders were told they stand to “reap the long-term benefits” of encouraging a new generation of females to take up an interest in the IT profession. Julie Feest, customer director at E-skills UK, explained to delegates from a range of major…