Commercial
Zurich to axe four regional offices.
Approximately 400 jobs at Zurich Financial Services will be affected by the insurer's decision to cl...
ABI and Polaris in new Net initiative.
The Association of British Insurers and Polaris have launched an initiative in order to help Polaris...
St Paul beats rivals to win contract for Law Society's PI scheme.
St Paul has won the contract to run the Law Society's professional indemnity scheme. The insurer,...
CSC pushes ahead with Polaris
CSC is to complete the roll-out of Polaris to its Quotel user base by the end of February. The softwa...
Structural change.
Over the last few years, professional indemnity for the engineering sector has been a difficult class to write, however, the signs are that rates are stabilising and are even set to rise. Simon Threadgold finds out why.
Domestic difficulties.
Home assistance was originally introduced as an add-on to bolster home insurance sales, but it is now an integral part of buildings and contents policies, says Shona Cronin.
Homefront.
While advances in technology mean that more people are now working from home, the market for homeworking insurance is still quite limited. Shona Cronin explains.
Devitt wins staff awards.
Devitt Insurance Services has won two government awards for staff training and development. The firm...
RSA beefs-up its farm contract.
Royal & SunAlliance has overhauled its Farm Contract in order to cater for the ever-changing needs o...
Crawford in major loss initiative
Loss adjuster Crawford has put together a loss management service which brings together many differen...
Devitt wins training awards
Devitt Insurance Services has won two government awards for staff training and development. Both th...
Sparking off a dream scheme.
The IT revolution has opened up a wide range of opportunities for schemes business, which can prove very fruitful for the resourceful broker, says Ken Elms.
St Paul snaps-up NU portfolio.
St Paul has bought the renewal rights to Norwich Union's professional indemnity portfolio. The busin...
Surveying the risks.
The levels of risk involved in chartered surveying are unpredictable and so it pays for insurers to be cautious when underwriting professional indemnity, says Simon Threadgold.
Axa unveils its best-of-breed range following GRE takeover.
AXA Insurance has launched its new commercial product range following the acquisition of the Guardia...
Contractual challenge.
The proposed Contracts Bill will have repercussions throughout the insurance industry. Some sectors, such as construction, are set to benefit, say Charlotte Capstick and David Wilkinson.
RSA sponsors Stress Awareness day
Royal & SunAlliance is sponsoring National Stress Awareness Day (tomorrow) to help raise awarenesss o...
Security bodies to merge
Two leading security inspection organisations are merging to strengthen their market positions. Fol...
Axa unveils new commercial products
Axa Insurance has launched its new commercial product range following the acquisition of the Guardian...
Brockbank sets up yacht agency
Lloyd's insurance group Brockbank has formed Sextant International, a pan-European yacht insurance ag...
SVB's commercial policy is online first for Lloyd's.
Fusion Underwriting Services, the new online subsidiary of managing agency SVB, has launched what it...
Practice makes perfect?
Royal & SunAlliance has undergone restructuring recently to facilitate broker access. Mike Jakeman talks to Tim Collison about this latest move towards providing a seamless service.
Equestrian Broker expands
In response to increasing volumes of new business, British Equestrian Insurance Brokers has boosted i...
CSC signs contract with Polaris.
CSC has signed a contract with the Polaris board of insurers to provide full integration of the Pola...