News
Axa moves on name change.
AXA Provincial is to drop the Provincial name from its title in the last quarter of this year - a ye...
Business optimism in insurance.
Business confidence among insurance brokers has fallen to its lowest level since 1989, over the past...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Gloucester-based Ecclesiastical Insurance has made several new appointments. Jan Kirkham has been ma...
Appointment at Avon Insurance.
Roger Williams, BSc, ACA has been appointed underwriting manager. His responsibilities will include ...
Appointment at Crowe Insurance Group.
David Griffiths ACA has been appointed to the newly created position of group finance director. Mr G...
Broker Brands has great expectations.
Broker Brands, the newly formed insurance marketing company, has signed up 50 brokers as members of ...
All the Wright moves.
The FE Wright Group has acquired Teare Rose and Alder Insurance Services, both London-based brokerag...
BIIBA wishes its members the Best of Health.
The British Insurance & Investment Brokers Association (BIIBA) has joined forces with Clinicare to l...
David Worsfold.
The Financial Services Reform Bill is arousing great speculation and there is strong cross-party consensus about what lies ahead.
Half of CU's brokers say they will merge.
Mergers and acquisitions are a driving force in the broking market, according to Commercial Union's ...
Going with the flow.
Recent legislation is demanding that British industry takes environmental issues seriously. While the environmental impairment market has traditionally been risk averse, Dr Roger Litton says insurers are now more open-minded.
Talking shop.
Competition among commercial lines software providers is now fierce. Simon Threadgold compares the growing number of quotation systems available for selling package shop insurance.
Office closures at Eagle Star.
Eagle Star's restructuring of its commercial insurance operation will result in 540 job losses, over...
Navigators & General sponsor celebrations.
Navigators & General, the yacht and motorboat insurer sponsored the centenary celebrations for The C...
Diamond are a girl's best friend?
Specialist women motorists insurer Diamond has embarked upon a high-profile advertising campaign on ...
Summit: down on the farm with Countrywise.
The insurance needs of farmers are being targeted by motor insurer Summit at Lloyd's with the launch...
Fears over drop in household profits.
The household insurance sector is facing the worst year of profitability since 1991. According to th...
Protection for expats.
William Russell has put together a protection plan to cover expatriates against death, accident and ...
Shameful spectacle mars BIA ceremony.
I am writing to say what an enjoyable evening I had at this year's British Insurance Awards. However...
NIG Skandia launches motorcycle product.
NIG Skandia has added to its range of screen-based products with the launch of its motorcycle produc...
Arter appointed to AII.
Chris Arter ACII MBA has been appointed secretary general of the Association of Insurance Intermedia...
Terry Wellard.
If the likes of Boots and Tesco can get into bed with insurers, why don't you join forces with the local chemist or butcher?
Crawford THG and Ellis & Buckle set to axe staff in restructuring.
The loss adjusting world is about to go through another period of upheaval with both Crawford THG an...
Top 20 buy-out.
EW Blanch Holdings, along with Swire Blanch has acquired London-based Dunn & Carter, an insurance br...