Independent Insurance
Former colleagues pay tribute to David Sweeney
Former colleagues of ex-Hiscox, Sterling and Brightside manager David Sweeney have paid tribute to him after he sadly passed away at the end of last month.
Could a motor insurance crisis become a political storm?
Content director's view: As Zurich pulls out of the personal lines broker market, and with motor far from being flavour of the month for investors and capacity providers, Jonathan Swift asks could a combination of withdrawals and lack of new competition…
Howden unifies business; Pikl partners with Confused; Gallagher sponsors the horses
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Zurich’s broker club; Novidea’s $50m funding; and Gallagher sponsors women’s rugby
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
WTW partners with Sapiens; Zurich expands regional network; Pen UW creates head of IP
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva reshuffles claims legal panel; Minster Law partners with AA; Flood Re adds a NED
Friday Round Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
For the record: Lemonade joins the ABI; Lexis Nexis expands to Ireland; Jensten acquires Bennetts
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Blog: History is on Hiscox's side as claimants threaten Covid-19 BI legal action, but will its brand suffer?
This week Hiscox publicly defended itself against accusations it is refusing to pay valid claims linked to Covid-19 as a coalition of policyholders threatened legal action. Post content director Jonathan Swift reflects on the history of insurance action…
Former Independent staff hit with further delays to redundancy payouts
Former employees of Independent Insurance have been hit with delays to redundancy payouts that were expected to be announced on Friday.
Independent Insurance: Reflections on the failure fifteen years on
Jonathan Swift speaks to former employees about the business and its legacy.
April Fool's: Independent Insurance to be re-launched at Biba Conference 2015
Kites may well fly above the Manchester Central Conference Centre at the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference on 13 May, but it won't be to celebrate the launch of Independent Insurance Mark II.
Independent Insurance to be re-launched at Biba Conference 2015
Independent Insurance is to be re-launched at the 2015 British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester Post has learnt.
Indie FSCS bill hits £404m in advance of scheme of arrangement
The Financial Services Authority has revealed that, since Independent Insurance went into liquidation in 2001, £500m of assets have been realised for the benefit of creditors.
News Review
A review of news stories that broke this week
Online this week - top ten stories
The top 10 stories from www.postonline.co.uk
Former Indie deputy MD Condon passes away
The former Independent Insurance deputy managing director Philip Condon, pictured right, passed away at the weekend aged 63.
Former Indy staff lose compensation after employment tribunal appeal
Hundreds of former Independent Insurance staff have lost the right to compensation after the liquidated company appealed an earlier ruling.
Post launches new Facebook page - Post 1840
Post has launched a new Facebook page covering everything from the latest insurance news to discussions about the representation of the industry in films.
Leader: Imitating excellence
'If it looks too good to be true, it probably is' — arguably the most commonly quoted old adage ascribed to Independent Insurance since its collapse in June 2001 and subsequent imprisonment of three senior directors. But, when those once closest to the…
Ten years on, liquidator admits there was an Indy rescue plan
The joint provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance Dan Schwarzmann has said Pricewaterhouse Coopers is hopeful that a scheme of arrangement can be agreed by the end of the year, a decade after he was first appointed to the beleaguered insurance…
Independent Insurance - 10 years on: Burned so Bright
17 June marks the tenth anniversary of the demise of Independent Insurance, the underwriter that was once the envy of rivals, but which ultimately proved the maxim ‘too good to be true’. Jonathan Swift remembers the finals days of the firm with former…