Articles by Callum Brodie
Liberty Syndicates appoints another war and terrorism underwriter
Liberty Syndicates has hired former Amlin underwriter Paul Beattie as class underwriter for war and terrorism.
Long-serving Marsh chair Moyan to lead global surety practice
The surety practice chairman of Marsh's international division has been selected to lead the firm's newly-created global surety practice.
M&A activity continues at Towergate with four more deals
Towergate has brought its 2012 acquisitions total up to 23 following the purchases of non-life business Newstead Insurances Brokers and general insurance broker Grenville Westinsure.
Ex-Brit underwriter takes on property role at Argo International
Argo International has appointed former Brit Insurance underwriter Neil Russell as class underwriter for property.
Charles Taylor cements solid profits in bid to drive down group debt
International professional services provider Charles Taylor released an interim management statement this morning, reaffirming a commitment to implement its run-off strategy by acquiring offshore life insurers in run-off.
Lack of cyber liability cover may lead to fines for libellous Twitter users
Individuals without cyber liability cover who use social media such as Twitter to make baseless defamatory statements could end up being hit in the pocket.
MoJ reforms spark Questgates mediation pilot with Validus
Questgates has launched a pilot scheme with Validus of their Go2 Mediation service developed to provide an online liability mediation service, ahead of the incoming Ministry of Justice reforms.
Credit card insurer CPP rocked by record FSA fine for mis-selling scandal
Credit card insurer Card Protection Plan has been slapped with a £10.5m fine by the Financial Services Authority for the mis-selling of insurance products.
Zurich UK results dented by 'exceptionally large' commercial claim
Zurich UK general insurance chief executive Steve Lewis has blamed adverse weather conditions for a £15m slump in business operating profit, compared to the nine month stage last year.
Aspinall appointed class underwriter at Liberty Syndicates
Liberty Syndicates has named experienced Lloyd's syndicates underwriter Mark Aspinall as class underwriter for specie and fine art.
Quindell pockets £20m thanks to 'major institutional investor'
Quindell Portfolio has secured £20m of funding through the issuing of 153 846 153 placing shares with a major new institutional investor.
AM Best offers positive outlook on Markel International
Rating services firm AM Best Europe has affirmed the financial strength rating of 'A' and issuer credit ratings of "A+" of Markel International and Lloyd's Syndicate 3000.
Davies expects Markel full-year results to weather the storm
Markel International finance director Andy Davies is confident that the impact of superstorm Sandy on his firm's full-year results will not halt the momentum achieved in the opening nine months of the year.
RSA on alert after man appears in court a year on from M5 crash
RSA will "continue to monitor matters closely" after the provider of a fireworks display at Taunton Rugby Club was charged with seven counts of manslaughter following a pile-up on the M5 last November.
Covea unveils new look executive team
Covea Insurance has confirmed the line-up of the executive team charged with leading the business following its creation via the merger of MMA and Provident.
Lucas Fettes appoints management duo to Manchester team
Growth-hungry broker Lucas Fettes has backed up its acquisition of Cougar Underwriting with two senior additions to its Manchester team.
MoJ must take its foot off the brake on whiplash debate, demands ABI boss
The Association of British Insurers has cranked up pressure on the government to publish its consultation on whiplash, one month after the Ministry of Justice confirmed that progress had stalled.
Markel boss credits investment returns for 'excellent' nine months
Markel International has chalked up a substantial drop in its combined operating ratio for the opening nine months of 2012 to 86% compared with 119% for the same period last year.
ABI boss Dalton slams 'questionable' Apil whiplash report
Statistics published in an annual whiplash report have been branded "questionable" and "self-serving" by the Association of British Insurers.
Apil president calls for insurers to back his anti-fraud plan
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers president Karl Tonks has challenged the insurance industry to work with Apil to tackle "genuine fraudsters", following the publication of the association's annual report on whiplash.
Ink hires ex-Towergate consultant Palmer as commercial director
Ink Insurance has appointed former Towergate sales development consultant Julian Palmer as commercial director at the Giles subsidiary.
Groupama takeover to add extra boost to 'record' Ageas profits
Ageas chief executive Barry Smith is confident that the addition of Groupama insurance activities will add further clout to performance, following nine months in which the firm's profit before tax and minority interests rose by 36.4%.
Biba to discuss introduction of code of conduct for members
Brokers across the country could soon be expected to comply with an official British Insurance Brokers' Association code of conduct.
Biba vows to work on providing 'one voice' following Deloitte report
The British Insurance Brokers' Association hierarchy is to form a steering committee and a timetable for consultation after a strategic review carried out by Deloitte identified a number of issues to address.