Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Outsourcing - Farming it out
Business Technology
Reflections on 2006
With three weeks to go until the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference, Post travels bac...
CII duo face disciplinary hearing over alleged leaks
The Chartered Insurance Institute has confirmed that two former members have been referred to a disc...
Breaking the chain
Business Interruption: Production Losses
RFIB adds capacity for 100 new staff
Lloyd's broker RFIB Holdings is moving to larger offices in the City of London, giving it enough spa...
Allianz crash-for-cash 33 enter fraud pleas
The 33 people accused of defrauding Allianz Insurance in an alleged 'crash-for-cash' scam have enter...
What the papers said this week
The Times AIG has sold its US auto insurance unit 21st Century to Zurich for $1.9bn (£1.29bn). ...
Appointment at Amro
Matthew Game has been appointed as vice-chairman of the Association of Medical Reporting Organisat...
Lloyd's insurer looks to ADR to save claims costs
Beazley has stepped up its use of conflict resolution by signing on as a member of the Centre for Ef...
Film competition success
Specialist film and media broker and Barbon subsidiary Performance has hailed its inaugural Performa...
Electronic placing in the London Market - The mother of invention
Business Technology
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Neil McMillan as class underwriter for property liability within its ...
Arag snaps up BTE specialist
Bristol-based legal services provider Arag has purchased the family and commercial legal expenses bu...
Making arrangements
Solvent schemes
Appointment at BMS
BMS has appointed Darren Doherty and Tony Pryce to its board. Mr Doherty is responsible for dire...
QBE names departing underwriters
QBE has confirmed the names of the five members of the London-based Endurance risk practice team, wh...
Appointment at Police Mutual
Stephen Mann has joined Police Mutual as its chief executive. He was previously business service d...
Bike aggregator launch
Insurance aggregator Compare the Market has launched a new bike insurance comparison service. The se...
LFC Insurance acquires broker
LFC Insurance has acquired Essex-based commercial intermediary Roundhouse Insurance Brokers in its first buy since securing a multi-million pound refinancing deal with Macquarie Bank.
Colemont's aviation business grabs senior exec from JLT
Colemont. the (re)insurance broker, said that its aviation subsidiary, Colemont Miami Aviation, has appointed Rei Iragorri as its new chief executive.
Pick of the week
Senior reporter Louise Meeson looks at the major news stories in the week's Post: Barbon Insurance Group aquires a managing general agent in its first major deal for two years; the managing director of M4 Underwriting has left the business; Towergate…
AM Best reacts to Lloyd's repurchasing news
A.M. Best Co. has said that its ratings of Lloyd's of London, Lloyd's Reinsurance Company (China, the Society of Lloyd's (and of debt issued by the Society remain unchanged following Lloyd's announcement that the Society has offered to repurchase up to …
ABI: budget may help rebuild UK's battered reputation in wake of insurer redomiciling
The Association of British Insurers has described today's budget as "mixed bag" for its members.
Darling ups top UK tax rate to 50%
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has upped the UK's top tax rate to 50% in his Budget speech on Wednesday.