Commercial
Cooper Gay cools talk over floatation
Cooper Gay says speculation in the national press over whether the company will float on the London ...
Strike reveals under-insurance
Neither the Grangemouth oil refinery nor affected third parties will be insured against stoppage cau...
What the papers said this week
Eversham Journal A family forced to live in a caravan since their home was flooded last July are ...
Airmic embarks on ranking survey
By June 2009, UK corporate insurance buyers will know if they are paying too much for their cover an...
Facing the future
Picking up on this year's British Insurance Brokers' Association conference theme 'influencing tomor...
Bonnie by the Clyde
Glasgow
Cullum's capital adventure
Peter Cullum
Shelter in the storm
Martin Hudson
End of high street blues?
The death of the high street broker has been trumpeted on many occasions. Most recently, aggregator...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz Insurance's claims division has appointed Janet Brady to operations manager. Ms Brady has cu...
Contingency - Let's call the whole thing off
Marcus Alcock finds the contingency market no exception to the overall soft market rule but in good spirit nonetheless
$50bn loss needed claims Aon Re
A property and catastrophe loss of as much as $50bn may need to change the direction of reinsurance ...
Subprime cases surge in first quarter
Navigant Consulting has said the number of subprime-related cases filed in federal courts surged in ...
Chartwell Group launches healthcare
Chartwell Group, the Independent Financial Advisor and broker firm, has launched of Chartwell Healthcare.
Novae Insurance appoints motor underwriter
Novae Insurance Company has appointed Andy Chesters as unit head of its new motor fleet division.
Airmic launches benchmarking survey
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers and Advisen, a provider of benchmarking services, have launched a new initiative to provide programme benchmarking to buyers of insurance in the UK.
RenRe Q1 net income drops 28%
RenaissanceRe, the Bermudian (re)insurer, reported that net income fell 28% to $137.2m in the first quarter of 2008, down from $190.8m in the same quarter of 2007.
Brokers set for come back, says Defaqto
Despite much being written about their demise over the past decade personal lines brokers are set for a come back thanks to aggregators, according to Defaqto.
Lockton positions itself for long, difficult soft market
Lockton is conditioning itself for a potentially long and difficult soft market cycle as it begins a new fiscal year 1 May.
Brokers troubled by FSA paper says IIB
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has said it has received feedback from "many troubled members" in connection with the Financial Services Authority discussion paper - Transparency disclosure and conflicts of interest in the commercial insurance market .
Atradius Collections expands global reach
Revenues at Atradius Collections – part of trade credit insurer Atradius Group –increased by 18.1% in 2007 following the opening of five new offices worldwide.
Aon trio in broking start up
A trio of former Aon Trade Credit employees have formed Credit Insurance Alliance (Brokers).
Primary General Launches a Contractors Policy
Primary General has launched its new Contractors Policy.
EMB updates pricing software
Actuarial consultancy EMB has launched the latest version of its Emblem pricing software.