Commercial
Premierline Direct planning UK expansion drive
Broker Premierline Direct, has declared aggressive plans for expansion in the UK SME market.
Towergate strikes major deal
Consolidator Towergate today announced is moving 800 users onto Sirius 21 to centralise its IT under a fully hosted deployment managed by Sirius.
Aon stresses importance of D&O cover prior to Rosneft flotation
Rosneft’s planned flotation on the London and Moscow markets has highlighted a number of risks company directors should be aware of, according to a senior director at Aon
Highway launches new network
Motor insurer Highway has launched its own dedicated repairer network for private vehicles. The network will work alongside its existing in-house claims service.
Xchanging launches new model wordings library
Xchanging has announced the launch of Model Wordings Library (MWL), anticipated to be the London insurance market’s first comprehensive, web-enabled wordings repository.
QBE subsidiary securities rated by Moody’s
Moody's Investor Services has assigned a provisional (P)Baa2 rating to the preferred securities to be issued by QBE Capital Funding LP (CF), a limited partnership with General Partner, a private limited company and wholly owned subsidiary of QBE…
Appointment at Multiassistance
Multiassistance has appointed Sarah Wood as sales and marketing manager. Previously, Ms Wood worked ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Engineering
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has appointed its fourth specialist insurance risk surveyor. Philip Har...
Broker eyes London deals
Start-up Lloyd's broker Colemont UK has said it is planning strategic acquisitions in London. The c...
New claims firm ready for launch
Universal Vehicle Services is set to launch a new accident management company in September. The new...
A fighting chance
Direct writing
Munich Re backs start-up
Munich Re subsidiary Great Lakes has backed a start-up underwriting agency formed by two former St P...
Marketing Initiative of the Year - Privilege - Absolutely fabulous
The British Insurance Awards 2006
Loss adjuster strikes tour operator deal
Argent Loss Adjusters has signed with tour operator Thompson Holidays to offer its risk-management s...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Graham Taylor has joined Brit Insurance's business development unit. Mr Taylor, who was most recentl...
Lancaster Insurance announces plans
Lancaster Insurance has announced plans to increase the volume of business traded via the Countrywid...
Howzat
Allianz Cornhill is set to be confined to history after it announced that from 2007 it will be known...
Brit Insurance helps survivors of Pakistan earthquake
Brit Insurance helped raise £250,000 for survivors of last October's Pakistan earthquake, which kill...
Customer Care Award - Friends Provident - Five-star service
The British Insurance Awards 2006
Leaving a legacy
Nick Hall, the new general manager of personal lines at Allianz Cornhill, has just overseen the insurer's first major acquisition for seven years. Jonathan Swift reports on the challenges he now faces
Recognition is its own reward
A surprised Dennis Mahoney, chairman and chief executive officer of broker Aon, pictured right, was ...
Broking Initiative of the Year - Heath Lambert Group - Taking the initiative
The British Insurance Awards 2006
Flying high
Aviation
Forward thinking
SME: directors' and officers'