Commercial
Appointment at Highway
Alan Hickman has been promoted at Highway. Mr Hickman joined the company from Axa in 2001. After wor...
SSP confirms heads of its four new divisions
Software house SSP this week confirmed who would head up its four new divisions. Intermediary servic...
Appointment at GE Fleet Services
Steve Courtney has become business sales leader for GE commercial finance. Mr Courtney joins from Ll...
Settlement service launched
Claim Tracker, the start-up information technology service provider, has launched a 36-hour claims s...
Allianz positive over appeal
Allianz Cornhill is confident of winning the fight against last month's judgement linking a claims s...
Allianz boss admits there is no plan B
A leading insurance boss has claimed the commercial market has not changed since the Second World Wa...
Appointment at Misys
The Misys Countrywide network has recruited James Ball as countrywide fleet sales technician on its ...
Wholesale board changes at Converium
Converium has announced significant boardroom changes for its next AGM. As previously announced, chairman Peter Colombo will step down at the coming Annual General Meeting. Vice Chairman Georg Mehl as well as Board members George G.C. Parker and Anton K…
SSP sets up new operating structure
Software house SSP has announced a new operating structure to take effect immediately. Following the acquisition of rival software company Sectornet in December, SSP will now opertate through four divisions - Intermediary Services, Corporate Broker,…
NIG picks Venus for regional role
NIG has appointed Tony Venus as regional manager of its London office who will assume immediate responsibility for achieving profitable development of NIG’s broker business within the region.
Goss re-brands branch offices
Goss Group has brought all the insurance broking and financial services companies under the Goss & Co banner.
Broker Network profits up 97%
The Broker Network has announced a 97% rise in operating profits before taxation and amortisation, to £1.5m, for the six month period up to 31 October 2005. In addition, turnover has increased by 56% to £5,852,000, while the group operating margin before…
Webline acquired by Capita
Outsourcing provider, Capita, has bought quotation portal, Webline, for an undisclosed sum.
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services assignment
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services assigned its first interactive Lloyd's Syndicate Assessment of ...
Fortis acquires specialist consultancy
Fortis has bolstered its affinity insurance capability with the acquisition of a specialist consulta...
Axa: new director for reinstated role
Axa has appointed a new commercial distribution director, one year after the role was effectively wi...
The wind of change
News comment: Contract certainty
Virgin launches TV campaign for new cover
Virgin Money has launched a new direct cancer cover product - The Big V - which it claims will save ...
AA signs Axa SME deal after U-turn
Broking giant AA Insurance Services has made a U-turn by re-entering the small and medium-sized comm...
Gable goes to the liability table
An offshore domiciled insurance company looks to provide new liability capacity in the UK, offering ...
Pavilion Insurance Management signs agreement
Pavilion Insurance Management has signed a three-year agreement to provide internet-based insurance ...
Appointment at La Playa
Cambridge-based broker La Playa has expanded its high net worth private client team, with Sue Ephgra...
GI market's 2006 optimism reaches decade high of 83%
The general insurance sector has been given a broadly optimistic outlook for 2006, despite fears ove...
Tom Jones proposes an alternative new years' list
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