Commercial
Calling time.
In a tough market, underwriters have always been choosy about which pubs and clubs they take onto their books. Now increasingly restrictive warranty demands have caused further problems for the sector. Time please, says David Fanning.
Whole in one.
As commission rates are slashed, brokers are having to use their initiative to bring in business. Wholesale schemes have been flagged up as one good way to get a better shot at the market. Simon Threadgold tees off.
Hard market set to last says JLT as profits jump 18%
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson said the hard market will stay in place for at least two years, as it r...
CII conference renamed to reflect convergence
The Chartered Insurance Institute's 2002 Conference, being held at the Birmingham International Confe...
Global Preferred Holdings to raise $120.75m in IPO
Georgia-based reinsurer Global Preferred Holdings is seeking to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange and...
Towergate vows to retain Folgate book.
Underwriting group Towergate said this week it is confident of retaining Folgate Insurance's books o...
DVT not a new phenomenon.
With regard to Economy Class Syndrome (Deep Vein Thrombosis): In 1789, Count Leopold Berchtold wrote...
"Sign up or sign off," declares Zurich.
Zurich Personal Insurances plans to purge its 4500-strong agency base, which has already been halved...
JLT in pink pound push.
Global broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson and Lloyd's insurer Cox are among the companies to back telepho...
TSF link-up sees full-film cover online.
Lloyd's broker Towergate Stafford Knight has teamed up with Circlefilm to offer full-film production...
Making a splash.
Commercial legal expenses is beginning to capture the imagination of insurers and policyholders alike as a hitherto under utilised area of added value. Duncan Robertson looks at how the brightest sparks in the industry are testing the water in this…
Appointment at Mondas.
Financial sector and e-business specialist Mondas has appointed Tom McClelland as technical director...
Insurance trio in talks over terror cover company
Three of Europe's biggest insurers have confirmed they are in negotiations to set up a specialist ter...
Co-operation working well in a crisis.
Following the collapse of Independent Insurance we had the unenviable task of calculating many thous...
Ansa network set up to stop drain on insurers' costs.
Ansa, the recently renamed specialist drainage services company, said this week it could reduce the ...
CGNU set to sell Portuguese operation to Ergo Group.
UK insurance giant CGNU is to sell its Portuguese general insurance operation to Victoria Seguros SA...
Amicus calls for new laws to protect pensions.
The engineering and manufacturing union Amicus has called for new laws to protect employee pensions....
Group 4 makes cover pledge.
Group 4 has given assurances that insurance is in place to cover the cost of last week's fire and ri...
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance ...
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has launched a property and liability telephone claims service for...
IRM elects new chairman
Mark Butterworth has been elected as chairman of the Institute of Risk Management following a board ...
DL abandons plans for VSA.
Direct Line has scrapped plans to use telephone voice stress analysis to detect fraud, despite its s...
Folgate takes charge of MasterPlan products.
Insurer Folgate, in conjunction with parent company Towergate Underwriting Group, will take charge o...
Andrew Shone, deputy chairman of Lloyd's insurer Brit ...
Andrew Shone, deputy chairman of Lloyd's insurer Brit, has resigned as a director. He will retire fr...
Designer stadium.
The design for the Allianz Arena, the new Munich-based stadium to be shared by the city's football c...