Commercial
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions to its York office. The new appointm...
New Dutch broker.
A new international insurance/reinsurance broker and risk management specialist has been set up in R...
Solicitors turning deaf ear to insurance efforts
Insurers and brokers attempts to win over solicitors in the run up to this September - following chan...
QBE to withdraw from Iron Trades provincial and sell-off motor
Australian insurer QBE, which acquired Iron Trades in December 1999, has announced a shakeup of the b...
China comes to town
As China edges closer and closer to joining the World Trade Organisation, opening up its markets to f...
Music cover strikes a chord.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Orbitex pension.
Fund manager Orbitex Investment has launched a new pooled pension product which is an actively-manag...
Day time in the City.
Swiss e-business specialist Day is to use a new City office to target the London insurance market. ...
Rising demand.
David Fanning discovers that insurers have tapped into the niche market of business travel cover, particularly for small to medium-sized firms.
Personal problems.
Post Magazine has carried out a survey with the help of insurer Groupama to find out what the key concerns of the UK's personal lines brokers are. The results show apprehension and mixed feelings on new technology, as Alex Broad explains.
GAB hires staff from closed rival.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins has become the main beneficiary of the closure of liability adjuster Macali...
Soldiering on.
Simon Threadgold talks to brokers and their trade organisations to gauge how brokers are facing up to the changes and challenges of the 21st century.
Norman Insurance changing its name.
Norman Insurance is changing its name to MMA Insurance from 27 April and undergoing a complete rebra...
Last minute rush for ISAs.
Providers of Individual Savings Accounts reported a huge last minute rush to buy before the financia...
Scottish Provident cliff hanger
The future of carpetbagger target Scottish Provident hangs in the balance. While Standard Life gave...
Goodfellow's choice.
Underwriting agency The Goodfellow Group has outsourced its IT requirements to Essex-based Technolog...
Gem for small firms.
Users of Countrywide's commercial EDI solution, Diamond, now have access to another electronically-t...
Travel: moving on?
The average Brit's thoughts are consumed with fantasies of Margaritas in Mauritius or Rum Punch in R...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
Anthony Lewis has joined NIG Skandia as personal lines underwriting manager for its motor department...
Post Magazine Charity Football Competition - Shooters come out for
The third annual Post Magazine Charity Football Competition for the Impact Plus Cup kicked off last ...
A powerful choice.
Three different perspectives are given on developments and threats in risk management in commercial lines broking.
Demon libel case is a godsend for insurers.
E-commerce liability looks set to become a burgeoning area for insurers following a pivotal case las...
Appointment at Pearl Assurance.
Duncan Hopper has been appointed to the new post of director of e-business development at Pearl Assu...
Cash hike plan will ruin Lloyd's says director.
Lloyd's could cease to exist as we know it if plans to make it more expensive to join the market go ...