Commercial
Zurich to buy Swedes.
Zurich has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sweden-based marine insurer Trygg-Hansa (T...
Regulator dreams of ombudsman scheme.
Germany's federal regulator, the Bundesaufsichtsamtes fur das Versicherungswesen (BAV), has opened t...
Wood warns on EMU.
A hard-hitting warning of the potential consequences of the UK not joining the single European curre...
Albany life protection.
Albany International is making the most of its offshore status by launching its first protection pro...
Appointment at Sherwood International.
Sherwood International has appointed John Loewenberg as a non-executive director to spearhead its gl...
Insurance costs for fishing craft.
Insurance costs for fishing craft are still running in fleet owners' favour according to the latest ...
Allianz divides up AGF.
AGF International, the UK subsidiaries and the direct personal lines arm of AGF are all expected to ...
Coaches & minibuses.
MiniBusPlus has extended its specialist facility to cover higher risk uses of MPVs and minibuses. Th...
HHH cuts excesses.
Hill House Hammond has cut the excesses on a new building policy in an effort to ease the fear of su...
Compliance service enjoys boom.
IFA Portfolio has confirmed that the number of companies using its compliance service has doubled to...
Staff net World Cup freebies.
As world cup fever grips the nation, a number of lucky insurance company sales staff are watching th...
Lloyd's in crisis: what crisis?
Lloyd's in crisis: Is this the beginning of the end?' screamed a headline rhetorically in your editi...
Appointments at ItemPlus.
Specialist consultants in retail financial services ItemPlus has appointed three consultants. Pia Da...
Pensions campaign.
Pensions Minister John Denham believes people at work and those taking up new jobs need better pensi...
New ACE company targets provincials.
ACE UK has announced the launch of a new company which will allow ACE London at Lloyd's to trade mor...
No use taking short view on longer-terms.
Will it work? This is the question many are asking about Axa Provincial's bid to introduce three-yea...
Trucking good time guarantee.
Hibernian has said it will provide a risk and rate guarantee on all quotes to major software provide...
CU points the way.
Commercial Union has produced some pointers to assist IFAs provide a better understanding of the lon...
Time to gun down cowboys.
We were all disappointed to see the recent World In Action programme which cast the insurance world ...
PYV and St Paul muscle-in on PI.
PYV brokers has teamed up with St Paul International to challenge the monopoly of Griffin Mutual and...
Insurers ride into the birthday honours frame.
I am not sure I'll ever understand how the honours system in this country really works. The whole pr...
PO sign new deal with RSA.
The Post Office has agreed a new five-year deal with Royal & Sun Alliance which will see it sell fou...
What's on the menu.
Sales of term assurance have boomed in recent years, with a host of different policies available to cover every worst-possible-scenario that could befall us. Keith Sankey looks at how menu-based protection has lifted the market.
Asia Pacific is still full of eastern promise, says chief.
The chief executive of Allianz Asia Pacific reaffirmed the insurer's commitment to the region's mark...