Penny Black
Penny Black's insurance week
It is always nice when a familiar face reappears on the heady insurance circuit, so it was with some pleasure that Penny heard Zurich's former European CEO Annette Court is currently scouring the UK insurance market for her next big move.
Penny Black's insurance week
After devoting 44 years of his life to Allianz and its previous incarnations, it would seem that technical claims manager Roy Hebburn deserves a decent send off, having announced his retirement.
Penny Black's insurance week
Watch out Simon Cowell and congratulations to Hastings boss and music mogul in the making Neil Utley, whose new record label has netted singer Charlie Simpson as its first signing.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny understands the launch of widely anticipated new insurance trade body the Managing General Agents' Association has been held up by a lack of technological foresight.
Penny Black's insurance week
It is always heartening to see people battling adversity, and those in New Zealand have had it bad over the past six months.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 31 March 2010
You can say what you like about them, mused Penny, but insurance people know a good corporate jolly when they see one.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny jetted off to Dublin last weekend with the aim of celebrating a glorious triumph of England's rugby boys over the Irish.
Penny Black's insurance week
Allianz almost shot itself in the foot last week when it encouraged management trainee Stephanie Ogden to take part in a TV debate in which she passionately defended the university degree system.
Penny Black’s insurance week
Penny was fortunate to be sunning herself in southern Spain earlier this week. With only a mild case of sunburn to attend to, she was shocked to hear one of her insurer pals had experienced a rather more unfortunate injury on his holiday.
Penny Black’s insurance week
The only thing Penny loves as much as the insurance industry is the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, so she was particularly pleased when the world of underwriting collided with the Oscars last week.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was uncertain as to how her colleagues would fare when they turned their hands to cocktail-making at an Ace Europe masterclass in the City.
Penny Black's insurance week
It seems that the cost of civil litigation is not the only matter Lord Justice Jackson has had on his mind for the past year.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be entertained by the lovely ladies at Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance, when she was whisked off to the O2 to see R&B megastar Usher perform a selection of his greatest hits.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's friends in the sporting world have had a busy time this January transfer deadline. Struggling West Ham appear to be the latest team to have gotten themselves into a little insurance-related pickle.
Penny Black’s Insurance week
Stars don’t come much bigger than David ‘Goldenballs’ Beckham. And Penny was delighted to hear Becks was back in his homeland, enjoying the hospitality of his boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur.
Penny Black's insurance week
Maggie Craig is clearly considered a safe pair of hands by her colleagues at the Association of British Insurers, as she is currently seven months into her second tenure as acting director general.
Penny Black's insurance week
This week Penny discovered that the forthright chairwoman of the House of Commons transport committee Louise Ellman is well in touch with her inner Jeremy Paxman.
Penny Black's insurance week
While Penny amused herself over the festive break by taking in David Hasselhoff in pantomime, Crawford UK and Ireland CEO Benedict Burke took in the more rarefied and cultural surrounding of the National Theatre to watch Alan Ayckbourn's Season's…
Penny Black’s insurance week
One of the rumours that will not go away is that Giles, fresh from the largest deal in its history, has again got an appetite for deals, with Kerry London among the firms on its hit list.
Penny Black's insurance week
It could have been a disaster but the Broker Network conference in Harrogate kept ploughing ahead, displaying a determination to challenge that of keynote speaker and explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny and her colleagues were out and about on the town last week with the NIG executive, apart from poor managing director Jon Greenwood who has been struck down with glandular fever.
Penny Black's insurance week
Hastings Direct may have one eye on securing a place among the top five personal lines brokers but it may have to prove its brand value first.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny dragged her aching bones off to the world-famous Pineapple Dance Studios in London's Covent Garden for a spot of Latin dancing with the ladies of SSP and a select few from the insurance sorority.
Penny Black's insurance week
The first day at a new job can certainly be stressful, what with new colleagues and a host of new challenges.
