HGR, the insurance specialists based in the West Midlands, has celebrated its 40th anniversary by achieving further growth. Managing Director Martyn Tanner has said that the firm is proud to have reached the landmark 40th anniversary, but also has its eyes set on the future. Tanner also stressed that whilst many mergers are going on [...]
LV= has announced that it has launched a new iPhone app aimed at job seekers. The app features an interactive map highlighting the firm’s offices throughout the UK, and includes details of jobs on offer which can be found by looking at specific offices or searching the entire country. If a specific location is desirable [...]
Caravan Guard, the caravan and motorhome insurance specialists based in Halifax, thwarted a number of the UK’s largest brokers by winning a pair of awards at the prestigious UK Broker Awards 2010. Beating off stiff competition, Caravan Guard was named Customer Service Provider of the Year (having previously won the award two years ago) and [...]
Trade credit insurer Atradius has announced the appointment of Alun Sweeney as the new commercial head of the UK and Ireland business. Sweeney brings with him more than 10 years of experience in credit insurance, and returns to the UK after five years leading Atradius’ Hong Kong global new markets proposition and the firm’s United [...]
Aviva has announced that it has filled the newly created position of UK human resources director with the appointment of Rupert McNeil. In his new post McNeil will be tasked with development and leadership of the insurer’s people strategy for its UK life and general insurance businesses workforce, which numbers 21,000. He will take up [...]
Enhanced annuity provider Just Retirement has claimed that lifestyle and health data indicate that a larger number of people could claim for annuities to boost income during retirement. Surveying information from a diverse range of sources, Just Retirement has concluded that between 55% and 65% of retiring people could have conditions enabling them to claim [...]
DUAL Corporate Risks, the specialist underwriting agency, has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its National Business Unit with a cunning plan for ambitious growth. The National Business Unit was first established in Manchester five years ago and is now a seven-strong team that have built up a substantial financial lines book. Executive Chairman Russell Kilpatrick [...]
DUAL Corporate Risks, the specialist underwriting agency has released the first product from its Property & Casualty division. The new packaged office product offers comprehensive coverage for Assets, Business Interruption and Legal Liabilities (including Employers Liability, and Public Liability), with additional coverage available for Terrorism, Money, Legal Expenses and Glass. Property & Casualty Director Steven [...]
International general insurance and reinsurance group Brit Insurance has announced it has created a raft of new positions in its Global Markets strategic business unit. North American Property Class Underwriter Tim Rowley becomes Divisional Director of “Property, Space & Terrorism”, with Financial Property Class Underwriter Christiern Dart appointed as Divisional Director of “Property Facilities”. Personal [...]
The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has chosen Charles Taylor Insurance Services (CTIS) and Xchanging Claims Service (XCS) to address ‘non-moving claims’ on behalf of Lloyd’s managing agents by providing claims services. XCS will handle binding authority claims, with CTIS taking on all other claims after the target date of 1 January 2011. Non-moving (or static) [...]
Specialist insurer and reinsurer Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Limited has bolstered the non-marine property division of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 382 with a brace of underwriting appointments. David Haslam joins Hardy with the task of establishing a US and International Property Binding Authorities book, a task to which he will bring in excess of 30 years worth [...]
Legal expenses insurer, Elite, has joined the Consumer Justice Alliance (CJA) as one of seven founding members of an executive team. The CJA aims to provide a united response to the Jackson Review by protecting the interests of those associated with personal injury claims. The body believes that Lord Jackson’s recommendations on civil litigation “fundamentally [...]
Kiln is establishing an office in Frankfurt, just a year after its Paris office opened its doors. The Lloyd’s of London insurer has appointed Marcus Zapfe to head the new operation; he comes with over twenty years of insurance industry experience, most recently at Ace, where he was regional marine underwriting manager for Germany, Austria [...]
Rehabilitation service providers, IPRS and Moving Minds, are joining forces to provide programmes that could improve treatments for the victims of accidents and ill health, and reduce insurers’ costs. IPRS specialises in musculoskeletal injury management and Moving Minds in psychological rehabilitation. The partners suggest that all too often in the past, psychological needs have gone [...]
Insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh has announced the appointment of Eugênio Paschoal as the new chief executive officer of Marsh Brazil. Paschoal, whose appointment is effective from 1 January 2011, will be based in São Paulo and become responsible for the firm’s operating model and ambitious expansion plans in Brazil. He succeeds incumbent Marsh [...]
Allianz has announced the appointment of Alan Collins as operations manager, motor claims. Mr Collins joins from EMR Services, where he held the post of claims service manager over a three year period. In the new role, he will oversee the operational effectiveness of Allianz’s motor claims team, ensuring claims are dealt with professionally and [...]
Guy Carpenter & Company has released a report on the recent developments and trends in the Continental European legal environment that impact on the casualty insurance industry. The study has been developed in conjunction with law firm, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, and its network of insurance law practitioners in jurisdictions across Continental Europe. It highlights [...]
AXA has announced that it has successfully completed the sale of its UK-based traditional life and pensions businesses, its IFA protection and corporate pension businesses, and its annuity businesses. The disposals have been made to Resolution Ltd for a combined €3.3 billion, and the net cash proceeds for AXA Group amount to €1.7 billion. The [...]
Gocompare.com is to target the UK home insurance market with a new TV advert featuring fictional opera singer, Gio Compario, played by Wynne Evans. The campaign, which launches on September 18th, across all UK commercial TV channels, features two archaeological explorers who enter an ancient Egyptian burial chamber. They then translate hieroglyphics that say “check [...]
Insurance4carhire has reported a successful year so far, with the JML Group having made over £100,000 in revenue for the company. Since 2004. JML customers have been able to purchase Insurance4carhire policies and the group now has a dedicated car hire excess insurance site, which includes van hire. UK motorists are increasingly becoming aware that [...]
