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Daily Insurance Industry News
Friday 24th of May 2013
July 7, 2010

Heath Lambert creates new commercial division

by Richard Kilner

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Heath Lambert has announced that it has created a new specialist commercial division to be called London (Commercial). London (Commercial) will consist of an experienced team of industry based in the firm’s Houndsditch headquarters veterans, and will capture commercial business within the M25. The division’s leader will be Simon Waine, who is joined by fellow [...]



May 10, 2010

Heath Lambert secures BSS GI contract

by Gill Montia

Story link: Heath Lambert secures BSS GI contract

Heath Lambert has won the contract to provide general insurance cover for BSS Group, the industrial and domestic services supplier. The broker will provide cover for all the group’s commercial insurances including property, transport, and major liabilities such as employers’ liability and public liability. Heath Lambert’s managing director of clients and development, Alan Pratten, says [...]



January 19, 2010

Heath Lambert enhances musical instrument team

by Richard Kilner

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Heath Lambert, the independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of music specialist John Feaver to bolster the firm’s musical instrument insurance team. Feaver, who joins Heath Lambert from AXA, brings with him over a decade of experience in the sector and during his career has also worked for Allianz. Heath Lambert has the biggest [...]



October 26, 2009

Christie’s launches insurance business

by Gill Montia

Story link: Christie’s launches insurance business

Christie’s has launched an insurance services business for clients based in the UK and European customers serviced from London. The world-famous art dealer says it can offer a unique service for the sophisticated collector, in partnership with Heath Lambert and Chubb Insurance. The trio aim to provide private clients with “bespoke, seamless insurance, that encompasses [...]



October 2, 2009

Heath Lambert bolsters PI team

by Richard Kilner

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Heath Lambert has announced it is expanding its PI team with a number of fresh appointments. Chris Milnes leaves behind Griffiths and Armour, where he worked in the ACE department, to join the firm as an account executive. In addition to Milnes, the team is being strengthened with the appointment of Louise Gilmer and Graham [...]



September 15, 2009

First Senior Group and Unique team up

by Richard Kilner

Story link: First Senior Group and Unique team up

First Senior Group has teamed up with Unique, Heath Lambert’s specialist insurance scheme catering for those with pre-existing medical conditions, in a deal which will see First Senior Group’s members provided with life assurance, home, travel and motor insurance. First Senior Group was established 15 years ago and specialises in mobility insurance and mobility finance. [...]



August 28, 2009

Heath Lambert selected by Care UK

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Heath Lambert selected by Care UK

Insurance broker and risk adviser Heath Lambert has been selected by leading independent health and social care provider Care UK to provide the group with insurance. Care UK has a quarter of a century’s experience providing the elderly, the young, the disabled and sufferers of mental disorders with nursing, residential and community care. In addition [...]



August 4, 2009

Heath Lambert expands Birmingham presence

by Richard Kilner

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UK insurance broker and adviser Heath Lambert has announced that it has expanded its Birmingham presence with the appointments of Adrian Moore and Martin Wellbelove. Moore, formerly of Perkins Slade, joins the firm as an account director and brings with him decades of experience of businesses in the Midlands region. Earlier in his career he [...]



July 13, 2009

Proctor rejoins Heath Lambert

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Proctor rejoins Heath Lambert

Christine Proctor has rejoined her old employer, independent insurance broker Heath Lambert, following a year away at Collingwood Insurance Services. She takes up the post of development executive at Heath Lambert’s office in Newcastle, an office she helped to establish in 2005. Proctor then spent the next three years with Heath Lambert before parting ways [...]



July 7, 2009

Heath Lambert secures Debenhams’ home insurance deal

by Gill Montia

Story link: Heath Lambert secures Debenhams’ home insurance deal

Heath Lambert Group has announced that it has been appointed as the sole provider of cover for Debenhams Retail’s home insurance. The deal extends over the next five years and the new offering will be available across the group’s 154 stores in the UK and Ireland and via its Debenhams Direct online shopping facility. The [...]



June 22, 2009

Heath Lambert adds Scott Wilson and Fat Face to client list

by Gill Montia

Story link: Heath Lambert adds Scott Wilson and Fat Face to client list

Heath Lambert has announced the addition of two “big name” clients to its portfolio. Global engineering firm, Scott Wilson, and retailer, Fat Face, are now included among the broker’s clients. Scott Wilson is headquartered in the UK and has a worldwide network of 80 offices and over 6,000 employees. The firm offers strategic consultancy and [...]



June 15, 2009

Heath Lambert wins Thames Water deal

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Heath Lambert wins Thames Water deal

Independent insurance broker Heath Lambert has won the insurance tender for the London Tideway Tunnels project. The London Tideway Tunnels project is an initiative of Thames Water, and is aimed at delivering a significantly reduced quantity of untreated sewage being discharged into the Thames after rainfall. For 7km from Abbey Mills to Beckton Sewage Treatment [...]



June 1, 2009

Heath Lambert partners Scottish builders in new product launch

by Gill Montia

Story link: Heath Lambert partners Scottish builders in new product launch

Heath Lambert has joined forces with the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) to launch a new insurance scheme created by the firm’s Commercial Affinity & Small Business (CA&SB) team. According to the broker, the new offering will give SBF’s 700 members access to insurance products while at the same time “mitigating some of the potential hazards [...]



May 26, 2009

Heath Lambert releases tailored hotel product

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Heath Lambert releases tailored hotel product

Insurance broker Heath Lambert has crafted a bespoke insurance product for the hotel industry to help the sector tackle areas such as under-insurance, varying trends over the course of the year, and room occupancy rates. The new product has been developed to be flexible and is supported by AA rated insurers, with service provided by [...]



May 15, 2009

Heath Lambert hires pair of ex-Bluefin directors

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Heath Lambert hires pair of ex-Bluefin directors

Heath Lambert has hired two ex-Bluefin directors to bolster its expansion plans nationally and in the north west region. Together the pair brings with them over 40 years of corporate client experience and have occupied a range of senior risk and captive management positions over the course of their careers. Ron Doidge was formerly a [...]



May 13, 2009

Heath Lambert creates single GI retail division

by Gill Montia

Story link: Heath Lambert creates single GI retail division

Heath Lambert is merging its core general insurance retail activities into one Heath Lambert Retail unit. The move involves the integration of the following divisions: retail – major, financial and professional; retail – national, which includes art, jewellery and private client; treaty solutions and professional risks; commercial affinity and small business. Two positions are being [...]



May 8, 2009

Heath Lambert hires Williams in Birmingham

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Heath Lambert hires Williams in Birmingham

Heath Lambert has announced the appointment of Mark Williams as the firm’s new Midlands based commercial business head, and the hire comes after the broker recently opened a new office in Birmingham. He officially joins the firm on 15 June, and until that date is on gardening leave. Williams is a veteran of the insurance [...]



April 28, 2009

Heath Lambert partners Travelers in new scheme for photonics firms

by Gill Montia

Story link: Heath Lambert partners Travelers in new scheme for photonics firms

Heath Lambert has announced that its Commercial Affinity & Small Business (CASB) team has created a new insurance scheme for the South East Photonics Network (SEPNET). The initiative has been developed in partnership with Travelers; the insurer has been selected for its proven track record in the technology and electronics sector, where it has been [...]



April 14, 2009

Heath Lambert teams up with the British Polio Fellowship

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Heath Lambert teams up with the British Polio Fellowship

Heath Lambert’s specialist insurance scheme for people with pre-existing medical conditions, Unique, has entered into a partnership with the British Polio Fellowship. The British Polio Fellowship, which is the largest UK charity dedicated to supporting sufferers of polio and Post Polio Syndrome, has teamed up with Heath Lambert to offer travel, life annuities, home, motor [...]



April 10, 2009

Targetfollow choose Heath Lambert

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Targetfollow choose Heath Lambert

UK commercial property, investment and development company Targetfollow has selected independent insurance broker Heath Lambert Group to place its general insurance. Targetfollow’s speciality is seizing opportunities city centres and owns property in London, Birmingham, France and Germany. Based in Norwich, the firm’s portfolio of office, industrial and retail buildings is continuing to grow and now [...]