Professional indemnity (PI)
Dual raids Brit for underwriting boss
Exec chair Russell Kilpatrick welcomes Jenny Martin to group.
Questgates expands into Reading
New office to provide growth for PI business following acquisition from Davies.
Liberty expands PI offering
LIU Europe targets larger UK-based risks
QBE appoints PI underwriter
Nicola Marshall joins emerging markets team from Axis Pro Europe
SRA recommends abolition of assigned risks pool
Solicitors’ body consults on the future of the ARP
Liberty boosts PI presence in the north
John Holmes appointed senior regional underwriter
Former Axa boss takes broker executive director role
Adam Golder joins PYV.
Show your hand
A more open approach to claimants funding arrangements has benefited defendants and professional indemnity insurers — but full disclosure is what's needed, say Julian Miller and Tom Ataii.
XL enters Irish solicitors' PI market
Insurer partners with Aon to target Irish market
Surveyors face PI hikes of up to 100% claims Marsh
Broker warns of four fold increase in claims notifications.
Dual heads to Dublin
Underwriting agency opens Irish branch
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Bluefin opens new branch in Manchester
Julia Whittle to head up new professions operation for Axa-owned broker.
The going gets tough
With insurers increasingly selective in the solicitors' professional indemnity market, Leigh Jackson reports on the tough times some firms are facing in the run-up to renewal.
Dual develops new wordings for investment managers
Executive chairman Kilpatrick says the product is evolving to meet clients' needs.
Stuck in the middle
If a customer's claim is rejected, brokers are increasingly finding themselves in the centre of negligence claims. Daniel Dunkley reports on how they can take themselves out of the firing line.
Aon and XL in PI partnership
Aon and XL Insurance are to offer the market more capacity in the solicitors' professional indemnity market.