June 2013
 | Outsourcing data storage to the cloud The cloud has gone mainstream, ran a recent Forbes tech article, with over half of U.S. businesses using cloud computing in some form. Read more > |
 | Not all affinity schemes are created equal Over 78% of membership organisations have found it harder or much harder to retain members in the current economic climate, with 35% seeing a decrease in membership, according to this research conducted in late 2011. While services such as specialist insurance are not new, it is more important than ever that they offer value for money and specifically address the concerns and requirements of members. Read more > |
 | RKHIS Sponsors Health & Safety Award RKHIS and EEF have launched a new Health & Safety award as part of the fifth national Future Manufacturing Awards competition. RKHIS is the official insurance provider to EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and its members. Read more > |
 | Dealing with too much of a good thing Every year hundreds of thousands of new products arrive in the marketplace, each competing to stand out and entice consumers to purchase them. Running promotions, like coupons or gift-with-purchases, can increase sales, but what happens if these are too successful, and too many people redeem the coupons or take up the gifts? Read more > |
 | Read all about it Insurance has implications for a huge range of topics, and RKH Group's experts have contributed their expertise to a large number of publications... Read more > |
 | RKHIS Launches Specialist Insurance Service for the National Housing Federation RKHIS has been appointed as the insurance provider for the newly launched National Housing Federation Insurance Services. The National Housing Federation (NHF) represents social housing associations that provide 2.5 million homes for over 5 million people in England. This new initiative was launched at the NHF Finance Conference on 20-21 March 2013... Read more > |
 | Elliot Richardson joins RKHRB board Elliot Richardson has been appointed to the board of R K Harrison Reinsurance brokers as director of Facultative Reinsurance. He joins Marcus Hopkins and David Barrie who are directors of the Specialty and Treaty Reinsurance divisions... Read more > |
 | Product recall insurance for the pharmaceutical industry Drug recalls account for two of the top five in BusinessWeek's list of the most expensive product recalls. While the news currently focuses on horse meat and car airbags, pharmaceutical recalls... Read more > |
 | R K Harrison launches Family Portfolio R K Harrison has launched its new Family Portfolio that is designed to encourage safer driving among young people as well as mitigate the high cost of their insurance... Read more > |
 | RKH @ RIMS 11 representatives from RKH Insurance Brokers will be attending RIMS 2013, which is being held in Los Angeles from the 21-24 April... Read more > |
 | Event and competition insurance for a rainy day In April 2012 the Environment Agency declared a drought in more than half of Britain, predicting that water shortages could last until Christmas. Shortly after, it began raining... Read more > |
 | RKH extends growth record to 13 years For the year ended 30 June 2012 RKH achieved its thirteenth successive year of growth... Read more > |
 | Specialist recall cover for automobile component manufacturers Since 1995, over 15m U.S. automobiles have been recalled each year. R K Harrison's leading product recall team is offering specialist auto recall insurance to global companies that supply parts to the automotive industry. Read more > |
 | PI Insurance for the Art Market Chris Allen, Executive Director, RKHIS, recently wrote a piece on the involvement of lawyers in the art market... Read more > |
 | Upstream Energy Specialist Joins RKH Marine & Energy Georgina Mogg has joined RKH as a Divisional Director in the RKH Marine & Energy team. Read more > |
 | The threat from within the firewall Facebook, the New York Times, Twitter, the US Energy Department - all these have been victims of cyber crime in recent weeks... Read more > |
 | Managing the post-crash costs of running a supercar Ben Stagg, a senior client manager at R K Harrison, gives his expert view on the Rowan Atkinson McLaren F1 claim Read more > |
 | Offshore Construction Specialist Joins the RKH Energy Team Philip Williams has joined the RKH Offshore Energy team as a construction specialist. Read more > |
 | After the Storm Minimising the impact of post-Sandy premium increases. Read more > |
 | Spencer Pardoe Joins Claims Team R K Harrison's claims team has been strengthened with new Divisional Director Spencer Pardoe. Read more > |
 | Precision Engineered R K Harrison Insurance Services (RKHIS) has been appointed as the preferred business insurance supplier to members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Read more > |
 | Follow RKH experts on Twitter @RKH_SandE, @RKH_Motor and @RKH_insurance are now Tweeting. Read more > |
 | Promotional Marketing Expert Joins Specialty Risks Rachel Sutton joins the R K Harrison Insurance Services Specialty Risks team as Development Executive. Read more > |
 | R K Harrison Opens North Yorkshire Office Insurance provider R K Harrison Insurance Services Limited (RKHIS) has set up a new regional base in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Read more > |
| R K Harrison Offers Specialist PI Product for Art Market Professionals R K Harrison Insurance Services (RKHIS), part of the employee-owned insurance broker, R K Harrison Group has developed the first Professional Indemnity insurance policy for art market professionals. Read more > |
| The first cyber insurance with pre-incident consultancy R K Harrison has contracted with Stroz Friedberg, a global digital risk management and investigations firm, to provide complimentary pre-incident cyber consulting services for clients... Read more > |
 | RKH in exclusive association with Chile's Conosur R K Harrison Insurance Brokers and Conosur Corredores de Seguros Y Reaseguros (Conosur) have reached an exclusive agreement to cooperate on all new business emanating from Chile. Read more > |
 | New regional base established in Sevenoaks, Kent R K Harrison Insurance Services Limited (RKHIS), the UK retail trading division of employee-owned R K Harrison Group Limited, has opened a new regional office in Sevenoaks, Kent, to bring its private client and rural expertise to the South East. Read more > |
 | Ian Berry strengthens RKH in the South East Ian Berry has joined RKH Insurance Services as an Account Director. He will be based in the new Sevenoaks office to focus on country houses and farms & estates. Read more > |
 | High Flying New and exclusive facility combines aviation liabilities coverage Read more > |
 | New beginnings - The first RKH Academy employees arrive The first RKH Academy joiners have arrived at R K Harrison. Read more > |
 | Insider's Choice RKH scoops Broker of the Year accolade. On Thursday 6 September R K Harrison was recognised as Broker of the Year at the inaugural Insurance Insider Honours. Read more > |
 | Katie Small appointed as RKHIS Board Director Katie Small, Head of R K Harrison's Private Wealth Division, has been appointed to the board of R K Harrison Insurance Services (RKHIS), the Group's UK retail specialists. Read more > |
 | Sue Moseley joins Private Client Team R K Harrison Insurance Services welcomes Sue Moseley to the Private Client team as Divisional Director. Read more > |
 | BPIF Excellence Awards 2012 BPIF Insurance Services, an RKH brand, is proud to sponsor the 'Company of the Year' Award at the upcoming BPIF Excellence Awards 2012... Read more > |
 | Caribbean expert joins Fac Re team The Facultative Reinsurance division of R K Harrison Reinsurance Brokers has added further specialist talent to its team with the arrival of Helen Peters. Read more > |
 | Online shoot cancellation insurance With the shooting season fast approaching, the fickle UK weather and possible deliberate disruption mean there are no guarantees you will get your day on the moors. Read more > |
 | Paul Crilly brings solicitors expertise to Professional Risks Paul Crilly has joined the Professional Risks division of R K Harrison Insurance Services as an Account Director, reporting directly to Executive Director Chris Allen. Read more > |
 | Award-winning broker joins Political Risk and Structured Credit Richard Coulson has joined RKH Insurance Brokers as a Divisional Director in the Political Risk & Structured Credit area of the Financial Risks Division. Read more > |
 | R K Harrison restructures On 1 July R K Harrison restructured its businesses to address its continued expansion of disciplines and its growth in size. The new operating structure now reflects the four key areas of the business, consisting of... Read more > |
 | 4 Score R K Harrison completes purchase of four specialty lines businesses from Gibbs Hartley Cooper Read more > |
 | Cyber and technology expert joins Property & Casualty David Rees has joined R K Harrison to head its new Cyber and Technology Practice. David will report to Head of Casualty Solutions Justin Whitehead and focus on Cyber and Technology E&O risks in multiple international territories... Read more > |
 | RKH victorious in Lloyd's Plate Final The RKH Group Football Team beat Atrium Syndicate 2-0 in the Insurance Shield Plate final. Read more > |
 | Lancaster Mercedes-Benz dealers choose RKH for private client motor insurance RKH announces a new partnership with Lancaster Mercedes-Benz division in the field of private client motor insurance. Read more > |
 | Premier Broker joins RKH Financial Risks Roger Armatys has joined the Trade Credit & Bonds Division to expand its broking team with a focus on expanding the team's global reach. Read more > |
| R K Harrison buys four practice teams from Gibbs Hartley Cooper RK Harrison has agreed terms to acquire the renewal rights to a portfolio of four businesses within Gibbs Hartley Cooper (GHC), a part of Marsh UK. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012. Read more > |
 | Rupert Sawyer joins Cargo & Stock Throughput Team Rupert Sawyer, formerly of Miller Insurance Services, has joined R K Harrison to further strengthen the growing Cargo and Stock Throughput team and will report directly to Darren Norris... Read more > |
 | Press reaction to 'exceptional' Financial results. R K Harrison's annual filing to Companies House has confirmed further growth and another impressive set of results for the year ending 30 June 2011, with revenue increasing to nearly £77 million... Read more > |
| RKH Football Team Reach Lloyd's Plate Final The RKH Group Football Team secured their place in the Lloyd's Plate final last night, after beating Lloyd & Partners 3-0 in the semi-final. Read more > |
 | Renewable Energy Insurance Feature in CLA Magazine CLA Insurance Services is a trading name of R K Harrison Insurance Services. Click here to read the full article which was published in the April CLA Magazine. Read more > |
 | Property & Casualty and Energy Divisions travelling to USA for RIMS 2012 The Property & Casualty (P&C) and Energy Divisions are delighted to be attending RIMS 2012, this year to be held in Philadelphia from 15 to 18 April, comprising R K Harrison's biggest travelling contingent to date.... Read more > |
 | Amanda Hayes joins Facultative Reinsurance Division Amanda Hayes, former Managing Director - International Facultative at Aon Benfield, has joined the R K Harrison Facultative Reinsurance Division after a prolonged period of gardening leave. Read more > |
 | Property broker bolsters Specialty Reinsurance Division Property specialist Laura Young has joined R K Harrison from Lloyd’s broker C J Coleman. The appointment is a further strengthening of the growing Specialty Reinsurance team. Read more > |
| Mondrian? RKH launches product to protect the reputations of Fine Art professionals. Read more > |
 | Award Nomination for UK Claims Team R K Harrison Insurance Services has been nominated at the UK Claims Excellence Awards 2012. Read more > |
| EEF National Manufacturing Conference R K Harrison Insurance Services attended the EEF National Manufacturing Conference 2012 on the 6th March 2012 at the QEII Conference Centre in London. Read more > |
 | R K Harrison appoints Oxygen CEO Graham Elliot R K Harrison has secured the services of Graham Elliott, CEO of Lloyd's broker Oxygen, to strengthen its corporate strategy team. Read more > |
 | New cargo insurance expert provides a different view of the market As a further strengthening of the Property & Casualty division, R K Harrison recently appointed Darren Norris, formerly Head of Marine & Cargo at Glencairn, to lead its Transportation team. Read more > |
 | The Caribbean's most respected reinsurance team has a new London home On 1 February 2012 a four strong team of Caribbean reinsurance experts arrived at R K Harrison. Read more > |
 | Exciting opportunities across the UK for high net worth sector specialists R K Harrison is looking to establish an office in the South East as part of its expansion in the high net worth sector. Read more > |
 | New senior high net worth expert targets national growth via expanded regional network Employee owned insurance broker R K Harrison today announced the arrival of Marcus Rennick the former head of Private Clients at Marsh and HSBC to support the growth of its UK high net worth business with a particular focus on the South East... Read more > |
 | Mercury rising R K Harrison's high net worth, performance and prestige motor specialist Mercury West Associates was highly commended in the Insurance Times 2011 Awards Personal Lines Broker of the Year category. The awards were hosted by Vernon Kay at London's Battersea Evolution on December 6th... Read more > |
 | R K Harrison completes acquisition of Mercury West Associates Employee owned insurance and reinsurance broker R K Harrison Group today completed the acquisition of specialist high net worth broker Mercury West Associates (MWA) following completion of due diligence and the approval of the transaction from the Financial Services Authority... Read more > |
 | New resources for facultative team R K Harrison prepares for the launch of a new facultative (fac) reinsurance unit with the arrival of two new recruits; Stephen Bessant, formerly executive director of specialty and reinsurance and P&C at A J Gallagher; and Justin Burroughs, from Willis's International non-marine property division... Read more > |
| Due diligence begins on high net worth broker Mercury West Associates Mercury West Associates (MWA) has accepted an offer to be acquired by employee-owned insurance and reinsurance broker R K Harrison Group. Read more > |
 | R K Harrison Miami to serve Latin America and Caribbean R K Harrison Group today announced the formation of R K Harrison Reinsurance Brokers LLC which will open in Miami to coordinate and service its growing reinsurance business in Latin America and the Caribbean... Read more > |
 | Decade of Delivery: RKH announces record revenue As a dynamic, growing organisation we know our continued success relies on the quality of our employees and their commitment to providing an exceptional service to all... Read more > |
 | Cayman Islands professionals R K Harrison Insurance Services is now licensed in the Cayman Islands to provide professional indemnity coverages directly, as well as other classes on a wholesale basis... Read more > |
 | For the long haul: our Cargo & Stock Throughput team are a new driving force Another addition to the growing Property and Casualty Division, the Cargo & Stock Throughput Team has big plans with several new team members joining in the coming months, each with over... Read more > |
 | RKH launches new Accident and Health products Our experienced team designs, places and services specialist accident and health (re)insurance solutions for an extremely wide range of clients in every area of business activity including multinationals... Read more > |
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