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ABI hails government compensation culture 'breakthrough'
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed comments by Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord F...
PI costs and regulation to oust lucrative secondary players
Financial Services Authority director of high street firms Sarah Wilson has said the fate of seconda...
Professional Broking online poll and results
December online poll question: Are you prepared for regulation by the Financial Services Authority? ...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed David Nash as a development executive to its Maid-stone business development tea...
Appointment at Capita Insurance Services
Capita Insurance Services has appointed two senior loss adjusters, Alastair Whiteside and Peter Shaw...
Training increases profits: pilot study reveals
Results from a pilot accreditation scheme by the Financial Services Skills Council show the training...
FSA releases semi-final application figures
The Financial Services Authority has sent out around 9,000 scope-of-permission notices to general in...
IIB to launch wholesalers status report facility
The Institute of Insurance Brokers wholesalers status report facility will be launched in the first ...
Benfield deal boosts S&F position
Singer & Friedlander has acquired Benfield Premium Finance. The deal sees the 100% holding in Benfie...
Industry foots bill for poor car design
Revelations that two-thirds of new cars fail to meet acceptable safety standards are set to shame ca...
The Capita Group had acquired Brownsword ..
The Capita Group had acquired Brownsword, a provider of claims investigation services for £5m. Capit...
Allianz sets its sights on smaller brokers
Allianz Cornhill is targeting smaller brokers whose agencies have been cancelled and portfolio trans...
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What does the system do? The SimplyClaim portal is a real-time information tool that enables all pa...
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE has been ..
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE has been appointed as the first independent chairman of the Professional Sta...
IT contractors may face an ..
IT contractors may face an increasing risk of being sued when their projects fail to meet contractua...
A new range of low cost and easy ..
A new range of low cost and easy to use asbestos testing kits have been launched by bSure Testing to...
The Financial Services Authority ..
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued Minded to Authorise (MTA) letters to Aon, Marsh an...
Despite some critics suggesting that ..
Despite some critics suggesting that the outlook is bleak for small businesses, UK entrepreneurs are...
The latest electronic data ..
The latest electronic data interchange (EDI) survey published by Instep has revealed a 48% increase ...
Premium First automates to boost commercial line
Premium First is set to roll out a new IT system that will put its fledgling commercial offering "on...
Motor Trade Solutions begins drive for fullelectronic processing with carriers.
Motor Trade Solutions has revealed plans to process all business electronically with its carriers by...
UK commercial broking business ..
UK commercial broking business, Vega Insurance Services, has acquired Parkwood Sinclair Insurance Br...
Technology designed to enable ..
Technology designed to enable safe remote control of stolen vehicles fitted with GPS location-and-tr...
More transparency is a must in light of Spitzer
Brokers and legal firms have both made a call for transparency following the fall out from the Marsh...