Analysis
CRM of the crop
Customer Relationship Management
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Aon has become the first foreign insurance broker to be licensed inIndia, having entered the market ...
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The Westinsure Group has integrated its operations by changing itsbranding. Consequently, the names ...
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The 11th annual Alarm conference and exhibition will take place atManchester's UMIST. To find out mo...
Over-30 tearaways
Research into the fleet motor market has smashed the image ofthirtysomethings as careful, mild-manne...
Fraud costs councils
Local authorities are having to pay out on average #250,000 forfraudulent claims each year - which a...
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Specialist mutual insurer ITIC has issued a copy of its Guidelinesfor the Release of Cargoes 2003 in...
Risk perspectives - Risk management, not riskavoidance.
Risk managers don't avoid risks, they manage them. Organisations thatmanage risks well avoid the dow...
A BOOMING SECTOR - Who wants to cover a millionaire?
The high net worth market seems to be booming - but building a successful book of business in the sector requires commitment, resources and a clear grasp of clients' needs, cautions Ewan Campbell
Towergate establishes PI unit
Towergate Underwriting Group has launched a new professionalindemnity (PI) division called Towergate...
Hardy leaves GAB Robins
Days before John Castagno joined as its UK chief executive,loss-adjuster GAB Robins lost another sen...
FINE ART - The fine art of insuring ... fine art
Kris Coombes looks at the essentials of insuring antiques, art and collectibles in a high net worth (HNW) package, the consequences of not getting it right and the level of expertise insurers can provide to brokers in this complex area
DIY flood work brought to halt
A Suffolk pensioner who took it upon himself to build his own flood defences has seen his efforts 'd...
Struggling to stay afloat
Marine
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A series of roadshows - aimed at providing brokers with free accessto the best in health insurance p...
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The Travel Protection Group has made a strategic decision to returnto the company's core business of...
Welsh farmers 'to dump dead sheep'
A Welsh Assembly member and farmer has said he fears farmers in the region are considering dumping a...
BWP heads for the south-west
Broker Bray Wintour Patis (BWP) has expanded its presence in thesouth-west with the opening of a new...
HUB BROKERS - At the hub of the net-worth networks
Access to the HNW sector is getting difficult as carriers rationalise agency agreements. But the brokers insurers have chosen to stay with are evolving into regional 'placement centres' for smaller intermediaries, writes Richard Brunger
Boncaster in Harley heaven
Boncaster has won the race to link up with Harley-Davidson FinancialServices and become the official...
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Thompson, Heath and Bond has launched TerraSure, a specially designedpolicy offering access to emplo...
Rural stores 'undercut by smugglers'
Rural shops are losing trade to smugglers to such an extent that many are in danger of going out of ...
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Alexander Forbes Risk Services has launched a new independentconsultancy division called AFP Consult...
Falmouth scallopers accused of endangering rare seaweed
Conservationists in the west country have gone head-to-head withC ornish fishermen over the future o...