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Somewhere beneath the biggest players and somewhere above the smaller ones, Peter Burrows believes Brit UK is superbly placed to take great strides once the economic tide turns. Martin Friel reports
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Some people, including the late comedian Bill Hicks, swear that anyone involved in marketing is inhe...
David Rasche named Business Leader of the Year
SSP executive chairman David Rasche has been named Business Leader of the Year at the Yorkshire Post...
Marx Insurance switches provider
Liverpool-based Marx Insurance has switched its system provider from SSP to Open GI. The broker's ma...
Cash struggles spark boom in underwriting fraud
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, cos...
IIB voices strong opposition
The Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has voiced strong opposition to unlimited compensation awar...
Insurers told Madoff fallout may cost them dear
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has warned that Bernard Madoff's alleged £32bn fraud could potentially ...
BeatThatQuote.com expands motor insurance
BeatThatQuote.com has expanded its motor insurance offering with the addition of Express Insurance. ...
Canopius Managing Agents launches Canopius Underwriting
Canopius Managing Agents has launched a service company, Canopius Underwriting. Canopius, through it...
Hiscox conducts study of small business insurance purchase
Hiscox has conducted a study on small business insurance purchases that revealed that only 16% of sm...
New software platform designed
A new software platform has been designed to support insurers with market and regulatory reformation...
Octavia Information Systems helps expand capability of TAMIS
IT consultancy Octavia Information Systems has helped expand the capability of TAMIS, Travel and Med...
Soundbytes
What is Secure-mail? Secure-mail is a simple plug-and-play device that encrypts and decrypts email,...
Companies are unprepared to face the onslaught of fraud
Companies are unprepared to face the onslaught of fraud, which is predicted to rise because of the c...
Equity Red Star opens office in Leeds
Expanding its regional fleet and special risks business in Northern England, Equity Red Star has ope...
Third Force in £1.3bn boost
A review of the Third Force of the insurance industry by Insurance Age in a supplement this month ha...
Small broker focus - Keep in touch to stay in control
The recession cycle rolls out in three stages. In the first, there is a tendency to hope for the bes...
Scam busters
With the news that Axa has set up a specialist anti-fraud team and begun investigating more than 400 motor accident cases in which fraudulent activity has been suspected, MichelleWorvell asks if the industry is winning the fight against fraud and what…
Moody's has downgraded the senior debt rating
Moody's has downgraded the senior debt rating of XL Capital to Baa2 from Baa1 and the insurance fina...
R K Harrison Holdings completes acquisition of Bowood Holdings
R K Harrison Holdings has completed the acquisition of Lloyd's broker Bowood Holdings with the assis...
Zurich Insurance Ireland to change its name
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that Zurich Insurance Ireland, the group's Ireland-bas...
Firefighters under pressure
According to the Liverpool Daily Post (November 2009), Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service has threat...