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Hard work brings scant reward
Melanie Hampton decries the manner in which the state, its regulation and large corporate players fail to support smaller enterprises and asks just what room is left in the market for companies like hers to survive
SSP to work with PPI
SSP is to work with payment protection insurance (PPI) provider MMS to enhance its distribution capa...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed Charles Willy as UK communications director. Willy has worked at Aon for over five...
Appointment at QBE
QBE has confirmed that Kathy Lisson will join it as chief operating officer from 1 June 2009. The co...
SMS messaging 'can help brokers save on costs'
SMS messaging could help brokers save on costs and enhance customer relations, according to telephon...
Motor insurance market expected to rise
Industry statistics have shown that the aggregator corner of the motor insurance market is expected ...
Pulling in niche trade
Once considered the preserve of the nerdy, caravanning is now cool and, as Ian Drewe explains, it's the sort of pursuit that falls neatly into leisure insurance schemes - one of the most untapped niche insurance markets
Raring to go
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
The hottest insurance gossip
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,...