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In strength and unity
The Insurance Age Broker Expo 2008 will be held on 13 November at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Hiscox launches commercial policy
A commercial policy for owners of venues such as museums, galleries, exhibition halls, theatres and ...
Jonathan Davey to join SSP
Former PBS Holdings chief executive and Primary Broker Services founder Jonathan Davey will be joini...
Questgate launches counter-fraud division
QuestGates has launched a counter-fraud division that, in addition to delivering and developing new ...
Open GI: internet at the heart of start-up success
Broker start-ups, especially web-focused operations, are on the rise, according to anecdotal evidenc...
The hottest insurance gossip
It always brings a smile to Polly's face when she hears of insurers suffering the same accidents as ...
Risk perspectives - Understand the basics of H&S
Ted Kenrick is a technical and risk solutions manager at Norwich Union Risk Services Where a busine...
League winners announced ahead of phase two tee-off
Congratulations to Paul Croft of Berkhamsted-based B P Sanders and Co, the winner of the Phase One h...
RK Shipman has claimed its new quote-to-buy ..
RK Shipman has claimed its new quote-to-buy commercial insurance for small businesses is the first t...
Childish behaviour will not win praise
It amused me to read about Broker Network's Grant Ellis threatening to take legal action against Our...
Xbroker expands
Xbroker has expanded its insurer panel, with Axa, Groupama and Brit joining with one product each. X...
Network plagiarism row over but not forgotten
The parties involved in the recent network sabre rattling have pulled back from any legal action fol...
Primary General grows its online products stable
Primary General has rolled out new professional indemnity (PI) and directors' and officers' (D&O) po...
Introducing the top 50
Included in this month's issue is the first edition of Insurance Age's 2008 Top 50 Brokers in Person...
Bring home the business
Keith Wardell calls on brokers to consider which insurer partners are the safest - firms that are registered in the UK and come under the jurisdiction of the Financial Services Authority or offshore companies?
RSA launch proposition
A new solicitor's proposition designed to help protect and grow their businesses has been launched b...
Are you a profit driver or destroyer?
Insurers traditionally look carefully at their distributors when markets turn from soft to hard. Mos...
Merger creates Harrisbalcombe
Harris Claims Group and Balcombe Group have merged to create Harrisbalcombe. Both companies said the...
Dare to dream
Owning a second home overseas is a dream for many British people, but their level of understanding of their duty of care for guests is minimal, especially with regard to health & safety. This power hour explores the difficulties of catering for this…
Underwriting profits drop for RSA
UK underwriting profits for RSA dropped to £48m for the first half of 2008 (H1 2007: £51m) in what i...
Provision by Defra welcomed
Alliance Corporate Risk Management, part of the Towergate Partnership, has welcomed the Department f...
The benefit of reflection
Although it has been several years since the Financial Services Authority came on the scene, many general insurance firms are still getting to grips with regulation. Sarah Hills explains how the experiences of the independent financial adviser market…
You can run but you can't hide
Commission disclosure is believed by some to be the one of the largest threats to independent brokers since regulation came into force. Martin Friel explores if an industry-led solution is feasible in a market split by opinion
Dispensing regulation
Although most brokers have come to terms with regulation, Paul Lang explains there is still a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction in the market over how the Financial Services Authority has handled the situation