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Connecting the dots
Ensuring effective communication between business partners and end users is vital for schemes business. Debbie Baker highlights the need for brokers to invest in technology to build strong relationships
Business plans outlined
Andy Homer and Phillip Bell, chief executives of Towergate and Open International, respectively, hav...
Keeping the spirit alive
The insurance industry has always struggled to attract fresh talent, and there are fears that consolidation in the market is dampening entrepreneurial spirit. However, is it all doom and gloom for the future of the market?
Provider to cover complex commercial risks
Solutions provider Clear Technology has revealed plans to create an online solution for complex comm...
Citybond acquires book of business
Citybond Suretravel has acquired Aon's wholesale travel insurance book of business. Citybond will co...
Catlin UK alliance
Following the formation of a strategic alliance with Catlin UK to provide directors' and officers' a...
Healthy opinion
With the insurance industry looking to build the profile of private medical insurance among both companies and individuals, Sarah Hills looks into a sector that has taken the health of a nation - and a medical system in desperate need of reform - to heart
Uninsured vehicles seized
Law-breaking motorists are feeling the heat, as record numbers of uninsured vehicles are being seize...
Chubb Insurance team
Chubb Insurance has reconfigured its London office operations to create a 23-person team of cross-cl...
FSA closes Manchester insurance broker
A Manchester insurance broker has been closed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after invest...
Primary General to bolster broker support service
Primary General Insurance has revealed plans to incorporate its rural products and finance facility ...
Cure guesswork
The Association of British Insurers' new guidelines covering private medical insurance aim to clear up potential areas of doubt for customers, but will they prove to be the perfect remedy for the market's ills? Paul Lang reports
Commercial insurance proposition enhanced
Select & Protect has enhanced its commercial insurance proposition, Bonus Underwriter. Paul Firkins,...
Arrow Syndicate reveals Lloyd's plans
Arrow Syndicate 1910 has revealed it plans to enter the Lloyd's insurance market in January 2008. Ar...
Coulis web-based launch
IT software development house Coublis has launched a web-based claims supply chain management applic...
Iprism boosts broker penetration
Iprism has boosted its penetration into broker distribution via Europa's network of 1,500 brokers. B...
Insurance website launched
An insurance website has launched with the aim of becoming one of the top personal lines insurers by...
Motor insurance certificates
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has welcomed the Department for Transport's decisi...
Allianz Insurance trading division
Allianz Insurance has restructured its operation to create a new trading division focusing on the in...
Three-year contract signed
KGM Insurance has signed a three-year contract with Absolute CM to provide an outsourced fraud manag...
Marsh launches Global Events Practice
Marsh has launched a Global Events Practice to provide risk and insurance solutions to sports and ev...
In a twist
Finding the perfect combination of private medical insurance can be confusing, especially regarding cancer cover. With increasing media hype over exactly what levels of cancer care and treatment the NHS covers, Kirstie Redford investigates the different…
Allianz acquires share in Oval
Allianz has acquired a minority 10% share in Oval Group's equity. The broker consolidator said the d...
News review: November
Yorkshire-based ProAktive Risk Group signed a deal to take an equity interest in TIB Insurance Broke...