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Broker in bid to fill rent protection gap
Broker B Portwood has teamed up with DMS Security Plans to launch a rent protection cover policy. A...
Risk Perspectives
There's good reason to be alarmed. Richard Underwood, risk adviser and security specialist, Norwich Union Risk Services
43% rise for CBG Group
CBG Group has produced a 43% rise in pre-tax profits to £718,000 (2006: £501,000) for the first half...
Getting away with it
Regarding your feature on aggregator websites in the August edition of Insurance Age, I suppose that...
A hop, skip and a click away
With spending on the internet increasing exponentially, Vivek Banga explains how to ensure your internet presence is hitting the right market
Motor policy for childcare providers introduced
Childcare insurance specialist Morton Michel has introduced a motor insurance policy for childcare p...
Norwich Union to increase on-site underwriting service
Norwich Union (NU) is to increase its broker on-site underwriting service (Bonus) with a further 100...
A monthly look at who is moving where ..
Marsh has appointed Mark Hicks and Richard Park, together with Andrew Wilton and Mark Lumley, to dri...
Stand out from the crowd
With direct writers increasingly targeting the small to medium-sized enterprise market, David Gilchrist discusses how brokers can regain some lost ground by incorporating tailored schemes benefits into their offering
Anything is possible
The Financial Services Authority's Treating Customers Fairly principle has left many in the insurance industry wondering whether compliance is possible but, as Martin Friel discusses, the regulator's intentions are becoming clearer as the market spends…
Hastings Direct rebuked for computer error
Hastings Direct has come under fire from consumers, after it cancelled 3,000 policies based on what ...
ProtectaGroup monitors young drivers
Wales-based broker ProtectaGroup has been monitoring young drivers using the VL-Fleet GPS tracking s...
Oval makes 20th acquisition
Consolidator Oval has made its 20th acquisition with the purchase of Martin and Pethard, and its ass...
Biba to launch review
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) is planning to launch a review of aggregator and p...
Equity Insurance Group Purchases RF Hobson & Co
Completing its third regional acquisition in just eight weeks, Equity Insurance Group has purchased ...
Irish broker's mainland plans
A new player is set to enter the consolidation field in the UK in the form of a Belfast-based broker...
Allianz strong despite floods
Allianz Insurance has posted stable figures for the first half of 2007, as a result of its commercia...
MMA Insurance launches shops product
Intermediary-only insurer MMA Insurance has launched its shops product onto the Acturis broker platf...
Electrical contractors scheme re-launched
Camberford Law has re-launched its scheme for electrical contractors, catering for all sizes of cont...
ABC Insurance opens regional branch
ABC Insurance, part of the LV= Group, has opened a north of England regional branch in Sheffield. Th...
Slade Edwards & Co joins Broker Network
Slade Edwards & Co, based in Horsham, West Sussex, has become the latest firm to join the Broker Net...
Erinaceous left in the cold
The ongoing saga of the potential takeover of the Erinaceous Group ground to a halt with the news th...
Independent trial round-up
The trial of the three former directors of Independent reconvened last month following a two-week br...
H1: stable but competitive
Companies in the London Market revealed their results for the half-year to 30 June 2007, while other...