Articles by Insurance Age staff
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...
Flooding: a plain issue
Flooding
Fees rising?
Remuneration
Appointment at The Cooper Gay Group
The Cooper Gay Group has appointed Iain Pickard as chief operating officer of its UK arm. ...
Oxygen acquires Lloyd's broker
Oxygen Holdings, the parent company of Oxygen Insurance Brokers, has today completed the acquisition of Lloyd’s broker Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers(Robertson Taylor).
New forum launched for brokers
Lead distributor paaleads.com has created a forum entitled ‘Community’ on its website encouraging brokers to give their opinions.
THB Group acquire health and safety specialist
THB Group, the insurance broking and risk management group, has acquired health and safety specialist Cardinus (CL).
Property professionals back Commercial Lease Code
Over 80% of property professionals believe that increased transparency between landlord and tenant under the new Commercial Lease Code will eliminate costly and time-consuming disputes, according to a snapshot survey by Lockton’s real estate and…
Equity strengthens regional presence
Completing its third regional acquisition in just eight weeks, Equity Insurance Group has purchased Lichfield broker, R F Hobson & Co.
SSP transacts first live policy via Imarket
Software Solutions Partners (SSP) has launched its first live policy via its integrated imarket panel that is currently in pilot phase with a small number of brokers.
Mark Allison of Prime Professions loses battle with cancer
Mark Allison, 39, sadly lost his short battle with cancer this week. He leaves behind his wife Angela and two young daughters.
NU to expand broker underwriting service
Norwich Union is to increase its Broker Onsite Underwriting Service (BONUS) with a further 100 business account executives (BAE’s) over the next 18 months.
Woodstock Insurance Brokers acquire Kent-based broker
Woodstock has taken over the entire client portfolio from Morton Associates, Insurance Brokers based in Newnham, Kent.