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Soundbytes - Gary Head, professions underwriting director, Hiscox
What is INScribe? INScribe is a secure online system enabling brokers to place business electronica...
The majority of small to medium-sized ..
The majority of small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) do not have directors' and officers' (D&O) i...
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) ..
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has created an insurer financial strength ratings ...
Highway Insurance has appointed 4th Dimension ..
Highway Insurance has appointed 4th Dimension, a specialist motorcycle design and engineering compan...
Online conversion rates are still poor
Research from the AA has found that 70% of people now research insurance prices online, and 40% are ...
Groupama buys into Bollington
Marcus Alcock Macclesfield-based commercial broker Bollington has sold a majority stake to Groupama...
WNS buys its tech supplier
Ipswich-based motor insurance claims management specialist WNS Assistance has acquired its informati...
Appointment at Sigma Claims Solutions
Sigma Claims Solutions has recently promoted Greig Birrell to the newly created position of regional...
Macquarie Bank offers acquisition loans
Australia-based Macquarie Bank is offering brokers the opportunity to seek finance for mergers, acqu...
Dunn looks to protect data with Axa
BDML founder Sandy Dunn is backing the launch of DataCover Insurance, a data recovery offering devel...
Appointment at Mazars
Accountancy Mazars has hired Serena Joseph as a partner. Joseph joins from Ernst and Young. She bega...
The cost of pollution - who pays?
The Bartoline v Royal and SunAlliance court case has highlighted the need to manage environmental risk policies with care
Nicholl to succeed Wilson
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Sheila Nicholl, currently deputy chief executive of t...
Full cycle roll out for Axa
Imarket has gone live with full cycle trading for brokers with Acturis, after the completion of rene...
FSA to regulate travel agents
Marcus Alcock The Financial Services Authority's u-turn over its decision to regulate the sale of t...
Giles in line for £100m acquisition push
Chris Giles, chief executive of Giles Insurance Brokers, is in the process of raising £100m of fresh...
Appointment at the Belfast Insurance Institute
Tom McGrath has been elected President of the Belfast Insurance Institute for its centenary year. Mc...
Road casualties fall
The Department of Transport has said that the number of people killed in road accidents in 2006 fell...
Outlook document solution
KnowledgeCenter, a provider of electronic document management to the insurance broking market, has l...
Insurers edge closer and closer to brokers
Andrew Tjaardstra, Editor We are starting to see the first signs of how insurers are reacting to Ax...
Appointment at GAB Robins
GAB Robins has appointed Neil Matthews as business development manager. Matthews joins from Close Pr...
Appointment at Arc Legal Assistance
Arc Legal Assistance has appointed Sarah Dyer to the newly created position of underwriting manager....
Appointment at CLB Littlejohn Frazer
CLB Littlejohn Frazer has promoted John Needham as a partner. Needham has worked with clients in the...
Angel starts D&O portal
Angel Underwriting has launched a Quick Quote system and broker portal at www.angelunderwriting.com,...