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Broker bolsters temporary cover product
Temporary Cover has announced it will "widen the footprint" of its temporary cover product, after it...
Experts warn industry over NHS precedent
Industry experts have expressed fears that a potentially costly precedent has been set with the new ...
Claims report
A report from independent market analysts - Claims Management in the UK General Insurance 2006 - has...
Highway agreement
Highway has confirmed that Andrew Gibson has signed a formal service agreement that will see him ret...
Open GI events
Following Open GI's 2006 product clinics, the Countrywide Network has launched a series of events de...
Taking on the big guns
This month's discussion focuses on the recent spate of insurers buying successful independent brokerages and what it means for the future health of the market, including whether this buying spree will inspire more start-ups and the importance of SME…
Groupama signs licence
Groupama has signed a five-year licence for Colossus, the personal injury claims solution from Compu...
Biba places
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has confirmed that it still has a limited amount o...
Axa acquires Swiftcover
Axa UK has acquired online insurer Swiftcover. Peter Hubbard, chief executive at Axa, commented: "We...
Underwriter to provide online PI policy
Underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants (APC) has teamed up with trading network Personal Touc...
Appointment at QBE
John Neal has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief operating officer for QBE Europe...
APC secures £20m
Underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants (APC) has secured £20m in underwriting capacity for it...
Consumers are also accountable
The front page story on online trading in the February issue was interesting. Several of the comment...
Biba's website is an ineffective tool
I have never found the British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) website easy to navigate, so it...
Last month's online poll asked: Do you believe insurers buying brokers is a growing trend?
Yes 80.8% No 9.0% Maybe 10.3% Log onto www.insuranceage.com to vote in this month's new poll. ...
Regulation Zone
Treating Customers Fairly is finally upon us, with full compliance expected by the Financial Service...
A different dimension
Brokers are increasingly looking into the benefits of implementing risk management practices, but there is still much to be done if the sector is to move in the right direction. Sarah Hills asks if brokers could be doing more to protect themselves and…
FSA requirements are unnecessary
I read with interest the front page report by Sarah Hills (Insurance Age, February), which is full o...
Part-timers are the real danger
I refer to recent press reports confirming the continued stance by the Treasury to exclude travel ag...
Goss to adopt Jelf
The Reading-based broker Goss & Co is re-branding to adopt the livery of its parent company, Jelf Gr...
Judge dismisses deafness test cases
Employers have been told that they can rely on statutory advice, after occupational deafness cases w...
Westward Counties acquired
Westward Counties Insurance Services has been acquired by the Fidelius Group to create Fidelius Insu...