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Acturis now live via imarket
Acturis is now live via imarket with Allianz Cornhill for its auto-rated offices and surgeries packa...
Regulation Zone
With the current furore surrounding payment protection insurance, and the ongoing debate centred aro...
Luck be a Ladybird
At a time when personal lines motor brokers are under threat from the growing presence of direct insurers, Michelle Worvell speaks to Fresh! Insurance Services about the secret of its success and its best-selling private motor product, Ladybird Insurance
A view to improve
The battle against uninsured driving has come under renewed scrutiny as the government and insurance heavyweights look to secure greater participation from brokers. Paul Lang looks at the processes that are required to drive progress forward
Axa makes double buy in bid for SME share
Axa UK has acquired the businesses of insurance brokers Stuart Alexander and Layton Blackham in an a...
New UK legislation tackles fraud
New government legislation that aims to expose organised insurance frauds, such as staged motor acci...
PBS and ATD merger sees new firm emerge
Primary General Insurance, newly created from a merger of PBS and ATD, has now commenced trading. P...
SBJ acquires E Nugent Linaker and Co
Insurance broking and consulting group SBJ has acquired the entire issued share capital of E Nugent ...
Fortis re-launches its website
Fortis has re-launched its website (www.fortisinsurance.co.uk). The insurer claims the revamped webs...
Insurers judged satisfactory
Brokers believe insurers are performing satisfactorily in general, according to the 11th British Ins...
Andy Haynes resigns from GHL
Andy Haynes has resigned from Guardian Holdings (GHL), the parent of Gibraltar-based insurers Link I...
Research conducted by AIG Europe
Research conducted by AIG Europe has shown that almost three times as many small to medium-sized ent...
Alec Finch sets its sights on Europe after French sale
Manchester-based broker Alec Finch became the third independent broker to be sold in a single week a...
Allianz targets fraud with ATE partnership
Allianz Cornhill has teamed up with an indemnity and litigation specialist to help eliminate fraud i...
Soundbytes
What is Optima Trade Plus? Targeting the important small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment o...
Staggering amount of merger and acqusition activity
Even with the staggering amount of merger and acquisition activity currently taking place across the...
Jelf acquires John Wason Insurance Brokers
Jelf has acquired the business of Reading-based commercial insurance broker John Wason Insurance Bro...
IGI Group joins panel
IGI Group has joined the panel of online commercial insurance portal Broker2Broker (B2Bi) to provide...
Insurance Age correction
Insurance Age would like to make clear that in the Soundbytes section in the December issue we incor...
The seeds of change
The future of small independent brokers in the UK insurance industry has continued to cause debate but, as Tony Boobier explains, a revolution of best practice thinking is needed to allow them to play their part where they are most needed - at the point…
Excelsys Business Solutions launches Log-IT
Excelsys Business Solutions has launched Log-IT for the broker market. Log-IT is a set of screen for...
Alliance & Leicester enters car insurance market
Alliance & Leicester has entered the car insurance market, with a pledge that it will beat any renew...
ICCM provides Admiral with e-Service Desk
ICCM, a total service management solutions supplier, has provided Admiral with its e-Service Desk. I...