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Appointment at Heath Lambert Public Sector Unit (Southern)
Alison Goodwin has joined the Heath Lambert Public Sector Unit (Southern) as an account executive. ...
Primary Group acquires TPS
Primary Group has acquired Travellers Protection Services (TPS), a Norwich-based broker specialising...
Amalfi Underwriting opens in London market
A new specialist lines underwriting agency has opened in the London market with the launch of Amalfi...
Research carried out by Liberty International Underwriters
Research carried out by Liberty International Underwriters has shown that one in four brokers believ...
Insurers must realise brokers lead the way in innovation and service
For many years, insurers had a patronising and combative attitude towards brokers. The latter were m...
A new driving force
Ian Ormerod offers his thoughts on his first year as Axa's head of distribution development and tells Michelle Worvell how he hopes to best utilise his banking experience in the insurance sector
Finsure achieves growth
Finsure, one of the most recent providers to integrate with Misys, has achieved growth since releasi...
The hottest insurance gossip
Broker MCE Insurance are not very happy after being banned from the 2006 Northern Ireland Motorcycle...
Split widening in broker sector
A widening split in the broker sector between 'traditionalists' and 'innovators' will see competitiv...
Broker forum fun
The Insurance Age Broker Forum has proved a great success, receiving many thousands of hits since it...
A thorny issue
DOC has been a traditional feature of most comprehensive private motor polices providing third-party cover when policyholders drive another vehicle with the owner's permission. However, as Paul Lang writes, recent months have seen DOC become something of…
Moorhouse Xbroker doubles business
The amount of business underwritten through Moorhouse Xbroker doubled during 2005 with £1.6m in new ...
SSP announces new operating structure
SSP has announced a new operating structure that will take effect immediately. The business will now...
It was interesting researching the front cover story ..
It was interesting researching the front cover story this month on the increases in postage costs fa...
Broker consolidation to continue during 2006
Consolidation among UK insurance brokers looks set to continue in 2006, but prices could rise sharpl...
Car and home premiums remain static
Premiums for both car and home insurance remained static over the last three months of 2005, followi...
CMT launched by IFS
The Competence Maintenance Tool (CMT) has been launched by the Institute of Financial Services (IFS)...
Role reversal
Insurance Age offered Gemma Taylor of broker Footman James and Ben Clarke, of software house Misys, the opportunity to swap jobs and discover just how tough each other's positions were
Stackhouse Poland continues expansion
Stackhouse Poland has continued its expansion with the acquisition of London-based broker RHB Insura...
Regulation and small brokers Q&A
A year has now passed since the onset of Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulation. The switch f...
Cracking a problem area
Uninsured motorists could now be sent to prison under proposals to be published by ministers, in an effort to crack down on the going problem. Gary Hyndman reports