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First Assist sells PMI business to Standard Life Healthcare
First Assist has sold its private medical insurance (PMI) business to Standard Life Healthcare for a...
Brokers come up wanting during FSA 'health check'
No broker was fully regulatory compliant when Axa performed health checks at 22 of them, a senior fi...
Building from the ground up
The clock is ticking for the industry to take contract certainty initiatives on board. Colin Foster offers his advice on how brokers can achieve this with the minimum of disruption
Zurich Municipal launches best practice guide
Zurich Municipal has launched a best practice guide designed to reduce the number of fraudulent clai...
The customer is always right
Despite the fact that the importance of a claims service for brokers has diminished in recent years, there is no doubt that for some brokers the ability to offer a professional claims service is still vital and helps keep their customers loyal. Marcus…
Biba welcomes call from CAB
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has welcomed a call from the Citizens Advice Burea...
Fortis reports overall GWP increase
Fortis Insurance has reported overall gross written premiums (GWP) for the second quarter 2005 of £2...
Soundbytes
Brian Russell, managing director, Anglo Pacific Consultants What is QuoteMac? QuoteMac (QM) is an ...
Axa reports strong growth
Axa UK reported strong growth in underlying earnings for the first half of 2005. In the UK and Irela...
Is FSA IT regulation just leading a horse to water?
This month's power hour panel asks if the process of regulation by the Financial Services Authority has increased the pace that brokers have moved their IT capabilities forward or had this process already been taking place before regulation
New research on fraud
Insurance fraud in the UK business community costs at least £550m a year, new research has revealed....
The hottest insurance gossip
Polly has discovered that UK motorists are prepared to feel the 'good vibrations' with the launch of...
Marsh launches new FACS
Marsh has launched a new Forensic Accounting and Claims Practice (FACS) to help firms manage the cla...
Appointment at XL London Market
Michael Moss, David Scully, Clare Pardy, Susie Collier and Mark Bosshard have been appointed to the ...
Sentiment insight
The Sentiment Survey published in this edition of PB reflects brokers' fears about insurers competin...
Personal injury claims climb up PI chart
Personal injury claims accounted for 18% of professional indemnity notifications for solicitors over...