Insurance Age staff
Follow Insurance Age
Articles by Insurance Age staff
Capita Insurance services acquires BDML Connect
Capita Insurance Services, part of The Capita Group, has acquired BDML Connect from the insurance gr...
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Keith Statchell, group chief executive of Friends Provident, is the new chairman of the Association ...
FSA to simplify handbook
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has set out the first phase of its programme to simplify its ...
Broker Network buys Fraser Tennant Holdings
The Broker Network has bought Fraser Tennant Holdings of Stirling, Scotland - its largest acquisitio...
Rise in car insurance premiums
The recent downward trend in car insurance premiums has ended although the cost of both home buildin...
Norwich Union checklist
Norwich Union (NU) has created an online checklist for brokers to assess whether they are fully comp...
SSP secures new clients
Software Solutions Partners (SSP) has secured two new broking and underwriting clients for Insight, ...
Apathy is key barrier to rewarding premium research
Motorists are losing up to £50 in savings because they are not searching for enough car insurance qu...
Ellis: ID scheme benefits group
Bumper profits for the Broker Network are the result of the company's 'hands-off' approach to busine...
Insurance via SMS text messaging
A new company called Text2Insure has claimed to be the first company in the UK to sell insurance via...
Towergate Partnership acquisition
The Towergate Partnership has acquired Your Insurance Group (Brokers) (YIG) as part of a £10m invest...
Public prefer online insurance
More than half of the public prefer to buy insurance online rather than through a call centre, a new...
Bruce Stevenson acquisition
Broker Bruce Stevenson made its seventh acquisition in as many years by taking over, for an undisclo...
Death of John Marshgreen
The Folgate Partnership announced with regret the sudden death of John Marshgreen. Mr Marshgreen sta...
Mavinwood acquires Ansa
Ansa, the insurance claims management specialist, has been acquired by Mavinwood, the acquisitive su...
NIG elevates Leicester office
Broker-only insurer NIG has elevated its Leicester office to full regional status in order to increa...
Soundbytes
What is the service called and what does it provide? Swift-Find is a global, online registry of val...
Dramatic rise in crime claims costs
The cost of crime to businesses increased dramatically over the first quarter of 2005, according to ...
Local authorities feel increase
Local authorities feel they are facing an increase in fraudulent insurance claims, according to rese...
Get connected on the broker forum
The Insurance Age Broker Forum has proved a great success, receiving many thousands of hits since it...
Chaucer committed to developing franchise
The Board of Chaucer said it remained committed to developing its franchise at Lloyd's and to delive...