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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has ..
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for stronger planning controls to ensure new ho...
Technology designed to enable ..
Technology designed to enable safe remote control of stolen vehicles fitted with GPS location-and-tr...
UK commercial broking business ..
UK commercial broking business, Vega Insurance Services, has acquired Parkwood Sinclair Insurance Br...
The latest electronic data ..
The latest electronic data interchange (EDI) survey published by Instep has revealed a 48% increase ...
Despite some critics suggesting that ..
Despite some critics suggesting that the outlook is bleak for small businesses, UK entrepreneurs are...
The Financial Services Authority ..
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued Minded to Authorise (MTA) letters to Aon, Marsh an...
A new range of low cost and easy ..
A new range of low cost and easy to use asbestos testing kits have been launched by bSure Testing to...
IT contractors may face an ..
IT contractors may face an increasing risk of being sued when their projects fail to meet contractua...
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE has been ..
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE has been appointed as the first independent chairman of the Professional Sta...
Soundbytes
What does the system do? The SimplyClaim portal is a real-time information tool that enables all pa...
Allianz sets its sights on smaller brokers
Allianz Cornhill is targeting smaller brokers whose agencies have been cancelled and portfolio trans...
The Capita Group had acquired Brownsword ..
The Capita Group had acquired Brownsword, a provider of claims investigation services for £5m. Capit...
Benfield deal boosts S&F position
Singer & Friedlander has acquired Benfield Premium Finance. The deal sees the 100% holding in Benfie...
IIB to launch wholesalers status report facility
The Institute of Insurance Brokers wholesalers status report facility will be launched in the first ...
Training increases profits: pilot study reveals
Results from a pilot accreditation scheme by the Financial Services Skills Council show the training...
Wrong paint, wrong picture
In a single paragraph, Asgar Hassanali paints a picture of the philosophy, funding and market positi...
Appointment at Capita Insurance Services
Capita Insurance Services has appointed two senior loss adjusters, Alastair Whiteside and Peter Shaw...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed David Nash as a development executive to its Maid-stone business development tea...
In an attempt to help curb the ..
In an attempt to help curb the spiralling blame and claim culture, Opus is taking steps to help prot...
Are brokers ready for the direct SME threat?
This month's Power Hour panellists discuss whether brokers will be able to flourish, or even survive, in light of the threat they are facing from firms writing small-enterprise policies directly. Will it mean cutting prices further - at the expense of…
Swinton has acquired the non-commercial ..
Swinton has acquired the non-commercial side of the personal lines business of East Anglia-based Wav...
The longest journey begins with one step
The chief executive of St Paul Travelers UK talks to James Salmon about re-embedding good underwriting in the company and why patience truly is a virtue in the insurance industry