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Little and often
Current trends indicate consumers are opting to take shorter but more frequent holidays, with European city breaks particularly popular. Learning to identify such trends is key to tapping into this market, reports Angela Faherty.
Appointment at Sirius Financial Solutions
Sirius Financial Solutions has made Stuart Bruce data transfer manager within the UK Systems divisi...
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbroughs
Beachcroft Wansbroughs has appointed reinsurance specialist Julian Miller as a partner in the firm'...
Appointment at Sportscover
Sports insurance underwriter Sportscover has made Alan Hootten branch manager for its UK operations...
IIB roadshow: biggest ever
The Institute of Insurance Brokers' roadshow draws to a close this month with a sold-out day at Brand...
GISC and Lloyd's reconsider PI
Brokers' professional indemnity insurance is under scrutiny by the General Insurance Standards Coun...
Smart and Cook: US links
An Anglo-American partnership has been set up between Smart and Cook and a number of independently-...
Appointment at Primary
Primary has made several appointments. Simon Strong heads up Primary Travel Insurance Services as m...
insurE-com looks ahead after Ehler departure
Online insurance system developer insurE-com was shocked to see managing director Ralph Ehler leave...
Aon struggling to find a buyer for its insurance companies
Tough market conditions have meant that Aon still does not know when it will sell its insurance com...
Admiral to add travel and home insurance to confused.com
Travel and home insurance are to be added to Admiral's online website confused.com, despite the fac...
Pendleton May joins Goss
Insurance broker Pendleton May has joined forces with Goss Group. The Pendleton May group of compan...
Appointment at The Miller Insurance Group
The Miller Insurance Group has made Steve Johnson director of the company. Mr Johnson will be worki...
Appointment at The Bollington Group
The Bollington Group has introduced Kelly Nadin, Nicola Rollisson, Joanna Taylor and Hailey Treanor...
Sirius' new online initiative set to be fully launched during
Sirius Financial Systems will launch its online initiative Stargate in November. The system is ...
Appointment at Capita Life & Pensions
Bill Dye has been appointed managing director, moving across from Capita Life & Pensions. Bill Pato...
From our daily new service ... Miller name-change launched by balloon
Independent broker the Miller Insurance Group launched a 1000-strong balloon race outside Lloyd's to...
Fresh gets motoring
Recently established intermediary Fresh! Insurance has launched its first specialist motor insuranc...
Limits raised on AUL property schemes
Niche property specialist Agency Underwriting Limited has increased the capacity on its property sc...
Online competition ... Win a Philips video recorder.
With the winter nights drawing in, brokers will be glad to hear that this month's prize is a remote-...
Appointment at Medicash
Matthew Brown has joined Merseyside-based health cash plan provider Medicash as company accountant....
Appointment at Bland Bankart
Bland Bankart has appointed Jason Mole as account handler. He is a member of the Society of Technic...
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbrough
Beachcroft Wansbroughs has appointed personal injury specialist Paul Davies to its national catastr...
Tough talking for testing times ahead
Insurers' assets are shrinking while liabilities increase, indicating structural change rather than a cyclic hardening, chairman and chief executive of Aon Dennis Mahoney tells Diane Smyth. And this is likely to lead to a shortfall of capacity for…