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Government urged to see sense over review costs burden on IFAs.
The government is being urged to force shareholders in life companies to bear some of the costs of t...
Travel agents give free cover.
Two of the largest travel agents have reacted to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ruling on lin...
FMW Group has been bought out.
FMW Group has been bought out by two of its directors. Ortho Barnes and Paul Gravatt have bought 86%...
Acquisition hat-trick.
Hull-based Oughtred & Harrison has bought Mills and Wood; its third acquisition in as many months. M...
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Wholesale broker Camberford Law has promoted Martin Bell (above) to the Board, and appointed David O...
Regulation dominates.
In unprecidented fashion, the CII made a last minute change to its conference agenda this year to include a topical session on broker regulation. David Worsfold listened to the arguments.
Unfocused ads are doomed to failure.
With reference to your comment article entitled "What is Paddick doing?" (October, p15), I was conce...
Self-regulation will depend on unity.
As a consortium of brokers in the Croydon area, we want to draw your attention to our concern that, ...
Boleat to stand down.
Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers since 1993, has announced that ...
ABI: no guaranteed annuity crisis.
The Association of British Insurers has sought to play down the growing concern about guaranteed ann...
Unitas alliance numbers eight as Tyser adds its fizz.
The Unitas alliance of seven regional brokers has signed up its eighth and final member, Tyser (UK)....
Ex-Willis MD goes solo.
Nigel Horsey, former managing director of Willis Corroon Credit, has launched his own credit insuran...
Towergate acquires Strovers to create 4000-strong broking army.
Towergate Underwriting Services is to be re-named Towergate Underwriting Group following its latest ...
Folgate ends its year-long broker business review.
Dorset-based Folgate has completed its year-long restructuring programme, which has seen a radical s...
Internet Insurance Services launches new scheme.
Leicester-based company Internet Insurance Services has launched a new scheme called "2i's", which i...
Award for midlands firm.
Bland Bankart, the Midlands' largest insurance broker, has achieved the Investors in People award. T...
Well entertained at conference.
Members of the insurance industry were certainly kept well-entertained at the 21st BIIBA Scottish co...
Park life.
Tim Collison dons his kit and takes to the pitch to tackle policies offering affordable personal accident protection for amateur footballers.
Towergate enlists Crocker.
Nick Crocker has been poached by the Towergate Group from ITT London & Edinburgh to become group ope...
Share options.
Overriders and profit-sharing arrangements have come under close scrutiny in recent months. Jennifer Jarrett asks whether this form of payment is really in the brokers' best interest.
New lease of life starts at 40 for Millennium's brokers.
Commercial lines broker Millennium Insurance has opened its 17th franchise office since it started r...
Countering the direct threat.
Having just received the letter from the Insurance Brokers Registration Council, and, coincidentally...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Harrogate-based Smart & Cook Group has appointed David Hamilton as a director - he will based at its...
Apex offices still trading.
An article in your July issue (p1) reads as though all offices trading under style of Apex Insurance...