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Rural Insurance looks to the South West with sales swoop
Rural Insurance has appointed a regional sales manager for the South West as it continues its growth strategy.
Insurance failures up on last year
The number of businesses in insurance going bust last month rose by 50% compared to the same period last year, statistics released by Experian have revealed.
The Insurance Partnership expands in the North East
The Insurance Partnership (TIP) has made appointments to its agricultural and private client teams.
The Eurozone and government cuts top SME worries
UK SMEs have identified continuing Eurozone woes and government spending cuts as the main factors impacting upon their business optimism, according to an Axa Commercial Lines study.
Barbon plunges into loss
Barbon Insurance Group has reported a loss of £471,000 for the year ended December 2011.
Biba Scotland 2012 to focus on the future
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) Scottish Region has announced that its 2012 conference will be themed ‘Insuring the Future’.
UK brokers endure 3.9% annual revenue drop
UK brokers have seen their revenues fall every year since 2007, a report published today by market research agency Finaccord has found.
Academy has more in the pipeline after CIC swoop
Academy Insurance Services (AIS) has swooped to buy Surrey-based Crown Insurance Consultants (CIC) and admitted there are still more deals in the pipeline.
R&Q MGA opens in Manchester
Randall & Quilter has opened its first regional office in the UK for its specialist MGA platform, R&Q MGA.
Motor premiums continue to soften
The average cost of comprehensive car insurance has fallen by nearly £50 so far in 2012 according to the latest edition of the Confused.com and Towers Watson Car Insurance Price Index.
Brokers urged to check property covers amid cannabis "menace"
Questgates has warned brokers to check their property owners' covers amid a rise in UK cannabis factories.
God said to Noah
Everybody loves to talk about the weather, really, don’t they? They like to have a good moan, and compare horror stories. And recently, there have been some great reasons to do so.
AFL launches cyber risk awareness service
AFL Risk Consulting has launched a cyber risk assessment service to boost brokers' and their clients' awareness of potential online and IT exposures.
UK Broker Awards 2012 shortlist announced
Judges said they were overwhelmed by the volume and quality of the entries, but they have whittled them down and the shortlist for the UK Broker Awards 2012 has been revealed.
SSP reports rise in Ebitda
SSP Group has revealed a 13.8% increase in Ebitda to £17.9m for the year ended 31 March 2012, up from £15.8m in 2011.
Severe weather leads to spike in motor claims
A fortnight of severe weather has led to motor claims totalling at least £35m, according to AA Insurance.
Flood levy could add 10% to home insurance premiums
The environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, has proposed adding a levy to all home insurance policies in order to raise enough money to cover damage in the aftermath of severe flooding.
Biba predicts telematics sales to hit 500,000 in two years
Research from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has revealed that ‘black box’ motor insurance sales have increased five-fold in the last two years.
Mixed reaction from broker market to Axa restructure
Brokers have mixed views to the news that Axa will bring its commercial and personal lines broker businesses back together.
Blanc: Restructuring is not about cost
The restructuring by Axa to bring its personal lines and commercial lines intermediary business back together will allow the insurer to take a more ‘holistic’ approach to broker relationships, CEO Amanda Blanc has told Insurance Age.
UK General agrees £1m of new schemes
UK General has signed two new schemes worth more than £1 million GWP as the insurer targets growing its portfolio to 500 schemes.
Axa UK to "bring together" commercial and personal lines
Axa UK has revealed it will bring together its commercial and personal lines broker businesses under the leadership of Amanda Blanc.
ICS snaps up new technical consultant from Biba
Insurance Compliance Services (ICS) has appointed Ann Peel as technical consultant.
e-Underwriting teams up with Acturis
e-Underwriting, the new division of OIM Underwriting, has launched a property owners’ insurance product on the Acturis platform.