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Insurance Age blog: What did you have for breakfast today?
I'm going to tell you something you don't know about me. Happy Gilmore is one of my all time favourite films. There are a variety of reasons why this is the case but one particular exchange never fails to make me chuckle.
Towergate kicks off acquisition spree with modest purchase
Towergate Insurance has purchased Tunbridge Wells-based BWA (Insurance Services) for an undisclosed sum.
What's your Big Idea for personal lines?
As our competition to find the next Big Idea in personal lines moves into its second month, MD of intermediary and partnership sales for Axa Personal Lines, Mike Keating, talks about his hopes for the initiative.
Towergate turns to 'family' for new MDs
Towergate Underwriting has announced the appointment of three new managing directors.
Axa PPP plans to extend online presence with broker buy
Axa PPP has confirmed its intention to purchase online private medical insurance intermediary Health-on-line for an undisclosed sum.
Businesses wasting £1.4bn annually on corporate hospitality
UK businesses are wasting up to £1.4bn a year through unnecessary and avoidable weaknesses in the planning and execution of their corporate events and hospitality programmes, according to gdz event analysts.
Cooper Gay appoints new CEO
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford has announced the appointment of Shaun Hooper as chief executive officer of Cooper Gay & Co, the group's Lloyd's and London market broker.
E-broking 2011: Delegates say e-trading to increase over next 12 months
An overwhelming 96% of delegates at Insurance Age’s e-broking conference confirmed they expected the amount of e-trading they conducted to increase over the next 12 months.
E-broking 2011: Brokers must adopt e-trading or risk losing out to aggregators, warns Cullum
Towergate Partnership executive chairman Peter Cullum has warned if brokers continue to fail to adopt e-trading then aggregators will “eat their breakfast before they get up in the morning”.
Government says yes to referral fees
As part of its new Justice Bill, unveiled today, the government has confirmed its intention to spare referral fees.
Get involved with Insurance Age’s Network Spotlight
Insurance Age has secured video interviews with 11 of the leading broker networks in the insurance market and during July the senior leaders will be put under the spotlight to answer your questions.
Sterling uncovers broker confidence schism
Research by Sterling Insurance has revealed that 65% of brokers are confident about commercial lines business growth prospects in the next 12 months while over half saw no prospect of growth in personal lines.
Elite declines to enter solicitors’ PI market
Elite Insurance, has decided against entering the solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) insurance market this year reversing initial suggestions it would.
Continuous Insurance Enforcement commences
The Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) legislation has come into force meaning warning letters will be sent to the registered keepers of uninsured vehicles.
Ten for TEn as network adds new members
TEn Insurance has signed up 10 new members to its broker network since the start of 2011.
Creating FCA and PRA to cost up to £175m
The Treasury has estimated that the cost of establishing the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and transforming the Financial Services Authority (FSA) into the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could be between £115m-£175m.
Independent 10 years on - the second broker instalment
In our continuing coverage of broker reflection on the fall of Independent Insurance, Bluefin’s Stuart Reid and Tim Ryan of Ryan Insurance share their thoughts.
HSBC gets extension to PPI complaints procedure
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that it has agreed to temporary arrangements for HSBC to handle payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints.
Independent 10 years on - the broker response
Ahead of the tenth anniversary of Independent Insurance going bust Insurance Age has canvassed opinion in the broker market asking what impact it had and whether the industry has learnt any lessons.
Broker Expo reaches out to the southern market
Following the success of Broker Expo 2010, Insurance Age is delighted to announce the launch of Broker Expo South - the sister event to the flagship Broker Expo, the annual exhibition in Coventry.
Select & Protect enters non-standard home insurance market
Select & Protect has launched a non-standard risk home insurance product for brokers aimed at customers struggling to find cover due to criteria such as a flood risk property, adverse claims history or criminal convictions.
FSA declines to commit to April 2012 FSCS review deadline
Sheila Nicoll, director of conduct policy at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has told a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services (APPGIFS) that the barrier to continuing the Financial Services Compensation…