Broker

Westinsure achieves £300m GWP

Westinsure Group has achieved £300m gross written premium in 2009 and has secured more than 35 new brokers to join the Alliance, increasing its total member offices to over 200.

Promoting disaster recovery

Small and medium-sized businesses often do not have effective plans in place for when a business-critical emergency strikes, writes Jane Bernstein

Management Clinic: Troublesome premium tax

Since the Chancellor made his announcement on extending insurance premium tax in December, nothing much more has happened. Should we be charging IPT to brokers' fees or doing nothing until there is a further government statement?

Jelf raises more money as profits tumble

The broker has released a set of results that shows, perhaps more transparently than most, the difficulties of the consolidation model, raising questions over others' ambitions to float, writes Andrew Tjaardstra

Liquidity dangers

Emmanuel Kenning reflects on the cash flow challenges facing broker managers in 2010

Crawford responds to Chile earthquake

Crawford & Company has mobilised its in-country, regional and global technical services (GTS) adjusters to handle the losses resulting from the Chile earthquake.

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