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December
The Chartered Insurance Institute hired a new director of general insurance to replace Peter Knowles...
CCV has acquired Moray Firth Insurance Brokers
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has acquired Moray Firth Insurance Brokers. Based in Inverness and Elg...
Swinton deal bolsters its position as UK's largest high street broker
Swinton has cemented its position as the largest high street broker in the UK with the purchase of E...
Biba places accessibility at head of industry's agenda
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) is aiming to make insurance more accessible in the...
New career-building website launched
A new career-building website, abintegro.com, has been launched featuring a 'three-dimensional CV', ...
A monthly look at who is moving where ..
BROKERS Stuart Lawson has been appointed head of Aon Trade Credit (ATC) where he will be responsibl...
Aggregators to unite under trade body in push for professionalism
The price comparison sector is set to make a bold bid for greater respectability with the imminent f...
Equity Red Star opens office in Leeds
Expanding its regional fleet and special risks business in Northern England, Equity Red Star has ope...
Heath Lambert hire steps up its focus on high-net-worth business
Heath Lambert has made another addition to its growing regional high-net-worth (HNW) operation with ...
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Top 100 Independent Brokers 2008
Profiling the UK's top 100 independent commercial brokers
Mason makes return after landing top Moneyextra role
Former director of insurance at Moneysupermarket.com, Richard Mason, has been appointed as MD of Moneyextra.com, Insurance Age has learnt.
WBN roundtable Brussels
PB reports from the Worldwide Broker Network meeting in Brussels.
Piracy - Shipping moves onto war footing after pirate attacks
Piracy is in the spotlight as 40 ships, including the oil tanker the Sirius Star, have been seized by Somali pirates so far this year, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Pre-budget report
Drastic action highlights dangerous slide in fortunes for UK economy. The pre-budget report, which included a £20bn fiscal stimulus, has shown just how precarious our economy has become, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Appointment at CBG Group
CBG Group has appointed Steve Rees as managing director of CBG Financial Services. Rees has 25 years...
Marshall Wooldridge - Built with the strength to endure
Howard Marshall
Appointment at Aon Trade Credit
Aon Trade Credit has made Stuart Lawson its new head. Lawson has worked for ATC for 15 years, joinin...
It is a long way back from here
We are where we are. There is no turning back and our government is fighting tooth and nail to retur...
Appointment at Allianz Retail
Allianz Retail has appointed Stuart Walker to the position of senior manager for systems rationalisa...
Year in review: 2008
2008 Review
Financial services - The power of unity
There is a long-standing association between insurance brokers and financial advisers but commercial factors have pushed this relationship into the spotlight and forced many to examine how it can be made to work more effectively, writes Edward Murray
Liability - Where responsibility lies
Richard Evans gives an overview of some key cases to demonstrate the importance of policy wording in assessing liability in court
Philip Gregory - A giant awakes
Andrew Tjaardstra talks to Philip Gregory, chief executive of HSBC Insurance Brokers, as he attempts to reawaken what he considers to be a 'sleeping giant'