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Fortis appoints director of underwriting
Fortis has appointed Adam Clarke as director of underwriting, bringing with him more than 13 years experience in the insurance industry.
Venture Preference makes inroads into Manchester market
Venture Preference (VP) has established a presence in the North West, in the little consolidated Manchester area, with the acquisition of broker and financial services specialist Chambers & Newman.
Ntegrity launches new claims system
Independent broker, Ntegrity Insurance Solutions has launched Ethos, a new claims system, designed to minimise administration and paperwork.
Oval among 100 fastest growing companies
The Oval group has been named one of Britain’s one hundred fastest-growing private companies in the latest Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 annual league table.
Two new brokers join Cobra
Cobra Network has signed its 126th membet - its fifth new members in the past two months. Lewes-based LBS Commercial Insurance Brokers joined on 29th November and Henry F Dodds of Newcastle upon Tyne joined on 1st December as member number 126.
Oval buys Bristol broker
Oval has further increased its presence in the South West with the purchase of Tett Hamilton - it's 25th acquisition.
UK commercial market set to outperform the personal market
New reports from independent market analyst Datamonitor indicate that growth in the UK commercial general insurance market will exceed that achieved by the personal general insurance market between 2007 and 2012.
AIG UK Limited successfully completes transfer process
After the successful completion of a transfer process involving permission from the High Court and notification to millions of policy holders, a new name has been created in the general insurance industry.
Parkins heads Jelf's Purple
Bob Parkins has been named managing director of the Jelf-owned broker network, the Purple Partnershi...
Lomas accepts jury's decision
Dennis Lomas, former financial director of Independent Insurance, will not be appealing the jury's d...
Towergate on verge of securing network deal
Towergate has made a bid of £95m for Broker Network that has been accepted by over 50% of the compan...
Insurers reveal huge costs of floods in Q3 results
Britain's major insurers have revealed the depths to which the summer's floods have affected their p...
Clarification: Brian Johnston Insurance Consultants
In November's PB it was reported that Broker Network had acquired Redhill-based Brian Johnston Insur...
November buying frenzy preludes festivities
Giles and Venture Preference headed a battle of the acquirers this November, buying five firms betwe...
Entente cordiale
Alec Finch and Jaques Verlingue
Battle of the networks set to intensify
Chris Blackham pledged last month to make his network, Layton Blackham Business Solutions, the large...
Members keep counsel on Towergate
The news that Broker Network has received a takeover offer from Towergate was met with caution by th...
eBay-style platform launched
Direct Fleet Insurance has launched an online auction insurance service for commercial fleets headed...
Blackham backs his network
Chris Blackham, one of three chief executives at Venture Preference, has been given the role of expa...
Broker's trading ban
The Financial Services Authority shut down Manchester-based broker M. Young Legal Associates in Nove...
Explorer's passengers await inquiry result
The passengers and crew of the cruise ship Explorer are awaiting the result of an inquiry to discove...
Ellis: TBN targets will not alter
Towergate's second bite at the network cherry proved to be a success, with the news that it had reac...
Allianz acquires share in Oval
Allianz has acquired a minority 10% share in Oval Group's equity. The broker consolidator said the d...
Allianz Insurance trading division
Allianz Insurance has restructured its operation to create a new trading division focusing on the in...