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CBG profits soar
Manchester-based broker Community Broking Group's pre-tax profits rose 117% to £511,000, up from £23...
Towergate spending spree aims to plug the £500m GWP target shortfall
Towergate Chairman Peter Cullum remains confident of reaching his ambition of a £2bn gross written p...
Cobra network signs its 100th member
The Cobra network has signed its 100th member as three more brokers join. CCS Insurance Services in ...
WTR regulations a 'waste of SMEs' time and money'
The recent amendment to the Working Time Regulations (WTR) is of no benefit to small to medium-sized...
IGI secures a £5m legal fee funding facility
Specialist UK general insurer, IGI, has secured a £5m legal fee funding facility aimed at personal i...
PBS Holdings enters motor fleet market
PBS Holdings (PBSH), has announced a move into the motor fleet market. The new motor fleet product w...
Lucas Fettes and Partners offers a range of bespoke services
A specialist retail insurance division has been launched by Lucas Fettes and Partners offering a ran...
Results round up: August
- Fortis reports £335.7m GWP Fortis Insurance has reported an overall gross written premium (GWP) of...
Towergate Underwriting Group Limited - An apology
In our April 2006 issue we published an article by Tony Cornell ("The Price is Right - but for who a...
Love calls time on Thomas, Carroll career
The board of directors at Thomas, Carroll has announced that Stuart Love has stepped down as managin...
QBE Regional Underwriter to run in dessert race
QBE's Andrew Macpherson is to compete in a 333km desert race in aid of charity.
Bollington scoops commercial lines broker of the year award
The North-West-based Bollington Group won the Commercial Lines Broker of the Year award at this year...
Paul Matthews: his aspiration to be the next James Bond
Paul Matthews has always vowed he would one day buy a brokerage but recently he unsubtly revealed an...
Appointment at Towergate
Jonathan Walker has joined Towergate as sales and service managing director, following senior servic...
Allianz Cornhill to drop UK name in 2007
Guildford-based insurer Allianz Cornhill is dropping the Cornhill name from the company and, as a re...
Bexhill revamps holding company service
Bexhill, the do-it-yourself premium finance provider, is hoping to further its standing in the UK pr...
Giles sets sights high with plans to build 'global brand'
Following the recent private equity-backed management buyout of Giles, valued at £45m, the broker ha...
Appointment at Arct Legal Assistance
Arc Legal Assistance has appointed two new team members. Kirsty Gardiner joins as claims advisor.Gar...
Appointment at The Wilson Organisation
The Wilson Organisation has appointed Donald Robertson and Richard Dilley to its independent insuran...
CBG Group acquires ET Knagg
Manchester-based CBG Group has acquired broker ET Knagg for around £1.4m. ET Knagg, a commercial bro...
Perky Slade's last stand
David Slade
The future is Clear for Kempster
New Malden-based Clear Insurance Management has acquired City-based broker Kempster Lobo. Kempster h...
The Board of CBG, the Manchester-based ..
The Board of CBG, the Manchester-based insurance broker, has established CBG Sports via a joint vent...
Blazing a trail
Camberford Law Insurance Brokers has received a good deal of positive publicity lately, mainly due to the success of chairman and chief executive Mohamed Sheikh but also because of its success in schemes. Sarah Hills takes an in-depth look at the company