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Employers' liability
A dramatic increase in work related claims, married to a growing compensation chasing culture, is stretching some small to medium enterprises to breaking point. James Salmon picks over the bones of the argument and offers some possible solutions
Networks Q&A
Welcome to the new regular Broker Q&A feature launched this month in the new look Insurance Age. Eve...
Folgate Underwriting Agency working with insureE-com
Folgate Underwriting Agency is working with insurE-com to offer its general insurance intermediaries...
Appointment at CII
The Chartered Insurance Institute has announced that Bob Bullivant is to be the new managing directo...
Towergate offers PI system
Towergate Finch has joined with insurE-com to offer insur-E.office users a professional indemnity fa...
Credit IT for Camberford
euroConex, the joint venture between Bank of Ireland and NOVA Information Systems, is to provide a c...
Budget acquires 8500 clients
Budget Retail has added 8500 policyholders to its books, as part of plans to double its customer bas...
HBOS general insurance premiums rise to £1.6bn
HBOS announced an increase of 19% in general insurance premium income to £1.6bn in 2003. All the ban...
Appointment at CBG
The Community Broking Group has appointed John Sowerbutts to the position of manager of the company'...
Appointment at Riverbourne Group
Start-up corporate broker Riverbourne Group has appointed Rob Anderson to head up its new risk manag...
Hiscox: brokers need not fear banking giant tie-up
Specialist insurer Hiscox has moved to quell broker concerns that a high net worth distribution deal...
Groupama appoints Andy Heap
Groupama has appointed Andy Heap as head of customer propositions. He moves across from his role at ...
Towergate Finch forms new strategic alliance
Towergate Finch has formed a new strategic alliance with insurE-com to offer users of insur-E.office...
Towergate buys £14m worth of HHH's schemes business
Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired part of Hill House Hammond (HHH)'s specialist scheme busin...
AIG targets brokers and small firms with comprehensive disaster recovery product
AIG has teamed up with First Recovery to launch a disaster recovery service for small to medium size...
Cobra acquires 10 new members
Cobra has announced the acquisition of 10 new members since 1 December 2003, boosting its membership...
February
Biba looks into offshore EL Biba said it was investigating the legality of employers' liability (EL...
Appointments
A monthly look at who's moving where ..
Fire fighting
Disaster Recovery
Top independant brokers rule the roost in 2003
Cornell Consulting has updated its list of the 250 commercial provincial brokers. The top 250 controlled at the end of 2003, £5bn of premium income compared with £3.7bn at the start of the year. This is an increase of over 35%. This reflects rating…
Budget Insurance rejects NU's gloomy forecast for personal lines brokers
Matthew Donaldson, managing director, Budget Retail, has criticised Norwich Union’s claim that it was forced to close Hill House Hammond (HHH) because it could not compete with direct insurers on personal lines business.
Beddis picks up BW Cooper
Birmingham-based Insurance broker Beddis & Partners has acquired Wolverhampton-based BW Cooper (Insurance Brokers).
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Folgate buys Trinity
The Folgate Partnership has announced its 33rd acquisition, Trinity Insurance Advisers in Halifax. T...