Broker
Are brokers ready for the direct SME threat?
This month's Power Hour panellists discuss whether brokers will be able to flourish, or even survive, in light of the threat they are facing from firms writing small-enterprise policies directly. Will it mean cutting prices further - at the expense of…
Part-time dilemma
Q. I need to employ temporary and part-time staff to look after a number of administration duties. What rights does such an employee have for a short period of employment?
Folgate puts underwriting agency back on the map
Folgate has recently commissioned research into why its underwriting agency is so widely misundersto...
To the Riverbourne
Riverbourne Group
Lloyds TSB invests £11m in SSP to boost growth and acquisition
Lloyds TSB Development Capital, part of the Lloyds TSB Group, has invested almost £11m in Software S...
An untapped market
The high-net-worth market remains largely untapped but, as Andrew Tjaardstra discovers, confidence among brokers is high as they compete for this lucrative share of the market by offering high levels of service and cover
Collecting CVs
While collecting CVs for the Professional Broking supplement with this issue, some interesting detai...
Biographies - Who's who around the table
Round Table
Appointment at Community Broking Group
CBG has appointed Paul Fielding as an account executive; Helen Ascroft has joined CBG as a personal ...
The Jelf Group has announced successful ..
The Jelf Group has announced successful Placing and Admission to the Alternative Investment Market (...
Claims Q&A
The relationship between brokers and insurance claims handlers is often somewhat fractious but alway...
There have been a lot of murmurings ..
There have been a lot of murmurings in the market over whether brokers will face a serious threat to...
Primary promotes Davey to CEO of its new venture
Primary Group has promoted Jonathan Davey to chief executive officer of its UK small and medium ente...
Capitalising on venture funds
Ambitious brokers looking for an opportunity to build their company may consider a loan or using funds from venture capitalists. Mark Cliff offers his thoughts on the latter
Folgate intranet boosts information exchange
Folgate Partnership has rolled out a company intranet to enable its brokers to share information acr...
Zurich outlines aggressive new SME market campaign
Zurich has outlined its aggressive plans to push to the 'forefront' of the small and medium sized en...
The Board of Community Broking Group ..
The Board of Community Broking Group (CBG) has appointed Robin Slinger as non-executive director. He...
Telematics service provider, Cybit ..
Telematics service provider, Cybit, has announced a major three-year strategic partnership agreement...
Appointmant at FMW
Scott Lester, who has previously worked for Aon and Thomas Miller & Co, has been appointed marketing...
Cox targets 100+ brokers
Cox Insurance Holdings is to ramp up its acquisition effort, having already targeted 100 brokers and...
COBRA to acquire GAL share
The Commercial Broking Alliance has agreed to purchase a substantial shareholding in Lloyd's broker ...
To the rescue
Robert Hiscox, chairman of high-net-worth insurer Hiscox, came to the rescue recently when he receiv...
Inaugural sentiment survey results
Norwich Union topped a recent poll - conducted by Professional Broking - for service to brokers in t...