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Folgate doubles expected growth
Three acquisitions worth a total of £550m premium could take the Folgate Partnership's premium inco...
Appointment at LRG
Stuart Scott and Karen Beattie have joined LRG's broker business development team. Mr Scott is busi...
BUILDING A BOOK - How to cut a rug in HNW
Cultivating relationships at the more exclusive end of the market can lead to some lucrative business opportunities. Carl Gledhill offers some advice on building a successful high net worth line and looking after VIP policyholders
News in brief
Aon has become the first foreign insurance broker to be licensed inIndia, having entered the market ...
Welsh farmers 'to dump dead sheep'
A Welsh Assembly member and farmer has said he fears farmers in the region are considering dumping a...
HUB BROKERS - At the hub of the net-worth networks
Access to the HNW sector is getting difficult as carriers rationalise agency agreements. But the brokers insurers have chosen to stay with are evolving into regional 'placement centres' for smaller intermediaries, writes Richard Brunger
Falmouth scallopers accused of endangering rare seaweed
Conservationists in the west country have gone head-to-head withC ornish fishermen over the future o...
Folgate: Yorkshire spread
The Folgate Partnership has strengthened its presence in Yorkshire and the Home Counties with furth...
Tony Simper, Managing director, Woodstock Insurance Brokers
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Setting up Woodstock Insurance Brokers in March 2002. ...
Dallas and Bollington both subject to MBOs
Management buyouts have hit the broker market, with Dallas Kirkland (Professions) and The Bollingto...
Appointment at Footman James
Footman James has made several appointments to its management team. John Mace becomes group marketi...
Appointment at MBP
Peter Montague-Johnstone has joined MBP's fleet team as fleet development manager....
Appointment at Manson Warner Healthcare
Healthcare consultant Manson Warner Healthcare has appointed Christopher Cannon as operations assis...
Autolease: broker division
Fleet management and funding specialist Lloyds TSG Autolease has launched a broker division to supp...
Appointment at Annan Insurance
Annan Insurance has appointed Don Metcalfe to the technical broking unit....
Broker Network moving to one software solution
The Broker Network wants its brokers to operate on one software solution in future, according to ma...
Woodstock looks to boost personal lines collection
Woodstock Insurance Brokers is calling for commercial brokers to sell it their personal lines books...
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PremierLine to sign up over 300,000 small businesses
PremierLine is ready to take more than 300,000 small business customers from their existing brokers...
Smart and Cook's expansion continues with Yorkshire broker
Rapidly-expanding broker Smart and Cook Group has expanded its commercial insurance business in the...
The leader of the pack
Networks are becoming a popular way to do business, with several new contenders to the market. Mark Radburn, managing director of the Willis Commercial Network, tells Diane Smyth why he believes there is plenty of room for a few extra in the market.
Jelf Group gets SLF book
The Jelf Group has bought the book of business and assets of commercial lines brokerage SLF Insuran...
'Flood and fire kill SMEs' - Axa
Insurer Axa has sounded the alarm to over a million small- andmedium-sized enterprise (SME) owners w...
Companies unnecessarily expose to litigation
A huge number of UK companies are unnecessarily exposing themselvesto the possibility of corporate m...