E-Trading
Brokers only interested in service speed
Financial products are more likely to be sold because of the speed of service and not for the qualit...
Software provider Wildnet has
Software provider Wildnet has introduced a consultancy service for the insurance market, with the fi...
Rock Insurance, the five-year-old
Rock Insurance, the five-year-old travel insurance broker, has celebrated its half-decade of trading...
Video conferencing boost for broker policy sales
A video conferencing system has been designed specifically to assist brokers in the sale of policies...
Gaining a strong foothold
IT market share
Misys has claimed it will soon
Misys has claimed it will soon be the first software house to offer brokers a range of full cycle ED...
Insurance companies are becoming
Insurance companies are becoming increasingly concerned that asbestos liabilities will continue to c...
Vital ABI disaster advice fails to reach travellers
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has been criticised for not promoting one of its own indus...
Zurich's UK Commercial business
Zurich's UK Commercial business has published a new guide called Managing the cost of claims which i...
The Evolution process
The motor insurance broking community often claims, and only half jokingly, that it could not even afford to put food on the family table if it relied solely on insurer commission. Simon Clayton examines an alternative income stream in the form of…
The Willis Commercial Network
The Willis Commercial Network has launched a new electronic magazine for its members, known as E-Net...
Picking a star performer
Comparison websites
Brokers miss trade due to internet snub
More than a third of brokers have no website and miss out on up to 20% of business, an internet desi...
Zurich revamps its Difficult Risk offering to aid brokers
Zurich Commercial has announced the relaunch of its Zurich Difficult Risks (ZDR) division to provide...
Katrina to hit all classes
While it is still too early to analyse in detail the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the marine insur...
Insurancewide.com incorporates analysis
Insurancewide.com Services has implemented Prophet - e-business company speed-trap's client-side dat...
imarket in talks with four insurers
Peter Knowles, strategy and marketing director at Polaris, has said they are in advanced discussions...
Appointment at Marsh
In expanding its risk consulting practice, Marsh has appointed Alan Williamson as head of risk consu...
Broker schemes on the rise
Software house Misys has seen a 20% increase in the number of individual broking schemes being devel...
Forum
Broker Management
Appointment at Misys Countrywide
The Misys Countrywide network has strengthened its broker and insurer relations teams with the appoi...
A difficult growth area
Credit insurance
Rating portal adopted by Broker Partners
Insurecom's Polaris-based rating portal has been adopted by software provider Broker Partners. Acces...
New player set to enter broker technology market
A new entrant to the broker technology market could be imminent, as a back-office software supplier ...