E-Trading
Most effective use of e-business - Temporary Cover
UK Broker Awards 2006
Open GI adds to software
Open GI has added a range of enhancements to its regulation software to help brokers tackle the issu...
Sirius launches broker distribution gateway
Sirius has launched a broker gateway into multi-channel distribution and e-commerce, which it claims...
Product Review
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH A solution for complicated house cover Product: Bespoke (Delite In...
Time to get connected
While more and more brokers are embracing modern technology every day, some are still firmly stuck in the 70s, with basic - if reliable - Green Screen systems. Paul Lang says it is high time the last few stragglers bite the bullet and join the modern age
SMEs playing with fire by ignoring new regulations
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are in danger of missing out on new fire prevention laws th...
THB acquires FiSure
THB Group has acquired a controlling interest in insurance broker FiSure Holdings. THB now hold 33.3...
Finger on the pulse
While imarket promised to offer everything that small to medium-sized enterprises had ever dreamed of, there were still some initial problems and confusion. However, as Jason Potter writes, it may now be time for its knockers to grasp the many…
Yacht-Mark.com launch
Underwriting Risk Services (URSL), the specialist yacht, marine trades and fine-art underwriting age...
Soundbytes - Olga Smith, head of operations, Bexhill
What is the product? Bexhill premium funding management system is an internet-based premium finance...
Aggregator systems drive customers to distraction
Aggregator sites offering general insurance are failing to deliver consistent pricing and are not us...
Feeling the pressure
Wholesaler broking
Safely under lock and key
Data protection is one of the biggest challenges the industry has faced in recent years and, while the storage of data on computers has meant quicker response times and savings for brokers, insurers and customers, it also has its problems, as Jane…
Report highlights lack of climate change preparation
A new report on climate change, and the threat it poses to small businesses in the UK, has shown tha...
Equifax pocket guide
ID fraud expert, Equifax, has launched a pocket guide to combating corporate ID theft and fraud, in ...
Coalition asks government to halt young driver deaths
A coalition of insurers, motoring groups and road safety organisations has called on the government ...
Marketing campaign of the year - Swiftcover
UK Broker Awards 2006
Extranet boosts customer relationships, claims Focus
Insurers and brokers that use extranet technology could improve relationships with clients and achie...
Web of intrigue
Online strategies
Aon outsources client operation
International Broker Aon and Xchanging, the business processing services company, have struck a 10-y...
Open GI introduces contract certainty module
As adapting to regulation requirements imposed by the Financial Services Authority continues to caus...
Viewpoint - Marketing the middleman
Marketing has always been a bone of contention between insurers and brokers. All too often, advertis...
In case of fire
Fire regulations
Cash plans are key to reducing sick days
I was encouraged by the Confederation of British Industry report that said working days lost to abse...