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IUA members test London market system
Members of the International Underwriting Association (IUA) have begun a pilot project to test a new...
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Ace rolls out new online D&O offering
Ace European Group has launched a new directors' and officers' (D&O) product that will allow brokers...
Brokers 'will struggle to survive' without website
A report by product analyst Defaqto has suggested there is trouble ahead for brokers who fail to emb...
Speed-trap supplying swiftcover.com with Prophet
Speed-trap, the e-business intelligence company, said it will be supplying swiftcover.com, the inter...
Saga extends WNS deal
Saga, the provider of products and services to the over-50s, has extended an outsourcing contract wi...
Ace joins imarket
Ace Europe has decided to join imarket after an e-commerce review by Ace Europe e-commerce manager M...
Letter of the month - Marketing should target carefully
The May 2006 issue of Professional Broking reported two major industry figures' comments advising ho...
Appointment at Aon UK
Aon UK has appointed Paul Atkinson as UK director of marketing and communications. In addition, Howa...
Bell open to change
Misys General Insurance, bought by private equity firm Montagu Private Equity for £182m (Professiona...
Amlin's UK commercial rates down
Lloyd's insurer Amlin's UK commercial rates, including motor and property accounts, reduced 2% in th...
Sirius and Allianz roll out Complete Retailer
Sirius and Allianz Cornhill have combined to launch AC's Complete Retailer or 'Shops' product on ima...
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SSP found ahead in EDI policies
A survey of 20 insurers by InStep, part of the Electronic Trading Practices Group, has found softwar...
Soundbytes - Elaine Pyke, chief executive, FarmWeb
What is FarmWeb Connect? It is a full cycle internet trading platform for farm motor and farm com...
Future of SME sector - Going for the jugular
A large, diverse and valuable market for commercial insurances, small business has long been the daily lifeblood of the provincial broker but this is now attracting bigger, more hungry players. Paul Lang joins the hunt
Ace European Group to join imarket
Ace European Group is to join imarket, the UK insurance industry portal. Ace Europe will follow exis...
Lloyd's calls for contract shake-up
Lloyd's ceo Richard Ward has sent a letter to the ceo of every market firm outlining plans to improv...
Blythe Valley launches new web facility
Blyth Valley has launched a new web facility which allows self-employed and independent accountants ...
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Axa and Acturis demonstrate imarket connectivity
Axa and Acturis demonstrated their live imarket connectivity at the Biba conference, where brokers w...
Collective responsibility
As more brokers play their part in industry consolidation, attention is turning to the matter of managing group operations. Do you keep a growing number of suppliers or rationalise them? The James Hallam group found itself asking these questions about…
Sceptreplan relaunches new quotation website
Sceptreplan On Line Commercial has relaunched its new quotation website which provides quotes for co...
Government makes pledge on mesothelioma pay outs
The secretary of state for Work and Pensions, John Hutton, said he plans to work with insurers to en...