E-Trading
Two Chester brokers merge to form Evans and Salt Insurance.
Chester-based insurance brokers Evans Insurance Services and M&S have merged to become Evans and Salt...
What happened next?
A year ago, the collapse of Independent Insurance hit its staff, brokers and insurers hard. Blyth Morris looks at how the industry has reacted since then.
Archive Imaging products enable filing for life.
Nuneaton-based software company Archive Imaging is launching two new products allowing brokers to ar...
Safeonline offers basic technology assistance for SMEs.
New technology insurer Safeonline is launching a first and third party policy for small to medium-si...
Appointment at Riskclick.
Harvey Rand has become vice president of sales for software provider Riskclick. He joins from Altern...
Overcoming difficulties in placing liability cover.
Q: I have been having problems placing liability insurance since the beginning of the year but some ...
Road Runner's wholesaling arm rebranded Motor Trade Solutions.
Broker Road Runner is rebranding its wholesaling arm Motor Trade Solutions and looking for more whol...
Adapting PC equipment for physically disabled staff.
Q: My brokerage transacts business over the internet using standard PC equipment. How can I adapt it to enable visually impaired or physically disabled staff to use these facilities?
Groupama shifts its focus onto SMEs.
In a move set to affect up to 250 brokers, Groupama Insurances has embarked on a new strategy that w...
E-Commerce Watch.
Zurich London has launched an information hub - www.zurichlondon.com. The site features details of Z...
InsurE-com wins UK TAM rights.
InsurE-com has won exclusive distribution, support and development rights to the TAM system in the U...
Chilton encourages e-commerce embrace.
Brokers must embrace e-commerce and use it to radically rethink their core strategies, according to ...
Markerstudy Group aims for a place in the taxi market.
Wholesale broker and underwriting agency the Markerstudy Group has launched a scheme for taxis and p...
SHW: PI quotations site.
Sterling Hamilton Wright has launched a professional indemnity quotations site. Underwritten at Lloy...
Safeonline offers further protection to SafeEmail policy.
Digital risk insurance specialist Safeonline has extended the cover on its SafeEmail policy. The ...
Competition - Do you want to play free World Cup fantasy football?
As the World Cup gets underway, Professional Broking is getting into the spirit of the contest with a World Cup fantasy football competition.
Added extras?
Ever-increasing reliance on technology in the motor industry is changing the types of insurance clients need. Allison Walters looks at how brokers can help.
Sirius: commercial portal.
Sirius Financial Systems is launching a commercial lines portal, available via all Sirius back offic...
Cox plans to reinvent itself as a software house.
Cox Insurance Holdings hopes to become a broking systems software house and set up a nationwide netw...
From our daily news service ... Churchill acquires Wilson Dean.
North-west London broker Churchill Insurance Consultants Group has acquired the insurance broking bu...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Brendan Harker has been appointed associate director within the insurance broking division at Smart ...
Brand new insurance risks.
Patents, trademarks and copyrights are all commodities that the enterprising broker can protect with intellectual property insurance. Sam Bobo irons out the specifics of this growing sector.
Tesco football gamble.
Tesco Personal Finance is kicking off the World Cup celebrations with a cash back scheme. The first ...
Know your cyber-enemy.
New technology brings new insurance risks and brokers should familiarise themselves with the many forms these risks take to better advise clients. Nicholas Copeland explains.