E-Trading
Columbus Direct moves into home and motor sectors
Travel insurer Columbus Direct has moved into the home and motor sectors with the message, "We won't...
Markerstudy Retail makes four acquistions to complement existing operations
Markerstudy Retail has made four acquisitions to complement its existing operations in the Midlands....
Study highlights link between brand and performance
Brand weakness could potentially compromise the ability of insurance companies to acquire new busine...
Police use data from Motor Insurers' Burea database in op against insurance fraud
Police from six forces have used data from the Motor Insurers' Bureau database in a successful opera...
Fortis enhances its commercial guard portfolio
Fortis Insurance UK has enhanced its commercial guard portfolio of 10 products. As part of the revam...
Steering a clear course
The commercial insurance space has altered dramatically since the rise of aggregator sites and direct insurers but, as Paul Lang discusses, establishing an online profile is vital if brokers are to head in the right direction
Cardiff Pinnacle acquires majority shareholding
Cardif Pinnacle has acquired a majority shareholding in Warranty Direct, which provides personal ext...
Broker portal re-launched
A broker portal designed to meet the needs of small to medium-sized independent brokers has re-launc...
Experian has re-branded Eiger Systems
Experian has re-branded Eiger Systems, a developer of strategic payment solutions, to Experian Payme...
It's time to shop around ..
Longing to feel the wind in my hair, I have decided to buy myself a little motorbike - a Suzuki GS500 to be exact. And where better to run riot on my new bike than in the leafy environs of St Albans? As usual, to test brokers' ability to find appropriate…
Hallmark (East Midlands) launches service
Hallmark (East Midlands), an insurance intermediary based in Derbyshire and Leicestershire, has laun...
Fair or unfair, that is the question
I agree with the views presented in Tony Cornell's article on Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) (Insur...
Standard Life Healthcare's website
Standard Life Healthcare's website - www.standardlifehealthcare.co.uk - has been identified in an on...
Willis launches first carrier benchmarket tool
Willis has launched what it claims is the world's first carrier benchmarking tool, the Willis Qualit...
Study identifies brokers as key to affinity schemes business success
The popularity of commercial insurance affinity schemes for trade and professional associations is o...
New property services operation called Property Service Line
GAB Robins has incorporated its UK field adjusting and fraud investigation teams under the managemen...
Broker re-launches service offering
Hampshire-based personal lines insurance broker Computerquoteinsurance.com has closed its branch network and has opened a new business centre at Parklands Business Park in Denmead, Hampshire.
AIRMIC and Advisen combine for benchmark survey
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) and Advisen, a provider of benchmarking services to the global commercial insurance industry, has launched an initiative to provide programme benchmarking to buyers of insurance in the UK.
Ex-Aon team form new credit insurance support operation
Chris Baker, Deana Kearns and Eileen Barter, formerly of Aon Trade Credit have formed Credit Insurance Alliance (Brokers), a new specialist support operation designed to enable general insurance brokers to realise the potential of their client portfolio…
Harmer to chair Market Reform Group
Peter Harmer, chief executive of Aon UK, is to become chairman of the London Market Reform Group (MRG). He will succeed Stephen Matanle, managing director of Libero Ventures.
Cardif Pinnacle launch web portal
Cardif Pinnacle, the provider of income protection insurance products has launched its new website portal www.helpucover.co.uk.
New broker portal launched to serve complex risks
A broker portal has been re-launched, specifically designed to meet the needs of the small to medium sized independent broker. The portal, brokers4brokers.co.uk, has been acquired by independent intermediary, Delite Insurance Agency, and will act as an…
Beware the rise in PI tourism, says law firm
Despite efforts by the EU to simplify the interpretation of national laws, the UK insurance industry is being exposed to significant risk from complex cases involving motorists of differing nationalities, according to insurance law specialist Browne…
Broker Direct makes third acquisition
Broker Direct has completed the acquisition of Bevan Fox Insurance Brokers based in Tamworth. This follows the purchase of Fitzsimmons Insurance Consultants in Stockport and Greenhalgh and Gregson in Bolton.