E-Trading
Quote and Buy offers another 17 products.
Commercial and personal lines website Quote and Buy is to launch a further 17 products. The site,...
E-Commerce watch.
Incisive Research - publisher of Professional Broking's sister title, Insurance Technology Report - ...
Ward Evans reflects change by rebranding.
Ward Evans Group has rebranded to reflect its transition from commercial insurance broker to financi...
How to deal with a possible breach of contract.
Q: We have had a facility with an insurer for the past four years to place personal lines business; ...
Is your cover in the can?
New legislation and nervous retailers means product recalls are increasingly common, but standard product liability insurance fails to provide adequate cover. Simon Threadgold suggests this is an area to modify.
IIB drops Cox
Cox has lost its position as the Institute of Insurance Brokers' high net worth scheme provider. Oak ...
MPP launches "attention-grabbing" phone service
Technology company MPP Global Solutions has launched AirFusion, a mobile internet insurance service....
Insur-e.com enters into claims and commercial.
Online quote system Insur-e.com is launching a claims service in six weeks and commercial quotes in ...
Appointment at Ward Evans Direct.
Roger Snowden (left) has joined the board of Ward Evans Direct and Mark Branney has joined the board...
e-tail therapy.
New economy businesses are built around intangible assets and key people, while insurance tends to be modelled on old economy business built around physical assets and management. Howard Pearson looks at changing insurance in changing times.
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has made two new appointments. Derek Thomson becomes manager of claims operations, re...
RSA sets up two initiatives.
Royal & Sunalliance is pressing ahead with two new initiatives, one aimed at brokers and the other a...
Focal point.
Duncan Pocock is a company with many strings to its bow but Nigel Palmer tells Diane Smyth it is focusing on cutting down its operations.
Out with the old, in with the new.
The continuing success of the internet has led to a 'new' economy which needs to be better understood in order to be used to its potential, says Sarah Alton.
How foot and mouth affects policy renewals.
Q: A farmer who has insured his cattle against foot and mouth disease for 30 years has been refused ...
HHH continues spree with purchase of two portfolios.
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond is continuing its acquisition spree with the purchase of b...
From our daily news service ... its4me reveals poor online insurance
Online insurance intermediary its4me says the insurance industry is among the worst e-commerce servi...
Defining application service providers.
Q: I have heard a lot about online broker systems via application service providers (ASPs). What exa...
The importance of telling it how it is.
Clarity, transparency and communication are more than just current buzz words in the industry - they...
Routes to Lloyd's.
For the provincial broker, access to Lloyd's has been, in the past, via a wholesale or guaranteeing broker. But Simon Threadgold says sweeping reforms have changed this.
BIB and Kent merge.
Broker and financial adviser BIB (Darlington) has merged with Kent Finance, the independent finance ...
RPC gets up to date.
Law insurance firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has added a monthly update on professional negligence...
Appointment at Combined.
Combined has recruited Alan Winch to its special risk division. Mr Winch brings 12 years of Lloyd's ...
Hill House Hammond gives away holiday vouchers.
Hill House Hammond is giving a £125 holiday voucher to any customer who requests a home insurance qu...