E-Trading
Argent starts on acquisition trail
Argent Insurance Group, part of Cox Insurance retail division, has acquired the Tomlinson group of bu...
E-Commerce Watch.
Marsh is claiming to be the first company in the UK to offer professional indemnity cover to solicit...
Online competition ... Win a Palm Vx.
For the latest in hand-held technology, go to the PB website at www.broking.co.uk. By answering t...
Keeping the wheels in motion.
Credit insurance is not just cover against bad debt. Today, it is a sophisticated mix of products designed to keep businesses trading profitably. Graham Kent explains.
Permanent Insurance launches campaign.
Permanent Insurance is seeking to make greater inroads into the critical illness market, with the la...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has appointed Beverley Webster as its group director. Ms Webster was formerly manag...
Office PCs: to network or not to network?
Q: I am a small high-street broker with a quote engine from a major broker software vendor and four ...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed Harry Tomczyk as corporate marketing manager. The new departm...
The rights of staff who have worked less than 12 months.
Q: I have always assumed that employees with less than 12 months' service with a firm are not entitl...
Law outdated by 100 years.
The British Insurance Law Association has welcomed the Department of Trade and Industry's plans for ...
Appointment at Groupama Commercial Insurances.
Groupama Commercial Insurances has appointed Alan Bassett (above) as commercial lines assistant tech...
Jacqui Jones - Principal IT consultant, Jaytech Consultants.
Several software houses have invested heavily in new Windows-based systems. Some are farther down the road than others.
Ansvar is into charity events.
Ansvar has launched a special events insurance policy for charities, churches and voluntary groups. ...
Direct Line in Auto deal.
Direct Line has made Auto Indemnity its preferred supplier of accident management services, followin...
www.brokerworld online from 2001.
Independent's brokers are to have access to an information website from the beginning of 2001. ww...
Zurich makes D&O easier for SMEs.
Zurich's commercial division has launched a new directors' and officers' policy aimed at small and m...
Safety in numbers.
Accountants' work may not be glamorous or seem dangerous, but they still need to know they can count on insurance cover against the high risks that some areas of the profession bring, says Simon Threadgold.
Worrying times for brokers?
With all the recent merger upheaval and the introduction of new regulations currently rocking the world of insurance, should brokers be worrying or should they just carry on as they always have?
Cox: free quote system.
Cox Retail Division is seeking to entice brokers away from proprietary software house systems with a...
Abbey wins on PI referrals.
Abbey Legal Protection has won the contract to run the only personal injury referral and no win, no ...
Home guard.
The rise in the number of people working from home is not being mirrored in the sales of homeworkers insurance policies. Steve Banner looks at why this is and how brokers can tap into this market.
A pile of potential?
Carried out professionally, a direct mail campaign has the capacity to be a very lucrative endeavour. John Shetcliffe says a whole new market can be opened up with careful mailing.
Cox splashes out on TV advertising.
Cox Insurance Holdings has launched a television advertising campaign publicising Cashback, a motor ...
High win, high rates.
Fuelled by aggressive advertising campaigns, from the likes of Claims Direct, and recent high-profile court cases, the public is now far more aware about claiming for work-related injuries. Diane Smyth reports.