E-Trading
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.
Acumus secures Fortress Underwriting network
Acumus Insurance Solutions, part of the UKU Group, has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire Bristol and Exeter-based Fortress Underwriting.
CGI launches online kiosk for brokers
CGI has launched an online self-service kiosk for its account reconciliation centre.
Five brands join GoCompare's car insurance comaprison service
Insurance comparison site Gocompare.com has added five major car insurance brands - Churchill, Privilege, Lloyds TSB, Tesco and Virgin - to its car insurance comparison service. Consumers can now compare over 60 car insurance brands at the www.Gocompare…
Confused.com signs a deal with RBSI
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance (RBSI) has completed its aggregator u-turn by entering into an agreement to feature all of its insurance products on Confused.com.
UK corporate insurance premiums fall by 20%, according to Aon
UK companies are seeing their insurance premiums fall by up to 20% and they could continue to benefit from a competitive market until 2009/10, according to Aon, the UK’s leading insurance broker. Speaking to south west companies at SS Britain this week,…
Campaign launched to reduce SME premiums
Insurers should offer reduced premiums to small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers who take sustained steps to invest in effective risk management strategies and solutions – according to a campaign launched today. In a statement, document…
Survey urges SMEs to tighten up company driving policies
Autoglass has urged small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tighten up their company driving policies following a national survey which revealed that a third (33%) of employees using their own vehicles for work have not insured it for business use.