E-Trading
E-commerce Watch.
People's Choice, the motor insurance telebroker, has launched a website. The site guarantees it w...
Is thin client technology the less expensive answer to ensuring
Thin client technology (TCT) has been around for some time, but it is now becoming more readily avai...
Elf's in your garden.
Elf at home, the independent gas supplier to the new homes market, has launched a household insuranc...
New team offers solicitors' PI.
Premium finance house Singer & Friedlander has teamed up with Heath Lambert to provide a funding fac...
Insurers to pay for quotes at Inspop.com.
Insurers will pay to give quotes online at inspop.com, the site of a new internet intermediary which...
Hiscox launches "hub" facility for brokers placing HNW business.
Hiscox has launched a facility that will enable brokers that do not meet its policy volume requireme...
In for a bumpy ride.
The recent ruling of the House of Lords on the Dimond v Lovell case has been a blow to many credit hire companies who could now face an uncertain future, according to David Fanning.
When size matters.
Insuring small businesses can be time consuming and is not always profitable. However, brokers and intermediaries are seeing the value of using new technology to write the business and increase efficiency, says Simon Threadgold.
HSBC Select expands its call centre operations
Insurance broker HSBC Select has opened a new call centre in Trentham Lakes, Stoke-on-Trent in respon...
RIAS go online with Inspop
Online over-50s are being targetted by specialist broker the Retirement Insurance Advisory Service (R...
Brokers eager to go online
In its recent survey, the legal expenses insurer DAS found most brokers are ready to trade online. ...
More acquisitions at Alan Boswell
Expanding East Anglian broker Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers has bought Norfolk-based intermediary In...
Chubb sets up strategic development unit
Mirroring the activities of its US parent, Chubb Europe has set up a strategic development unit to re...
DAS to underwrite CIS legal expenses cover
DAS has won a contract to underwrite legal expenses insurance for CIS household contents policy holde...
Part-time law may cut jobs.
Abbey Legal Protection is warning that new legislation designed to give part-time workers the same e...
Safe haven.
With the threat of burglary a very real consideration for every household in the UK, there are many precautions that property owners can take - without turning their homes into fortresses. And brokers are always happy to give advice.
Revving up the cover.
Motor assistance is an important feature of the claims process, in fact so great is its attraction for customers, that insurers might start to market cover on the back of the assistance service. Andrew Newman explains.
Right rate for the job.
Insurers have long been concerned about the costs and reliability of contractors. Mike Oastler asks whether repair networks are the answer.
Zurich Financial Services goes live.
The general insurance arm of Zurich Financial Services has gone live with a new advertising campaign...
Ward Evans employs headhunter to seek staff.
Broker Ward Evans has taken the unusual step of employing its own headhunter to help it meet its tar...
Hill House Hammond has novel idea.
Hill House Hammond has hit upon a novel medium for advertising its services. The Norwich Union-owned...
Ansvar broadens community group cover.
Youth groups, mother and toddler groups, playschools, nurseries and after-school clubs have been add...
NCM set to launch online credit service.
The credit insurer NCM plans to launch an electronic online service for customers in the summer. It ...
E-Commerce watch.
Bennett Mant Insurance Services in Bournemouth believes it may be on the way to setting a record in ...