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Datamonitor report
Commercial lines broker consolidators could control up to 14% of the UK insurance market by 2010, ac...
PPI investigation
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the UK payment protection insurance (PPI) market to th...
News review: February
- Sainsbury's reveals legal plans Supermarket chain Sainsbury's announced its plan to launch a legal...
MIB simplifies process
The Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) has simplified its claims submission process with the introduction ...
Drivers warned of possible premium hikes
Drivers who ignore the new offence of using a mobile telephone while driving could end up paying fou...
Westward Counties acquired
Westward Counties Insurance Services has been acquired by the Fidelius Group to create Fidelius Insu...
Goss to adopt Jelf
The Reading-based broker Goss & Co is re-branding to adopt the livery of its parent company, Jelf Gr...
IBM targets London market with data messaging service
Business technology provider IBM Global Services is set to roll out several new electronic data serv...
Regulation Zone
Treating Customers Fairly is finally upon us, with full compliance expected by the Financial Service...
Brokers told to check their facts or face FSA backlash
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is investigating claims that the selling of legal expenses...
Last month's online poll asked: Do you believe insurers buying brokers is a growing trend?
Yes 80.8% No 9.0% Maybe 10.3% Log onto www.insuranceage.com to vote in this month's new poll. ...
APC secures £20m
Underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants (APC) has secured £20m in underwriting capacity for it...
Appointment at QBE
John Neal has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief operating officer for QBE Europe...
Underwriter to provide online PI policy
Underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants (APC) has teamed up with trading network Personal Touc...
Axa acquires Swiftcover
Axa UK has acquired online insurer Swiftcover. Peter Hubbard, chief executive at Axa, commented: "We...
Biba places
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has confirmed that it still has a limited amount o...
Groupama signs licence
Groupama has signed a five-year licence for Colossus, the personal injury claims solution from Compu...
Open GI events
Following Open GI's 2006 product clinics, the Countrywide Network has launched a series of events de...
Highway agreement
Highway has confirmed that Andrew Gibson has signed a formal service agreement that will see him ret...
Soundbytes
What is the Cassidy Davis online application system for PPI? It is an interactive and highly flexib...
Broker bolsters temporary cover product
Temporary Cover has announced it will "widen the footprint" of its temporary cover product, after it...
Chubb gives D&O a new lease of life
Chubb Insurance has revamped two directors' and officers' (D&O) policies for public and private comp...
Budget Group outlines its UK ambitions
The Budget Group plans to accelerate growth in both its domestic markets and overseas operations. M...
Liverpool Victoria bolsters team in bid for broker market
Liverpool Victoria has made several key appointments at ABC Insurance Solutions and Liverpool Victor...