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Focus on marketing urged
While the marketing efforts of brokers have improved during the past decade, Royal & SunAlliance's l...
Hiscox launches £10m advertising campaign
Insurer Hiscox is spending £10m on a concerted marketing campaign that includes a three month televi...
Lords asbestos ruling favours insurers
UK insurers received a boost recently when the House of Lords decided to cut asbestos compensation m...
Brokers unaware of age discrimination rules
Nearly two-thirds of brokers have turned people down for jobs because of their age, a survey by law ...
Allianz embraces health revamp
Guildford-BASED insurer Allianz Cornhill has revamped its accident and health cover in conjunction w...
D&O rates continue to slide claims broker
Directors' and Officers' liability insurance rates in the London market were largely unaffected by i...
Broker lures staff away from "London drudgery"
Cambridge-based broker La Playa has expanded its corporate team, with Amanda Dewey joining as corpor...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has made two appointments to its UK household underwriting team. Mary Flatres has joi...
Appointment at H&R Insurance Services
Colin Macdonald has been appointed commercial insurance adviser with Aberdeenshire-based H&R Insuran...
Appointment at Equity Insurance Group
Equity Insurance Group has appointed David Grant as head of sales and marketing at Equity Red Star. ...
Appointment at THB Group
THB Group has appointed Mark Veale as group change programme manager. Veale has 22 years' experience...
Number of bankrupt firms has risen by 15.3%
The UK is experiencing its fastest growth in the number of limited businesses failing this century, ...
Appointment at NIG
NIG has made Phillip Jones sales manager for the Southern area and Simon Parry has been recruited as...
Business good for Aon despite legal spat
Lisa Bartlett, client management director at Aon in Newcastle, has told Professional Broking that de...
Axa launches new broker support service
Axa Insurance has launched CoverPro, a broker support service to support AXA's 'premier partner' and...
Brokers need to adapt skills base
Marketing activity must be driven and managed by someone at board level if brokers are to successful...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has made two appointments in Liverpool. Gabrielle Doyle joins as a development executive and C...
April
Brokers face agency cull Highway Insurance warned that brokers may face an agency cull if they fail...
IGI to launch Commercial Let Buildings product
IGI is set to launch a Commercial Let Buildings insurance product for brokers. The new product is it...
FSA issues consultation paper
The Financial Services Authority has issued a consultation paper outlining proposals to remove the s...
Biba and FSB unite to highlight SME plight
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NIG's London branch offices relocate
NIG's two London branch offices have relocated to the centre of London's insurance district, in an e...
Mohamed Sheikh appointed a peer
Mohamed Sheikh, chairman and chief executive of Camberford Law, has been appointed a peer. He has be...
Heath Lambert seals Argos link up
Heath Lambert has been enlisted by Lloyds TSB Insurance after establishing a deal to supply home and...