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Arc allows access to legal costs assistance.
Private landlords can now access legal costs insurance from Arc Legal Assistance. The package gives...
Wasted time on wasted costs.
Courts still cannot agree on whether wasted costs orders are penal sanctions or compensatory remedies.
Antur acquisition.
Last month PB asserted that Antur Group had acquired Old Oak Insurance Brokers, PB July, p5. In fact ...
Henderson healthcare.
Henderson Insurance Brokers has launched a specialist healthcare division in Leeds. A specialist team...
Rowland Gaskell, Director, Adam & Gaskell.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Having been told I was five stone too light and five yards...
CII confirms list of conference speakers.
John Tiner, managing director of the Financial Services Authority, Sarah Wilson, FSA director of high...
The noble art.
Focusing on high-volume lines has changed the profile of Berry Birch & Noble, says Paul Harrison, and has made the company less vulnerable. Nicolle Farthing reports.
Am I home and dry for FSA regulation?
Q: I run a directly regulated independent financial adviser and a general business within my limited company brokerage. Do I need to worry about Financial Services Authority regulation?
BWP no longer the Lloyd's route for BNL non-PI.
The Broker Network's London non-professional indemnity business will no longer go to Lloyd's through ...
Border control.
With regulatory changes breaking down the boundaries between general insurance and the life protection market, brokers need not be fenced out of the mortgage protection sector, says Ronnie Martin.
Optoma makes push into general insurance.
Residential mortgages processor Optoma Broker Solutions is branching out to general insurance produc...
Association publishes technical briefing
The Association of British Insurers has published a technical briefing on the fire performance of s...
Appointment at UnumProvident.
UnumProvident has made Andy Cross (left) director of human resources. Cross formerly worked as train...
BIBA and CNA D&O solution.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has teamed up with CNA Insurance to introduce a web-based...
Appointment at Aon Risk Consulting.
Aon Risk Consulting has made Steve Barnett and Hans-Kristian Bryn chairman and deputy chairman, resp...
Doing the homework.
Favourable legislation has led to increasing numbers of freelance professionals working from home. David Fanning says that as domestic household policies do not usually provide sufficient cover, brokers must ensure homeworkers have an accurate…
Brace of deals for Zurich.
Allan Chapman & James has entered into an exclusive deal with Zurich's commercial business to provide...
insurE-com incites software feedback.
InsurE-com is creating a user group of nationwide regional forums to obtain broker feedback on its s...
How immediate are software updates?
Q: My broker software vendor insists I apply its system updates as soon as they are available. What ...
GISC board appointment.
The General Insurance Standards Council has appointed broker Stephen Godbold, director of GHBC, to ...
New Fortis product widens House Guard.
Brokers can earn 15% commission on a new sum insured household product from Fortis Insurance. SI15 ...
Appointment at RK Harrison.
RK Harrison has employed Hugo Merison as director. He joins from Willis Group where he has been join...
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) ..
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is running a series of roadshows over the next few months for ...
A monthly look at who's moving where ..
Insurers Philip Loney has been appointed as the new managing director of Lloyds TSB Insurance, repl...