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The Financial Services Compensation ..
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has set its initial levy for 2007/8 at £94.5m, inc...
Travelodge has become the
Travelodge has become the UK's first hotel chain to launch online travel insurance. Priced to match ...
Congratulations to David Motts ..
Congratulations to David Motts of Motts Godwin Insurance Services, who won a bottle of champagne aft...
UK brokers high on the takeover target list
At least 74 UK insurance broker firms are prime targets for a takeover, and another 124 could soon b...
Oval has acquired Cuthbert Service & Jackson ..
Oval has acquired Cuthbert Service & Jackson in Glasgow, following its earlier acquisitions of Servi...
Risk perspectives - Riding the wave of consolidation
A wave of consolidation is rolling through the broking industry, providing significant opportunities...
Appointments
A monthly look at who is moving where ... Brokers - Harvie Carswell has joined Heath Lambert's na...
Swinton's new website has been ..
Swinton's new website has been named the best performing company website in the insurance industry, ...
Axa confirms rumours with Smart and Cook acquisition
One of the worst-kept secrets in the industry has been confirmed, following Axa's announcement that ...
UK insurers fall behind other sectors despite profits rise
UK insurers' profits per customer have more than doubled since last year but, despite this recovery,...
Equity Insurance Group has acquired ..
Equity Insurance Group has acquired the general book of Lincoln broker O'Halloran & Co. Established ...
Research from Royal & Sun Alliance
Research from Royal & Sun Alliance has revealed that 42% of UK businesses are oblivious to the fines...
Commercial lines underwriting ..
Commercial lines underwriting organisation Arista has launched a motor trade policy, in a move that ...
The average cost of car insurance ..
The average cost of car insurance has fallen slightly during the first quarter of 2007, after ending...
Brit Insurance has become ..
Brit Insurance has become the latest insurer to join imarket, just weeks after MMA and Fortis decide...
Allianz Insurance IT has implemented
Allianz Insurance IT has implemented a new IT system to allow claims handlers to work in a paperless...
Website takes risk management to heart
Allianz Commercial has launched an online risk management service for brokers and customers. The fre...
Ace and PSL pair up in bid to improve online business
The barriers to broking firms quoting and completing business online have finally been removed, acco...
LFC have acquired specialist ..
LFC have acquired specialist professional indemnity broker The JB Partnership. The business, which w...
Defaqto has developed a website ..
Defaqto has developed a website comparison tool to enable features of different insurers' products t...
The Financial Services Authority ..
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has prohibited Alan Dennis Garlick, director of Chapel Financ...
Start-up to double size in next 12 months
Start-up broker Southall Harries has launched a graduate training scheme, as part of its plans to do...
Following the rollout of its ..
AudaEnterprise estimating solution, Audatex UK is now trialling an updated software release with cus...
North London firm ..
North London firm ... Marrs Insurance Brokers, which controls premiums of £5m, has been acquired by ...