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Regulator set to revise business conduct rules
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has made it clear that it intends to introduce new Insurance ...
Smart & Cook notch up 52nd aquisition
Smart & Cook has notched up its 52nd acquisition, with the purchase of Harrogate broker Slater March...
PYV issues High Court proceedings
PYV, part of the PYV Group of Companies, has issued High Court proceedings against several former em...
Insurance mergers, earning rise
The acquisition of brokers by insurers has had a significant impact on deal values in the insurance ...
March
- Broker in bid for independence Layton Blackham moved to prove its independence by actively looking...
Online motor search engine allows greater transparency
An independent broker has launched an online motor search engine with a panel of more than 300 insur...
Roll up, roll up for the UK Broker Awards
The UK Broker Awards are the UK's only broker-focused insurance industry awards, which recognise bot...
Brokers voice concern over lack of Goodwill support
Brokers have accused their trade bodies of not doing enough to raise their concerns regarding the Go...
Imarket secures "two more heavyweights"
Fortis Insurance and MMA have both announced that they have joined the imarket e-trading portal. Th...
Allianz Cornhill reports reduction in combined ratio
Allianz Cornhill reported a reduction in its combined ratio for 2006, and increased profits driven b...
DfT starts consultation into issuing online certificates
The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a consultation paper to a number of relevant bodies to...
Stackhouse Poland on acquisition trail
Stackhouse Poland, the specialist private client, corporate and charity insurance broker, has concluded its second acquisition in twelve months with the purchase of Surrey-based broker, J C Richards.
Aggregator taps into customers seeking brokers via the internet
The internet aggregator has long been a source of resentment for brokers but now one of the main pla...
Appointment at CNA
CNA has recruited Michael Shen and Chris Hurford-Green.Shen joins as development underwriter-financi...
ACORD launches XML test product
The Association for Co-operative Operations Research and Development, the international insurance an...
£350m cost of Kyrill
January's storms and high winds, dubbed as Storm Kyrill, which hit much of the UK, cost insurers £35...
Appointment at RK Harrison
RK Harrison has recruited Richard Storey as divisional director. Storey has over 25 years' experienc...
Broad scale research produces no surprises
Premium finance provider Finsure, to mark its acquisition by RBS, commissioned research of 1500 brok...
Appointment at Markel International
Markel International had appointed Robin Ungless as property treaty underwriter within the specialty...
Axa chief warns of pressure on commissions
Axa UK chief executive Peter Hubbard has warned that current broker commission rates are unsustainab...
£20m bill for Virgin Cumbrian rail disaster
Network Rail's admission of liability for the Cumbrian rail crash is likely to hit its captive schem...
Slade hails Broker Academy training
The Chartered Insurance Institute has linked its training system, Broker Assess, to Axa Campus's 800...
Appointment at Highway
Highway has appointed Scott Greenhill in the newly-created role of motor products manager. Prior to ...
Reid minnows: entrees to bigger fish
Stuart Alexander announced two acquisitions as Professional Broking went to press - Helm Group UK an...