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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?
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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...
High hopes for CII academy
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has urged smaller brokers to embrace the new Broker Academy ...
Software upgrade "ticks all the right boxes"
Insurance software specialist Sequel has released the latest version of its broking product, Eclipse...
Property specialist launches web-based valuation service
Clarity Risk, the property risk information specialist, has launched an online property rebuilding c...
FSSC scheme
The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) is planning to develop its endorsement of training and ...
Optima Bike cover
Following a detailed review in 2006, Groupama Insurances has enhanced the cover, pricing and availab...