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Annual review by Cornell Consulting
In its annual review of the UK commercial market, Cornell Consulting has estimated that 20 businesse...
Pre-tax profit for Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical announced a pre-tax profit of £77.1m for 2006, the second-highest in its history. The...
Giles Insurance opens two new offices
Giles Insurance has opened two offices in Cardiff and Chester, taking the total number of its networ...
Towergate Underwriting goes live
Towergate Underwriting has gone live on Open GI's universal e-commerce solution, X-Stream. The move ...
Aggregator seeks closer ties with brokers
New aggregator site Onlyinsurance.co.uk has confirmed it is looking to acquire brokers. Andrew Geor...
Highway launches new products
Highway has launched its Choice Private Car and Choice Commercial Vehicle products on the Acturis fu...
Jelf Group sees double with insurers' move to buy shares
Allianz Cornhill and Aviva have both bought stakes worth a total of 10.1% in broker consolidator Jel...
Confused.com launches new search engine
Confused.com has launched a new travel insurance search engine. The service will be able to return i...
Biba launches self-service portal
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has launched a self-service portal to allow its me...
Biba rolls out crisis control scheme
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has rolled out a Crisis Control scheme to its memb...
Directors to face jail over fraudulent activity
Two former directors of Doncaster-based brokerage Preston Whiteside have been jailed for defrauding ...
Thomas, Carroll moves into health & safety
The Thomas, Carroll Group has moved into health & safety (H&S) and employment law services with the ...
FSA sets out reform proposals
The Financial Services Authority has set out proposals to reform the funding of the Financial Servic...
CNA appoints David Leary
CNA has appointed David Leary as distribution manager to establish a presence in the Irish broker ma...
Treasury's 2007 tax reforms increase consolidation fears
The 2007 Budget is simply the Treasury "giving with one hand, and taking with the other", according ...
PMI Health Group launches MOLI
PMI Health Group has launched an online membership administration system for employee benefit scheme...
D&D Homecare joins Webline quotation system
D&D Homecare, the general insurance arm of the Swansure Group, has joined the Webline quotation syst...
Liv Vic revives itself with a fresh look
Liverpool Victoria has changed its brand identity to LV, in addition to introducing a new look to su...
RSA reveals "big changes" to regional broker division
Royal and Sun Alliance (RSA) is set to revamp its strategy across its regional broker division in or...
Soundbytes - Debbie Baker, insurance business unit director, Kewill
What is Kewill Insurance Xchange (KIX)? KIX enables the collection, transformation and delivery of ...
Groupama chairman toasts "vintage performance"
Groupama chairman and ceo Pierre Lefevre toasted a "vintage performance" for the insurer in the wake...
The Davis Group wins award
Newmarket-based corporate insurance broker The Davis Group has been awarded 32nd place in The Sunday...
Highway optimistic despite fall
Highway has reported a fall in profit before tax to £19.1m from £27.3m last year, although the insur...
IVML becomes part of Oval
Oval has acquired specialist London-based broker IVML in order to step-up its bid to increase its ma...