News
Norwich Union GI profits hit £1bn
Norwich Union has reported a 10% increase to £1.075bn in operating profit for 2006 for general insur...
LFC expands Southern footprint
Essex-based LFC Insurance Brokers has expanded into the south of England with the purchase of Bright...
Thomas, Carroll takes Willis team
Welsh broker the Thomas, Carroll Group has announced its expansion into health and safety and employ...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances
Groupama Insurances has promoted Jason Bridgman to the role of e-commerce manager (bespoke operation...
Groupama boosted by Clinicare acquisition
Before the announcement of the full results in March, Groupama has released a statement regarding ac...
Towergate buys broker in Beckett Bury battle
Following the defection of nine employees from former Country Mutual Insurance Brokers in Bury St Ed...
Open GI checks in
Open GI's automated quote checking facility is live across all business lines following the addition...
Welsh broker set to expand its commercial lines horizon
Welsh broker ProtectaGroup has enhanced its growth plans for its commercial insurance division, with...
Financial services arm
Lifestyle Financial Services, The Insurance Partnership and East Yorkshire Financial Services (EYFS)...
Footman James signs deal
In other Open GI news, Footman James has signed a four-year deal for a new IT platform to support 15...
ACE agreement
ACE has launched an online agency agreement to enable a larger number of brokers to trade with the c...
Datamonitor report
Commercial lines broker consolidators could control up to 14% of the UK insurance market by 2010, ac...
PPI investigation
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the UK payment protection insurance (PPI) market to th...
News review: February
- Sainsbury's reveals legal plans Supermarket chain Sainsbury's announced its plan to launch a legal...
MIB simplifies process
The Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) has simplified its claims submission process with the introduction ...
Drivers warned of possible premium hikes
Drivers who ignore the new offence of using a mobile telephone while driving could end up paying fou...
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?
Yes 80.8% No 9.0% Maybe 10.3% Log onto www.insuranceage.com to vote in this month's new poll. ...
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...