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Taylor claims challenges have "never been tougher"
Max Taylor, Biba chairman, warned delegates that "the challenges facing brokers and insurers have ne...
Biba chief calls on PM for regulation review
The Federation of Small Businesses and the British Insurance Brokers' Association have jointly warne...
Appointment at Coface UK
Coface UK has appointed Russell Warner as sales director.Warner will be responsible for building the...
Contract certainty strides made
Progress in contract certainty among British Insurance Brokers' Association members will soon be pre...
Brit increases GWP by 7.5% in the first quarter of 2006
In the first quarter of 2006 Brit Insurance increased its gross written premium in the UK 7.5% from ...
Appointment at Finsure
Finsure has appointed Linda Lo Castro as its new marketing manager. Lo Castro has an established bac...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Commercial
Steve Coates has been made UK facilities and health manager at Allianz Cornhill Commercial. He has b...
Appointment at eg solutions
eg solutions has appointed Andy McRae as a non-executive director. McRae has more than 20 years' int...
Online system upgrades
Three years after first being launched, Quotemac, the online SME underwriting system, is being upgra...
Focus on marketing urged
While the marketing efforts of brokers have improved during the past decade, Royal & SunAlliance's l...
Hiscox launches £10m advertising campaign
Insurer Hiscox is spending £10m on a concerted marketing campaign that includes a three month televi...
Lords asbestos ruling favours insurers
UK insurers received a boost recently when the House of Lords decided to cut asbestos compensation m...
Brokers unaware of age discrimination rules
Nearly two-thirds of brokers have turned people down for jobs because of their age, a survey by law ...
Allianz embraces health revamp
Guildford-BASED insurer Allianz Cornhill has revamped its accident and health cover in conjunction w...
D&O rates continue to slide claims broker
Directors' and Officers' liability insurance rates in the London market were largely unaffected by i...
Broker lures staff away from "London drudgery"
Cambridge-based broker La Playa has expanded its corporate team, with Amanda Dewey joining as corpor...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has made two appointments to its UK household underwriting team. Mary Flatres has joi...
Appointment at H&R Insurance Services
Colin Macdonald has been appointed commercial insurance adviser with Aberdeenshire-based H&R Insuran...
Appointment at Equity Insurance Group
Equity Insurance Group has appointed David Grant as head of sales and marketing at Equity Red Star. ...
Appointment at THB Group
THB Group has appointed Mark Veale as group change programme manager. Veale has 22 years' experience...
Number of bankrupt firms has risen by 15.3%
The UK is experiencing its fastest growth in the number of limited businesses failing this century, ...
Appointment at NIG
NIG has made Phillip Jones sales manager for the Southern area and Simon Parry has been recruited as...
Business good for Aon despite legal spat
Lisa Bartlett, client management director at Aon in Newcastle, has told Professional Broking that de...
Axa launches new broker support service
Axa Insurance has launched CoverPro, a broker support service to support AXA's 'premier partner' and...