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Claims Standards Association and Personal Injury Federation to form one body
The Claims Standards Association and the Personal Injury Federation have agreed to form one body and...
Bluesure looking to relocate its call centre to Cape Town
Bluesure is looking to offshore its broker contact to South African parent company Santam. Tony Mar...
Personal lines brokers top performer in 2003 survey
Personal lines brokers with revenues of between £3m and £10m were the top performers in the broking ...
Hymans Robertson increases automation
Hymans Robertson, the independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has increased the automation of...
Groupama appoints Andy Heap
Groupama has appointed Andy Heap as head of customer propositions. He moves across from his role at ...
SVB Holdings creates Novae Underwriting
Novae Underwriting, a new specialist liability writer for the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME...
Towergate Finch forms new strategic alliance
Towergate Finch has formed a new strategic alliance with insurE-com to offer users of insur-E.office...
Back to the 'chalk board' for middle managers
Munters, the property damage restoration firm, has launched a new web-based 'school', called Munters...
Latest statistics from IUA
Latest statistics from the International Underwriting Association of London (IUA) showed a positive ...
ISO appoints new director of client services
Insurance Services Office (ISO), the provider of personal-injury claims and anti-fraud insurance sol...
S&P revises outlook on Axa
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has revised its outlook on Axa to 'negative' from 'stable'. S...
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How does ICT Getronics' compliance framework work? What specific aspects of compliance does it help ...
ACSG launches new online service
Aon Captive Services Group (ACSG) has launched a new online service aimed at providing clients with ...
Towergate buys £14m worth of HHH's schemes business
Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired part of Hill House Hammond (HHH)'s specialist scheme busin...
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Vega Insurance Services announces first broker acquisition
Vega Insurance Services has announced its first broker acquisition - Lancashire-based Abacans. It wi...
AIG targets brokers and small firms with comprehensive disaster recovery product
AIG has teamed up with First Recovery to launch a disaster recovery service for small to medium size...
Events organisers warned about safety details
Organisers of events have been warned to pay greater attention to safety details - or face an increa...
Insurance Age competition winner
Ashley Rootes of Mainstay Insurance Brokers, Brighton is the winner of last month's Insurance Age co...
CFC Underwriting doubles Lloyd's capacity
Specialist Lloyd's underwriting agency CFC Underwriting has doubled its Lloyd's capacity for 2004 fr...
Budget Retail bids to streamline legacy systems into single wide area network
Budget Retail is consolidating the disparate legacy systems of its 85 branches in a bid to streamlin...
FSA applications hit by early web glitch
Broker trade bodies have voiced concerns over teething problems with the Financial Services Authorit...
FSA releases statistics
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has released statistics on action it has taken in cases of mi...
Standard Life 'Switchkit' targets PMI floaters
Medical insurer Standard Life Healthcare is looking to expand its business in the private medical in...