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Bruce Stevenson acquisition
Broker Bruce Stevenson made its seventh acquisition in as many years by taking over, for an undisclo...
Public prefer online insurance
More than half of the public prefer to buy insurance online rather than through a call centre, a new...
Towergate Partnership acquisition
The Towergate Partnership has acquired Your Insurance Group (Brokers) (YIG) as part of a £10m invest...
Insurance via SMS text messaging
A new company called Text2Insure has claimed to be the first company in the UK to sell insurance via...
Insurecom defends its move to TamExpress
Insurecom has moved to defend its decision to phase out its old free insur-Eoffice product by Decemb...
Ellis: ID scheme benefits group
Bumper profits for the Broker Network are the result of the company's 'hands-off' approach to busine...
Apathy is key barrier to rewarding premium research
Motorists are losing up to £50 in savings because they are not searching for enough car insurance qu...
SSP secures new clients
Software Solutions Partners (SSP) has secured two new broking and underwriting clients for Insight, ...
Norwich Union checklist
Norwich Union (NU) has created an online checklist for brokers to assess whether they are fully comp...
Rise in car insurance premiums
The recent downward trend in car insurance premiums has ended although the cost of both home buildin...
Broker Network buys Fraser Tennant Holdings
The Broker Network has bought Fraser Tennant Holdings of Stirling, Scotland - its largest acquisitio...
July
Union in emergency talks - Retail union Usdaw held emergency talks with its members at CIS after th...
FSA to simplify handbook
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has set out the first phase of its programme to simplify its ...
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Keith Statchell, group chief executive of Friends Provident, is the new chairman of the Association ...
Capita Insurance services acquires BDML Connect
Capita Insurance Services, part of The Capita Group, has acquired BDML Connect from the insurance gr...
Axa household move fills gap in market
Axa has claimed sales of its new household insurance product, Axa Extra, designed to complement its ...
Marsh begins digital move in major technology drive
Marsh is embarking on a long-term strategy of digitising swathes of its business under plans to acce...
FSA launches crackdown on unauthorised brokers
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has begun a 'crackdown' on brokers, both primary and secondar...
Lawson: Insurers are using data act to mislead brokers
Insurers are using the Data Protection Act as an easy defence to deny brokers access to information ...
Appointments - A monthly look at who's moving where..
Brokers - Corporate insurance and risk management broker Alliance has promoted Jackie Phillipson to...
Brokers call for end to client takeover chaos
Brokers have called on the industry to sort out, once and for all, the continued confusion over how,...
Summit Insurance Services policy
Summit Insurance Services has claimed it has created the first data retrieval insurance policy, whic...
FSCS compensation figures
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) paid out £175m in compensation last year according...
Axa launches product
Axa has launched its new full cycle EDI commercial vehicle product, with Misys brokers the first to ...