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Indie top brass finally collared
The Serious Fraud Office has brought proceedings against three former directors of Independent Insur...
Broker forum fun
The Insurance Age Broker Forum has proved a great success, receiving many thousands of hits since it...
NIG outlines division merger plan
NIG has announced plans to merge its commercial and personal lines divisions into a single, unified ...
FSA targets training in light of thematic review
Staff training looks likely to come under the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) spotlight in 2006...
Honey: FSA has listened
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Bad Boy competition winners
The following are the lucky winners of our Bad Boy competition in last month's edition of Insurance ...
Fitch Ratings affirms rating
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lloyd's Insurer Financial Strength rating at 'A'. At the same time, Fitch...
Aascent abolishes premium finance fees
Commercial premium finance provider Aascent has abolished all its premium finance fees for clients. ...
Brokers say FSA is 'still not listening'
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is not listening to brokers and their concerns a year after t...
Richard Weston launches policies for ex offenders
Brokers Richard Weston have launched the Wayforward range of policies for ex offenders - catering fo...
Keelan Westall to increase focus on growth
Broker Keelan Westall said it would increase its focus on growth during 2006. An aggressive sales an...
Customer service deteriorates says Grass Roots report
Customer service in the financial services sector has deteriorated over the last ten years, accordin...
Oval acquisition creates Midlands broking giant
The latest acquisition by insurance broking and financial services group Oval has created one of the...
BPS had client money deficit for several years
Collapsed broker BPS Insure had deficits in its client money accounts for 'several years' before the...
Report by Pitney Bowes
For the first time ever insurers are devoting more of their marketing budget to existing customers t...
Independent Insurance directors facing charges
The Serious Fraud Office has brought proceedings against three former directors of Independent Insur...
Clarification
The phone number on the Swinton advertisement on page 9 of the December 2005 issue was printed incor...
Chartered Management Institute and Adecco reveal findings
The Chartered Management Institute and Adecco have revealed findings from the 2005 'Motivation Matte...
Appointments
BROKERS - Chris Hewitt and Jon Vocking have joined the financial risks team at Alexander Forbes as ...
Insurance Age poll
This month's Insurance Age poll asked 'Is 2006 going to be a good or bad year for the general insura...
DAS closes Glasgow office in restructuring move
DAS Legal Expenses has closed its Glasgow office as part of a restructuring operation to create a 'o...
December
Marsh to launch new practice Marsh announced it would launch a fully dedicated public sector practi...
Lark Group acquires Tolson Messenger
Lark Group has acquired Tolson Messenger, a general broker based in Colchester. The combined group w...
Two more patrons for Prince's Trust ILG
Insurer Allianz Cornhill and broker Allan, Chapman and James have become fully paid up patrons of th...