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Its4Me relaunches customer 'e-chat' facility
Online motor insurance broker Its4Me has restructured its customer service capabilities, having sign...
Hill House Hammond acquisition
Hill House Hammond has completed the acquisition of Caernarfon- and Porthmadog-based Bruce Edwards, ...
Axa launches new facility
Axa has launched a new facility for Countrywide members based in the Spirit Unit at Bolton. The addi...
New Hiscox extranet designed to reduce cost of MNW
Encouraged by strong growth in the niche market, Hiscox is piloting new technology to reduce deliver...
Budget purchases another 12 brokers as growth continues
Budget Insurance Services has announced a further 12 broker acquisitions during the last quarter of ...
JLT enters agreement
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of aviation busine...
TBN will leave choice of IT up to members
The Broker Network (TBN) has promised not to force its members to adopt the new application service ...
TBS announces appointments
Total Broker Solutions (TBS) has announced three new senior management appointments. Two outgoing di...
Fleet cars benefit from switching
Fleets switching company cars for employee-owned ones through the Provecta employee car-ownership sc...
Williams tight-lipped about TBS's membership take-up
Mike Williams, the chief executive of Total Broker Solutions (TBS), has condemned other broker netwo...
Folgate Partnership announces acquisition
The Folgate Partnership has announced its 30th acquisition: Dorset-based Broadstone Insurance Servic...
Brokers warned to scrutinise partners
In the wake of the collapse of Tribune Risk & Insurance Services, the British Insurance Brokers' Ass...
SMg targets Yorkshire's 'emerging wealthy'
SMg Risk Solutions is looking to exploit Yorkshire's burgeoning 'emerging wealth' sector with a new ...
Soundbytes
What does 'Cache' stand for? It stands for CRIF Application for Claims History Exchange. So what i...
Recent insur-E.office User Group meeting
Over 75 intermediaries attended the recent insur-E.office User Group meeting in Coventry to shape th...
Berry Birch & Noble Employee Benefits launches new team
Berry Birch & Noble Employee Benefits, a subsidiary of Berkeley Berry Birch (BBB), has launched a ne...
Layton Blackham Group on verge of expansion
The Layton Blackham Group is on the verge of further expansion after restructuring its investment fr...
Budget to roll WAN solution
Budget is to roll out a full wide-area network (WAN) solution for its retail business to consolidate...
Hiscox denies HNW 'poaching'
Hiscox has denied accusations that, by directly mailing customers on its Institute of Directors (IoD...
Skills Council call for brokers to join competence project
The Skills Council for Financial Services is embarking on a new project for managers in small firms who are responsible for training and competence. The project will pilot a new national qualification - Managing Training and Competence.
Government ducks the warranty issue
The government's decision to exclude extended warranties from statutory regulation is a missed opportunity to improve consumer protection, according to the Association of British Insurers.
Cox Insurance moves swiftly to assist Tribune Customers
Cox Insurance Holdings Plc (Cox) has moved quickly to minimise the impact of Tribune Risk and Insurance Services Ltd’s (Tribune) provisional liquidation on the reputation of the insurance industry and to provide assistance to Tribune’s customers. Its…
Cox continues on the acquisition trail
Cox Insurance (Cox) has today announced that it has bought a book of rural/commercial motor business from Marsh’s Private Client Services.
Smart and Cook makes new acquisition
National insurance broker Smart and Cook has acquired the business of independent Lincolnshire broker B&D Insurance.