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Angel FAS places online arts risks
High net worth brokers can now place fine art risks online. Angel Fine Art and Specie, a division o...
Appointment at Alan Boswell
Lesley McKee has joined Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers as account executive. She will be based in th...
The Treasury issues consultation paper
The Treasury has issued a consultation paper seeking views on who should deal with consumer complain...
Broker training set for funding boost
Millions of pounds of funding could be made available to brokers for training at the highest level a...
Applegate review as Galbraith goes
Ken Applegate, intermediary business services director of Norwich Union (NU), who replaced Eric Galb...
The FUA launches household product 'Connoisseur'
The Folgate Underwriting Agency (FUA) has launched a mid net worth household product 'Connoisseur' t...
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INTERMEDIARIES Trowbridge-based Jelf Insurance Brokers (Wessex) has appointed Stuart Gregory as its...
IIB set to enter premium finance sector for brokers with over £1m requirement a year
The Institute of Insurance Brokers plans to launch into the premium finance sector, following a tria...
Capita Consulting forges new partnership
Capita Consulting - the management consultancy arm of Capita Group - has forged a new partnership wi...
Brokers face banks threat
Brokers are increasingly vulnerable from small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers taking th...
Insurance broker Martin and Pethard acquires family firm
Redditch insurance broker Martin and Pethard has made its third acquisition of the year - family fir...
Thornside launches new Petwise website
Thornside, the specialist pet healthcare insurance underwriting agent which is part of the BDML Hold...
Brokers express serious concerns
Brokers have expressed serious concerns over the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) plans to use t...
FSA policy chief warns brokers
Eleanor Linton, Financial Services Authority (FSA) head of policy for the high-street firms division...
imarket dispels market fears on public access
imarket has moved to quell broker fears that the soon to be launched portal may be hijacked by the d...
Misys teams up with Benfield
Misys has teamed up with Benfield Premium Finance's Big Fish to provide brokers using its system wit...
A new player enters the liability sector
A new player has entered the liability sector with plans to write £100m of premium in the north-west...
Mike Bell takes over as chief executive at Singer & Friedlander
Mike Bell, long-standing director of Singer & Friedlander, who founded the business in 1996, has tak...
Thomas, Carroll pilots finance service
Broker Thomas, Carroll is piloting a new premium finance service following a tie-up between Misys Fi...
September
New RBS insurance division on way Royal Bank of Scotland, which now owns Churchill Insurance and Di...
Brokers with farming clients need to be aware
Brokers with farming clients need to be aware of new outline proposals, which could affect farmers' ...
Xchanging Ins-sure Services completes transfer
Xchanging Ins-sure Services has completed the transfer of Wurtt UK to the IP Gateway service, bringi...
Ian Carter sets up his own consultancy
Ian Carter, formerly group communications director at software provider insurE-com, has set up his o...
insuresupermarket.com motor site goes live
Insurance aggregator insuresupermarket.com, part of the moneysupermarket.com group, has gone live wi...