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Appointment at QuestGates
Joanna Dalton has joined loss adjuster QuestGates as UK operations manager. ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has made Sheena MacGregor head of the Lawphone department. She joi...
Appointment at Boncaster
Boncaster, part of Cox Insurance, has made Julie Charlton head of motor operations. She will have re...
UK Underwriting PI grows
UK Underwriting has acquired the renewal rights of part of the NIG special risks portfolio. The deal...
Appointment at DAS
Anne Dodds has joined DAS as account executive at the company's City office. She will cover Kent and...
imarket gets January roll out
Polaris imarket will be available to general insurance brokers from January 2004 and will be rolled ...
SLH online service aims to revamp the way brokers work
Standard Life Healthcare (SLH) has developed an online service, which the company claims will revolu...
AA latest research findings
The unregulated sale of travel insurance policies will continue to sully the reputation of the insur...
Select & Protect ends relationship with Hiscox
Select & Protect has ended a long-standing relationship with Hiscox by handing the underwriting of i...
Ascot Underwriting increases automation of claims processes
Ascot Underwriting has increased the automation of its claims processes, becoming the first client t...
Appointments
October
NU boosts its e-broking service
Norwich Union (NU) has launched a number of enhancements to its e-broking service at www.norwichunio...
Stuart Harvey outsources telesales support
Stuart Harvey Insurance Brokers has outsourced the inbound telesales support of its private motor sc...
Zurich steps up UK personal insurance business
Zurich has stepped up its UK personal insurance business by introducing an expanded product range an...
Industry must not lose focus on core skills, says Norwich Union
Norwich Union (NU) has appealed to the industry to stop talking rates down, or risk perpetuating the...
Gresham announces plans to double size of broker panel
Gresham Insurance Brokers has revealed plans to double its broker panel by the end of next year and ...
Benfield signs exclusive deal with Misys
Benfield Premium Finance has signed an exclusive deal with Misys to give Countrywide members access ...
Hiscox tests online claims-management system
Hiscox is gearing up to provide remote access to its web-based claims-management system (CMS) which ...
First Assist moves to address brokers' fears
First Assist has reassured brokers it has no intention of operating as a direct brand and will conti...
Swinton awards contract to Kingston Communications
Swinton has awarded a £3m contract for the provision of inbound and outbound call services to Kingst...
S&F to encourage brokers to use funding to help companies
Singer & Friedlander (S&F) plans to encourage brokers to use funding as a way of helping companies s...
Appointments
Intermediaries Community Broking Group (CBG), the Manchester insurance broker, has made two senior ...
Less than one in ten companies insured against discrimination claims says Hiscox
Less than one in ten companies are insured against the risks associated with employee discrimination...
Vega broker acquisitions in pipeline
Vega Insurance Services, Primary Group's new commercial broking business, is in "advanced" negotiati...