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Folgate readies web claims system for launch in March
Folgate is working with e-comms specialist edgeIPK to develop a fully web-based claims-handling capa...
RSA to close offices
Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) is to close its corporate commercial offices in Liverpool and Reading. Th...
Premium First branches into commercial market
Premium First has launched itself into the commercial lines market following a successful year in it...
Fortis Insurance GWP increase
Fortis Insurance reported gross written premium (GWP) for third-quarter 2003 of £418m, an 8% increas...
Sirius Financial Systems launches new application
Sirius Financial Systems has launched an integrated back-office application, called Swift Health, ta...
Home & Legacy/Cornhill MNW out this month
Home & Legacy intends to "aggressively" roll out its joint mid net worth (MNW) venture with Allianz ...
NU consolidates: nine broker centres closed
Norwich Union (NU) is to close nine regional broker-facing centres dealing with personal lines, clai...
Lamasz Hettle aims at risk management 'gap'
Lamasz Hettle Risk Consulting, a new broking and risk management services company, has launched into...
Household GWP increase
Household GWP has increased by 14% to £70.8m (2002 Q3: £61.9m). Barry Smith, chief executive, Fortis...
Best amateur squash player working in the UK quest
The quest to find the best amateur squash player working in the UK insurance industry begins on page...
Motorists using mobile phones
Motorists who use a mobile phone while driving are six times more likely to have an accident, even i...
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 ...