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Royal & Sun Alliance has reduced its building ..
Royal & Sun Alliance has reduced its building contractor network from over 200 companies a year ago ...
Biba takes insurers' side over safety-net
A split has emerged between brokers over the Financial Services Authority (FSA)'s plans to formalise...
Soundbytes
Premium First's Richard Welsh believes the benefits offered by online premium finance will make it an attractive option for brokers in a competitive market
Link breaks last IT ties with the past
Link Insurance, on target to handle premium income of over £100m this year, has turned off the elder...
Biba asks liability market to pick up Underwriter's baton
The British Insurance Brokers' Association was in talks with three of the UK's remaining liability i...
Steve Broughton, former managing director ..
Steve Broughton, former managing director of personal lines at Royal & Sun Alliance, has joined loss...
Fusion Insurance is opening its sixth ..
Fusion Insurance is opening its sixth regional office in St Albans to add to those in London, Leeds,...
Imarket to open doors in November
Polaris imarket, the insurer-backed, web-based insurance platform being developed by IBM, has signed...
The Financial Ombudsman's Annual Review ..
The Financial Ombudsman's Annual Review for 2002-03 showed the service received more than 460,000 en...
PI Direct has acquired the established professional ..
PI Direct has acquired the established professional-indemnity (PI) provider for independent financia...
Appointment at insureE-com.
Internet specialist insurE-com has made Iain Brogden insurer account manager. He joins from Quote & ...
RBS, Kiln and AEFO all make acquisitions.
The insurance market has seen a flurry of activity this month, with a series of acquisition announce...
Appointment at Elite Incident Management.
Elite Incident Management has appointed Nigel Tomsett and Matt Chessell as business development mana...
Is PB editor a square peg in an broking hole?
I was appalled to read the editor's comment (PB May, p15) admitting she does not use the services of...
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Appointment at Towergate Underwriting.
Towergate Underwriting has made Teresa Brewer head of customer relationship management, with respons...
Would you consider joining as an appointed representative network?
Nearly 50% of brokers ruled out joining an appointed representative network at Folgate Masterplan's ...
Appointment at AIG Europe (UK).
AIG Europe (UK) has appointed David Stewart as UK and Ireland Manager, Energy Division. Stewart join...
Appointment at D Barnett (Brokers).
D Barnett (Brokers) has boosted its family approach with the appointment of chairman's daughter Aman...
Antur expands with Old Oak.
Welsh broker The Antur Group has acquired Old Oak Insurance Brokers, adding 4200 personal and small ...
Sirius aids compliance.
Sirius Financial Systems has launched a Financial Services Authority module, to help brokers comply ...
In defence of the travel industry professionalism.
I refer to the news story 'Industry unhappy with travel decision' (PB electronic, June). I have w...
How to deal with stressed employees.
Q: Three of my employees have recently been off work sick with stress. Is there anything I can or should do about this and are there any risks if I just do nothing?
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Judith Little has joined Cunningham Lindsey as London market business development director and will ...