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Management clinic questioned.
In the July issue of Professional Broking, Peter Staddon answered a management clinic question regar...
BCWA branches out with travel insurance product.
Private medical insurer BCWA is entering the general insurance market, with a comprehensive travel i...
Peter Staddon defends his corner.
Recently, I raised the issue of employers' liability and the placement of cover. I referred to the f...
Pool Re extension: a broker's view
Steve Bessant gives a broker's view of the proposed chagnes to the cover provided by Pool Re. ...
A matter of timing over broker acquisitions
Q: Is this the right time to buy another brokerage or should we wait for the Financial Services Autho...
Overcoming difficulties in placing liability cover
Q: I have been having problems placing liability insurance since the beginning of the year but some o...
Carving out a niche
Art insurance differs from the sort of mass-market insurance where formulaic rates and cover apply. T...
TPS celebrates double-booking of wedding schemes.
Third party administrator the Travellers Protection Services has won the contracts for two large wed...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Cunningham Lindsey has recruited Robert Dalton as divisional director of its London-based home forei...
Queen application.
Outstanding companies in the financial sector should apply now for the Queen's award for enterprise....
Blue cover means growth.
The Compensation Group is to grow its organisation by more than a third on the back of its Blue Lega...
How to ensure you play by the rules with redundancy payouts.
Q: Is it possible for employers to dismiss employees in order to avoid paying out redundancy? Fol...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
Debi Mawer has joined The Broker Network as underwriting manager and Christian Skeels will become th...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has appointed Ron Smith to its aviation consulting and reinsurance broking division. He brings o...
A matter of timing over broker acquisitions.
Q: Is this the right time to buy another brokerage or should we wait for the Financial Services Auth...
Time to lay the cards on the table.
The House of Lords' recent decision to overturn the verdicts on the Fairchild, Fox and Matthews meso...
A family affair.
Diane Smyth finds that blood really is thicker than water - at least in terms of dictating J&M Insurance's success under a father and son team.
Getting into football fever.
Getting into football fever, Overheard caught the last few minutes of the Belgium v Brazil match wit...
Appointment at Linaker (Western).
Linaker (Western) has appointed two new members to its management team. Chris Everett will spearhead...
MMA adds shops to the Gilt Edge system.
MMA's shops, restaurants and public houses product is now available on Software Solutions Partners' ...
Groupama: new portfolio will unite healthcare and commercial
Groupama Insurances is aiming a portfolio of new healthcare products at commercial insurance brokers...
Optional extra.
Premium finance is becoming more established on the internet, with increasing amounts of packages available to brokers. Alex Broad reports on the latest developments of online broker systems.
Appointment at Henderson Insurance Group.
Contractsure, specialist construction insurance subsidiary of the Henderson Insurance Group, has mad...
ISO acquires NetMap and strengthens its anti-fraud presence.
Insurance Services Office claims to have bolstered its anti-fraud offering in the UK, with the acqui...