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Hiscox opens office in Birmingham
Specialist insurer Hiscox has officially opened its Birmingham office. The new branch will focus on...
RSA claims premiums must rise
Royal & SunAlliance has called for liability premiums to be increased, in order to meet the rocketing...
Insurers urged to push direct debit
Insurance companies are failing to promote direct debit payment adequately, says an Inform report for...
Reorganisation at Zurich
Zurich Financial Services is having a shake up, restructuring its UK general insurance arm and adding...
HHH houses Dragoon's motor policies
General insurance broker Hill House Hammond has acquired Nottingham-based Dragoon Insurance Services'...
Catterall picks up taxi customers
Preston-based broker Catterall Insurance Services has come to the rescue of taxi and private hire car...
Profits will fall warn Independent and Zurich
Insurance giants Independent Insurance and Zurich Financial Services both warned their full-year prof...
Brokers sign up for reform
About 77% of brokers by premium income, including Marsh, Aon and Willis, have signed up to reform the...
Linaker builds a timber framework
Bristol-based insurance broker Linaker has set up a division catering for the insurance needs of the ...
QC advises IIB appeal
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has been advised to appeal against the Office of Fair Trading's ru...
RapidInsure establishes new motor range.
RapidInsure.co.uk is to launch a new range of motor products, following its acquisition by Berkeley ...
Former Drake CEO sets up new venture.
David Prewer, formerly chief executive of the collapsed motor insurer Drake, has launched a new unde...
Brokersure to vet its users.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox's online wholesaling service, will not be made available to brokers who shun G...
Safeonline launches new broker products.
Cyber risks insurance wholesaler Safeonline rolled out its broker pack at the start of this month, l...
Primary sets up online travel insurance.
Primary Insurance Group is to sell travel insurance online, via selected company websites. Primar...
Argent rebrands as insure-shop following acquisition spree.
Insurance broker Argent is pressing ahead with its acquisition programme and is to be rebranded insu...
Q&B broker site goes live.
Quote and Buy has officially launched its online proposition to mortgage brokers, with a dedicated b...
Risk e-business.
From e-mails sent in error to opportunistic hacking and fraud, the internet presents a new and growing range of risks. And where there is risk there is opportunity for brokers and insurers, says Rachel Gordon.
Appointment at NMT.
NMT has appointed Paul Matthews as business development director. Prior to this position, Mr Matthew...
Appointment at Independent.
Independent has made three new appointments. Paul Crump has been promoted to UK property underwriter...
Appointment at St Paul.
St Paul has announced Jonathan Houghton as London development manager. Mr Houghton joins the company...
Holman to launch web system.
Holman Insurance Brokers, the independent Lloyd's wholesale outfit, is set to launch a web-based adm...
Guarding legal expenses.
Broker Direct has chosen Safeguard to provide a legal expenses insurance package to its shareholding...
Appointment at Primary Insurance.
Stuart Leatherby has joined Primary Insurance as operations director. He brings 11 years experience ...