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Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Lorraine Phillips has been promoted by Smart and Cook to group personal lines manager. She has been ...
Giving praise where it is due.
Following the collapse of Independent Insurance I had the task of calculating potential return premi...
Appointment at The Loss Recovery Group.
The Loss Recovery Group has appointed Jo Thoy as business development manager. She will be responsib...
Axa Art is to 'fine tune' its broker development.
Axa Art is cutting down its broker agencies, according to chief executive Adam Golder. Mr Golder ...
ABI urges flood action.
The Association of British Insurers has urged the Government to take action on the increasing flood ...
Sharing the cost and the blame?
Brokers have effectively been given the green light for passing some of the claim onto third parties, after the Court of Appeal ruled, in a recent case, the mutual discharge test could be applied.
On reaching the first quarter.
As the British Insurance Brokers' Association reaches its 25th birthday, Jennifer Weller outlines how brokers should take advantage of it to cope in an ever-changing industry.
In bloom.
As the number involved in an expatriate workforce is set to rise, so too is the capacity for international private medical insurance. Bill Ward says brokers should take advantage of a flowering sector.
Insurers accused of moving the goalposts.
The withdrawal of terrorism cover and plummeting service standards are two signs insurers have lost ...
MMA: breakdown cover.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has launched a new motor breakdown product. MMA Motor Breakdown is...
ISP package makes getting online easier.
Broker Network members can now get help with going online, with a new internet service provider serv...
Jaytech offers advice over the telephone.
Independent IT advisor Jaytech Consultants is launching a telephone advice line, allowing brokers to...
e-Commerce Watch.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is allowing online access to its research documents via its websit...
Be safe as houses with NU.
Home owners can now reduce the risks to their home, with Norwich Union's Home Doctor. Home Doctor wi...
Appointment at GL Trade.
GL Trade has made Greg Johnson sales and marketing director for London North Europe....
Appointment at The International Transport Intermediaries' Club.
The International Transport Intermediaries' Club has appointed Joanne Thompson as account executive ...
HHH confirms commercial deals.
Hill House Hammond has signed agreements with several major insurers following its recent push into ...
Brokers' Future - Cliff urges brokers to get tied-up.
Mark Cliff, commercial and intermediary lines director, Axa Insurance UK, gave brokers a gloomy view...
Budget expands retail.
The Budget Group is expanding its retail network in high streets across the country. It recently acq...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has made Alan Horemans manager, commercial motor, where he will be responsible for the developme...
Appointment at Regency Insurance Group.
Regency Insurance Group has employed Nigel Fisher as sales director. Mr Fisher brings more than 10 y...
New online service allows brokers to keep track of claims.
A new online claims tracking service is allowing brokers to check the progress of motor and fleet cl...
Whose problem is a broker's lack of run-off PI cover?
Q: What is the position of the vendor and purchaser brokers if the vendor is unable to get run-off professional indemnity cover?
Appointment at Helphire.
Helphire has employed Sue Brown as senior operations manager. She was previously head of customer se...