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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...
Protection in the name of duty.
With more and more professional negligence claims being brought against brokers, they must ensure they are clear on how far their duty is expected to go.
Appointment at Coversure Insurance Services.
Coversure Insurance Services has made a string of new appointments. Bryan Baines is franchise develo...
insurE-com: data back-up.
InsurE-com will launch a data back-up system for brokers by the end of summer, according to marketin...
Appointment at Axiom.
Axiom Claims Consulting has appointed Ian Henderson to head the forensic services division of its sp...
Churchill acquires Wilson Dean broking business.
North-west London-based broker Churchill Insurance Consultants Group has acquired the broking busine...
Appointment at PIMS-SCA.
James Howland Jackson has been appointed to the board of directors of specialist promotional insuran...
Appointment at Composite Legal Expenses.
Alan Walters has joined Composite Legal Expenses as claims operations manager....
Appointment at Crawford & Company.
Owen Gorman and Chris Wilshere have been appointed by Crawford as regional managers for liability, w...
Brokerlink streamlining.
Angel Assistance, a subsidiary of Helphire Group, is introducing a service called Brokerlink to stre...