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All down to price?
Recent figures suggest that though the public does want private medical insurance, they prefer for employers to pay for it. Altering this trend requires market innovation, says Ian Lindisfarne.
Appointment at InsureE-com.
InsureE-com has appointed three people to work on business development for the company. Chris Newman...
Groupama keeps on biking.
Groupama Personal Insurances has launched two new motorcycle policies called Optima Unibike and Opti...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Charles Lennox has been appointed motor trade underwriting manager by Independent Insurance. He join...
Discretion and co-operation for net gains.
And so the internet revolution charges on. But it is not without a few hiccups. After all the hype s...
Zurich takes radical approach to EL.
Zurich Commercial has devised a radical new approach to employers' liability, with a product that co...
Commercial lines for MarkerStudy and big plans for future.
Broker marketing organisation MarkerStudy, set up by former Edgar Hamilton Group director Kevin Spen...
Pleasurecrafts get legal cover.
Navigators and General has made legal expenses cover available to its pleasurecraft policyholders fo...
BUPA responds to customer feedback and gets up-to-date.
BUPA International has updated its health insurance for people living abroad, making additional cove...
Appointment at Farm Web.
Farm Web has appointed George Gordon as chairman. Mr Gordon has 41 years experience in the insurance...
Adding insult to injury?
Changes in the law over the last couple of years have had a dramatic impact on the insurance industry. Personal injury insurers have been particularly affected, says Diane Smyth.
Concerns over fuel crisis.
Last month, the fuel crisis had many in the industry concerned about how they were going to get to w...
Best foot forward.
Positive thinking was in evidence at the CII Conference. There were calls for new technology to be further embraced and opportunities to be seized, as Diane Smyth reports.
Rename: The Davis Group.
Newmarket commercial broker Robert and David Ltd has been renamed The Davis Group Plc. Becoming a Pl...
Honest motorists foot bill.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre is a long overdue effort by the insurance companies (and I ho...
E-commerce Watch.
Financial Planning, computer-based training software for candidates of the CII's Financial Planning ...
Brokers let down by their telephone skills.
Brokers need to improve their telephone service in order to make more sales, a mystery shopping surv...
Politics not welcome in insurance press.
I am thankful that I receive my copy of Professional Broking free of charge when I read the article ...
First-class.
FirstCity's route to success has not been easy. After a false start in 1992, it is now growing steadily by sticking to what it knows best. Tim Watkins, managing director, explains the broker's strategy to Tim Collison.
Ex-Independent Pallet and Crisp plan to launch underwriting agency.
Ex-Independent Insurance board member Kevin Pallet and former colleague Geoff Crisp are planning to ...
Stangroom offers his services to John Shetcliffe Marketing.
Ex-Iron Trades intermediary manager Norman Stangroom, has joined former colleague John Shetcliffe as...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has promoted Joanna Bushell (above) to account executive. Her role will be to establish and main...
Brokers offered new commercial system.
Brokers are being invited to sign up for an internet-based underwriting system for commercial lines....
Back to basics.
Loss adjusters need to reassess their role in the claim management process, in order to ensure they are satisfying the needs of the broker and their client, says Alex Gargolinski.