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Mortgage safety.
Protection specialist Berkeley Alexander has launched MortgageSafe, a mortgage payment protection in...
Who will start the bidding?
While US insurers are clambering to join in internet marketplaces, their UK counterparts remain wary but how long will they hold out?
Beyond conditional fees.
Following the conclusion of Callery v Gray in the Court of Appeal, it is now clear that a major ques...
The battle of the brands.
There has been a plethora of dotcoms launched in the insurance industry in the past few years but it seems the heavy-weights consistently have the upper hand over their start-up counterparts.
Zurich confirms the launch of three business centres.
Zurich UK Commercial has launched three small business centres, as first reported in June's Professio...
SMG marches into York.
Insurance broker and risk management adviser Smithson Mason Group has opened a new office in York, m...
Brokersure.co.uk launches version for smaller brokers.
Brokersure.co.uk has launched Brokersure.go, a version of the system aimed at smaller brokers. Th...
PwC confirms job losses.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the provisional liquidator to Independent Insurance, confirmed that 1044 of...
Raising tax issues over the point of sale.
Q: I have had an approach to purchase my business and I wonder if there are any matters that I shoul...
EUAL makes further push into the market.
Equestrian Underwriting Agencies Limited is extending its reach into the equestrian market with the ...
Ryan plans to grow with umbrella model.
East Anglia-based broker Ryan Insurance Group plans to grow rapidly through acquisition and by creat...
Business in an age of disruptive technologies.
The UK insurance industry must pre-empt the impact of potentially disruptive technology in order to continue to reap rewards and offer high levels of customer service, argues Tony Barker.
Brokers win six BIA awards.
Brokers can be proud of their performance at this year's British Insurance Awards, with six firms wi...
New partnerships, new pitfalls.
Changes in solicitor partnerships could lead to problems for brokers, particularly concerning the discrepancy between what is a successor or a prior practice.
Be prepared.
Television advertising is full of insurance schemes offering after-the-event cover. But David Haynes says brokers should be encouraging clients to be safe, not sorry by taking out quality ULR cover.
b2binsure launches.
Windsor Insurance Brokers and Minicomputer Commercial Software are set to launch a joint wholesaling ...
Mike Dodd calls for hard facts from ASPs.
Mike Dodd, business development director at Sirius Group, has spoken out against the 'razzmatazz' of...
Brokers: quick recovery after Indie collapse.
Brokers are reporting a good recovery from the sudden demise of Independent, with many having alread...
Service with a smile.
Customers are becoming ever more demanding but the new CRM systems can provide the technology to serve their desires to them on a plate.
The ongoing saga of Independent's predictable fall.
The one good thing about a general election is that once the votes are counted and the new prime min...
DAS offers online quotation service.
Commercial Legal Expenses insurer DAS is set to launch an online quotation service for smaller broke...
Review self-regulation, don't scrap it.
The collapse of Independent Insurance has been followed by a wave of panic that this will be the nai...
Adrian Flux goes legal.
Norfolk-based broker Adrian Flux Insurance Group has set up two schemes facilities with Lawclub Lega...
Playing the waiting game.
The collapse of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund has led to a period of uncertainty for solicitors. Simon Threadgold says it will take a while for things to settle down as firms jockey for position.