News
Another good buy for Open.
Open + Direct, the Ulster-based financial services company, has acquired West Midlands broker Footma...
Do acquisitions mean complicated assets?
Q: I own a small insurance brokerage and am looking to acquire new companies. What is the legal posi...
Free websites for IFA's.
Former IFA Promotion boss Ann-Marie Martyn has set up an internet-based trading facility for indepen...
Brokers put a ferret online.
Another new insurance dot-com is about to launch into cyberspace. However, its name is a little more...
Third office for Folgate.
Broker-only Folgate Insurance has opened its third commercial regional office, in Maidstone, Kent, c...
Brokers offered free net facility by cybermediary.
Cybermediary Quote and Buy is offering brokers and intermediaries a full cycle, internet trading fac...
New training body is live.
The Insurance and Related Financial Services National Training Organisation will this month be wound...
IFAs line up to sell general insurance and mortgages.
There has been a 10% increase in the number of independent financial advisers (IFAs) selling, or int...
Merger for Godbold.
Hemel Hempstead-based broker Godbold Hadden and its subsidiary GH Bray Clements have merged, and are...
BIBA calls for solidarity.
Mike Williams, chief executive of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, has called for brokers...
Norwich Union has new logo.
Norwich Union went live with its new logo (above) on 2 October, following the merger of NU and CGU e...
Appointment at Folgate.
Roger Gray (left) has joined Folgate as its new deputy commercial underwriting manager and will have...
Oxford seeks new funding.
George Higginson and Steve Windich have been unable to secure sufficient funds from brokers to launc...
A life changing decis ion.
As financial services become more sophisticated, and regulations more stringent and time-consuming, many brokers are no longer opting to provide financial advice as an addition to general insurance. Jennifer Jarrett asks what to do with financial…
Brennan becomes an associate.
Chris Brennan, technical support manager of Cardiff-based Carlyle Insurance Brokers, has become an a...
The threat of working to rule.
There's panic in the provinces as brokers and intermediaries worry about what the advent of GISC regulations will mean for them. Are we just giving in to the accountants?
Appointment at Miller Insurance Group.
Harry Bennett (above) has been appointed director at Miller Insurance Group. He joins the company fr...
Defining the use of ab initio in non-disclosure.
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Schooling on traffic accidents.
With the long nights drawing in and children back at school, this time of year is the most risky for road accidents outside schools, but insurers have their parts to play in promoting safety.
ABI get ready for net legislation changes.
The Association of British Insurers is preparing its members for changes to European e-commerce legi...
Online competition ... Win a portable mini disc player.
Once again PB is able to offer readers a fantastic prize in our latest online competition. By loggin...
Limit sells Ensign to management team following QBE deal.
Lloyd's insurer Limit is selling Ensign Motor Policies, motor syndicate 980, to its management. T...
Towergate acquires MIA and Canterbury Insurance Practice.
Kent-based underwriting agency Towergate Underwriting Group has made two acquisitions and several ke...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has appointed Chris Townsend as vice president with responsibility for mergers & acquisit...