News
Travel bargain.
Broker Brands has launched an updated version of its travel insurance quotation system for brokers, ...
Drake: claims washed up?
Q With regard to Drake going into liquidation, can you tell me what is likely to happen if one of our clients needs to file a claim?
New start for Miles Smith.
Broker Miles Smith hopes to be trading again at Lloyd's by the end of the year with backing from a m...
Experian - new online quoting.
Information solutions provider Experian has launched an Internet-enabled insurance quotation system ...
Hire firm exploits Dimond.
Accidentcare, which runs the credit hire emergency car scheme for the Association of British Insurer...
Ariston is takeover number 14 for Layton.
Layton Blackham has made its 14th acquisition in three years with the purchase of Ariston Services, ...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
The Harrogate-based broking group Smart & Cook has appointed Simon Beer (above) as IT manager. He ha...
NU announces its senior team.
The legal process to merge CGU and Norwich Union has been completed, with the newly-formed CGNU anno...
Appointment at Groupama.
Phil Bristow has been appointed Groupama's regional underwriting controller, responsible for its und...
Study highlights fraud issue.
According to new research by Royal & SunAlliance, two-thirds of those surveyed believe people would ...
Hill House Hammond has novel idea.
Hill House Hammond has hit upon a novel medium for advertising its services. The Norwich Union-owned...
Ansvar broadens community group cover.
Youth groups, mother and toddler groups, playschools, nurseries and after-school clubs have been add...
RSA rethinks corporate business
Royal & SunAlliance is pushing through tough rate increases and introducing a new underwriting approa...
End of the line for dual pricing.
The issue of dual pricing is the thorn in the side of the insurance industry, and it is time something was done about this practice over which reputation - along with business - is won and lost.
Appointment at Key Choice.
Tim Giles and Sally Williams (above) have joined Key Choice, the marketing services group of Compute...
Lloyd's brokers in Net porn shock.
Simon Burgess, the maverick boss of GRIP Insurance, is about to bring the insurance industry into di...
Appointment at Aon Group Limited Claims Consultancy.
Mike Palmer has been promoted to new business development director of Aon Group Limited Claims Consu...
NCM set to launch online credit service.
The credit insurer NCM plans to launch an electronic online service for customers in the summer. It ...
CE&B faces redundancies.
Cunningham Ellis & Buckle is making 125 staff redundant. The job losses will mainly be on the person...
E-Commerce watch.
Bennett Mant Insurance Services in Bournemouth believes it may be on the way to setting a record in ...
Good turn out for Parliamentary Reception.
The great and the good turned out for this year's Parliamentary Reception hosted by John Greenway MP...
Window on the church market.
Church insurance is a potentially attractive sector for those brokers looking for a niche in which there are relatively few players. However, specialists already account for 75% of business, so divine inspiration may be called for, says Steve Banner.
John of all trades.
John Shetcliffe talks to Tim Collison about his new consultancy, which advises on all areas of insurance broking, a venture for which he is ideally suited considering the wide scope of his 25 years' experience in the market.
Hiscox snaps up Chartwell bargain.
Hiscox has bought Chartwell Underwriting's regional operation for just £500,000. The acquisition ...