News
Aon takes control of Velo
Aon Risk Services has taken complete ownership of Velo Motor Accident Management. The broker pr...
Intermediaries to feel the squeeze
Up to 30% of insurance intermediaries are likely to go out of business in the next three years. Ac...
Bennetts buys Bournemouth broker
High street intermediary chain Bennetts Insurance has made its second acquisition in six months with ...
Loss society changes its name
The British Insurance Brokers Consequential Loss Society is to change its name to The London Business...
NIG makes plastics policy
NIG Skandia is targeting the plastics manufacturing and distribution industry with the launch of a ne...
Online IFA index launched
The Society of Financial Advisers has launched a consumer online service designed to allow customers ...
New Insurance Ombudsman announced
Tony Boorman has been appointed as the new Insurance Ombudsman by the Financial Services Ombudsman Sc...
RSA offers firms Web protection
Royal & SunAlliance is targeting small- to medium-sized companies conducting business via the Interne...
Crawford in major loss initiative
Loss adjuster Crawford has put together a loss management service which brings together many differen...
Devitt wins training awards
Devitt Insurance Services has won two government awards for staff training and development. Both th...
Appointment at CGU.
Patrick Thiele has been made group director, development, at CGU. Mr Thiele, who worked for St Paul ...
Zurich offers under-25s better range of motor cover options.
Following its merger with Eagle Star, Zurich Insurance is expanding its underwriting criteria on mot...
Alpha AIMs at £15m.
Alpha Accident Management Group is to float on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Ma...
Miller site rounds up the news.
International insurance broker Miller Insurance Group is posting news stories from over 40 different...
Drafting a new Touchline.
Groupama has stopped writing direct business through Touchline and has switched the facility over to...
GISC reveals membership fees for February launch.
At the first of its nationwide roadshows, Chris Woodburn, chief executive of the General Insurance S...
Howden restructures.
Following recent expansion, specialist broker Howden Spear Gulland has restructured to form Hyperion...
Ian Ritchie.
There are many 'basics' to take care of before brokers can re-open for business after the millennium festivities.
Northern acquisition.
Leeds broker RP Hodson has bought financial services specialist Smith & Pinching (North). The newly-...
Exclusive - Hiscox slashes its agency base.
Hiscox Insurance has slashed its agency base from 3000 down to just 200 as part of its determination...
DAS launches ads to stress independence.
DAS Legal Expenses has launched an advertising campaign in order to highlight its independent status...
Bluett sold to Bishops.
Kent broker Bishops has acquired two local firms, including Bluett Smith & Co, one of the oldest bro...
Appointment at Carlyle Insurance Brokers.
Carlyle Insurance Brokers has appointed Chris Brennan (above) to the position of technical support m...
Lloyd's plans two-tier broker system.
In a bid to diversify its business relationships, Lloyd's has launched a consultation document outli...