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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...
Beckett buys again.
Suffolk-based broker the Beckett Group has bought King's Lynn insurance firm Eastward Insurance Serv...
Appointment at DAS.
DAS has appointed Rachael Edwards as communication officer. She will be based at the company's Brist...
Axa rethinks commercial service.
Axa has made several key changes to its claims and support services following feedback from brokers ...
Appointment at Ryan Insurance Group.
Rick Patmore has joined Ryan Financial Services as an independent adviser. His main role at the comp...
Agriculture Insurance Underwriting Agencies' competition winner.
Emmerdale star Claire King was in Harrogate last month to present first prize in the Agricultural In...
Exclusive - CSC unveils its Vision for 2000.
Software provider CSC has launched a Windows-based back office system for insurance intermediaries. ...
Appointment at Alec Finch & Co.
Alec Finch & Co has appointed Steve Vickers (above) as a director. He will be responsible for the de...
IPT travel cover now means brokers can have fun in the sun.
Wholesale broker Marcus Hearn has launched an annual travel policy designed specifically for people ...
Chris Hanks.
The need to improve insurers' service levels, which is critical in their relationship with brokers, is in the news once again.
On the road again.
Overheard was on the road again last month, visiting the various insurance conferences and hoping to...
You must complain.
Never was there a better time to make demands on your insurers. For some of us, complaining does not...