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Groupama aims to boost brokers counter fraud activities with new hire
Andy Pagett has been appointed by Groupama Insurances as counter fraud manager. He joined Groupama from Fortis and reports to head of technical claims, Steve Caffrey.
Cable's speech divides national press
The Business Secretary's speech warning of the dangers of capitalism at the Liberal Democrats conference yesterday has divided opinion in the mainstream media.
Acturis climbs Sunday Times technology league table
Software company Acturis has risen 10 places to 65 on the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table.
Moneysupermarket questions plans to introduce graduate driver licensing in UK
Dr Sarah Jones of Cardiff University is proposing that graduate driver licensing (GDL) is introduced in Britain, which means newly qualified young drivers would not be allowed to drive at night without supervision or with similar aged passengers, or…
New solicitors' PI scheme launched
St Mary Underwriting has launched a new solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) insurance offering for small- to medium-sized solicitor firms.
New structure at CBG
CBG has confirmed the completion of its executive management team restructure.
Viewpoint: Ready your business now for 2011
Mergers and acquisitions is one of the hottest topics of the moment for insurance professionals according to recent independent market research. It is not difficult to see why: in the last year, we have seen evidence of an increasing trend in large-scale…
P J Hayman warns of unpredictable travel insurance rates
Specialist travel insurance provider P J Hayman has forecast higher rates for scheme holders and brokers with travel insurers revising and renewing schemes after the summer holidays.
Questgates raids Cunningham Lindsay for personal injury director
QuestGates has recruited Sarah Reynolds as personal injury director in its liability division.
News Analysis - Insurance 360: Arag voted best legal expenses insurer
Arag has been voted the best legal expenses insurer by brokers in a survey by PB's sister research unit Insurance 360.
Social networking could cause insurance premium hike
Confused.com is warning people who use social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook that they could face hikes of up to 10% in their home insurance premiums.
Dual’s national business unit targets £50m book
Dual’s national business unit has confirmed ambitious growth plans to coincide with its 5th anniversary.
Lloyds TSB tops FOS general insurance complaint table
Lloyds TSB Bank has received more Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) general insurance complaints than any other individual financial business - with 8,474 new cases during H1 2010.
Former MP John Greenway joins Claim Experts' board
Claim Experts has appointed former MP and president of the Institute of Insurance Brokers John Greenway as a non-executive director.
New run-off scheme launched
Tenet has released a new run-off cover scheme which it claims will plug a hole in the professional indemnity insurance market.
Insurance Age blog: Winning brokers and getting away with it
Well the UK Broker Awards are over for another year but the general consensus was that they were one of the best yet.
Opportunity for brokers to slash their FSCS contribution
Brokers labouring under the demands of this year's Financial Services Compensation Scheme levy may be given the chance to resubmit their data and dramatically cut their contribution.
Dual launches packaged office product
Dual Corporate Risks has announced the launch of a packaged office product as the inaugural product from its new property and casualty division.
Davies raids Crawford for head of property
Davies Group, a UK claims services provider, has announced that Vic Noble is joining as head of property adjusting operations.
RBSI hires former Co-op MD as finance director
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance (RBSI) has announced that John Reizenstein will be joining its executive team as finance director, subject to Financial Services Authority approval.
PB Week: Encouraging excellence at the PB Management Event
I have been invited to speak at the PB Management Event on 6 October to discuss “How does a broker become chartered”.
Video: UK Broker Awards as they happened
Well over 500 turned out at the broking community's annual awards ceremony to celebrate the Best of British
AA warns flood defence cuts could make hundreds of thousands of homes uninsurable
AA Insurance is urging the Government not to cut spending on flood defences in its autumn comprehensive spending review.
Compuquote adds courier to range
Compuquote, the electronic wholesale arm of UK commercial broker Bollington, has launched a new courier product for brokers.