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Product launch from Pembroke
Pembroke has launched a product covering businesses for lost revenue and increased costs following a...
Mid-corporate sector bears cost burden of poor communication
A recent study has found that a lack of co-operation between insurers and brokers in the mid-corpora...
Axa comes bottom of the insurer league in IIB service level survey
Axa has ranked last in the Institute of Insurance Brokers' (IIB) service level poll - falling margin...
Retailers say reduction undermines ability to trade
Half of large retailers and over 40% of small and medium-sized (SME) ones say the reduction or withd...
Research revealed on document wastage
New research has revealed that document wastage - inefficient and unnecessary printing of work-relat...
New data processing software simplifies industry connectivity
Software provider Metastorm has released a new version of its Integration Manager software, which wi...
FSA facilitates instalment option
An instalment pay-plan has been renegotiated by the regulator to enable firms to continue paying the...
Credit crunch curbs insurers' enthusiasm
The credit crunch has curbed insurers' tendency to embrace technological advances in administration,...
Insurance intermediaries not compelled to disclose commission rates
The Financial Services Authority has announced that it would not compel insurance intermediaries to ...
Businesses encouraged to go green
Remploy, a government-backed business that hosts a programme for refurbishment, recycling and dispos...
Businesses must brace themselves for Swine pandemic
Broking giant Marsh has urged businesses to update their continuity and crisis management plans in c...
Risk perspectives - When alarm bells ring
Because of a tougher police attitude to false alarm call-outs and employer concern for staff key hol...
It's party time for Age
This month Insurance Age is celebrating 30 years of serving the UK general insurance broking communi...
Biba approves of 'progress' in government flood guard plans
The government's recent flood defence initiatives have been welcomed by the British Insurance Broker...
NIG proposes office closures and reducing headcount by 130
NIG has announced a proposal to reduce the number of offices it has from 18 to 10, with a net reduct...
Arag purchase
Legal services provider Arag has purchased the family and commercial legal expenses business portfol...
Small broker focus - How good is your business plan?
Back in February, we suggested some tips for your business plan. Did you make a plan? If you did, ho...
Regulation a waste of time?
Do you feel that regulation to date has been a waste of your time now the FSA is moving away from pr...
Cash injection boosts optimism
Towergate Partnership has predicted a 13% rise in 2008 income to £315m after renegotiating the terms...
Research rings the changes at Auto Trader
New research on the popularity of motor insurance comparison sites has driven the relaunch of Auto T...
Redundancy spurs redeployment
New figures have shown that staff redeployment levels across the insurance sector have more than dou...
NU's rebranding goes live with one-stop-shop Aviva website
Aviva has officially launched its new broker portal website, the first site to be rebranded under th...
30 courses available on eTraining programme
Open GI now has 30 courses available to brokers in its eTraining programme. The online programme's e...
Underwriting tool launched by Axa
Axa has launched a geo-coding underwriting tool for the assessment of flood, subsidence and terroris...