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CCV acquires Brian Potter & Associates
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has acquired Brian Potter & Associates. Based in Tamworth, Staffordshi...
Broker Forum - Fair treatment and four wheels
Jessica Pothering reports on this month's Forum: the TCF debate and an interesting question on insur...
Arista Insurance opens its sixth office
Arista Insurance has opened its sixth office to support Birmingham and Midlands-based brokers. The m...
Ecclesiastical reports overall pre-tax loss
Ecclesiastical has reported an overall pre-tax loss of £22.5m (£35.6m profit in 2007) and a net inve...
Online contact becoming increasingly attractive
Customers are showing significant interest in the increased use of the internet for day-to-day trans...
Negligence cases soar
Latest figures have revealed that professional negligence cases have escalated by 137% in the past y...
Road to recovery: RSA broking head
RSA has confirmed that its broking boss is to take time off to recover from an operation. "We can co...
Recent survey by law firm Pinsent Masons
A recent survey carried out by law firm Pinsent Masons has highlighted the need for insurers to revi...
Axa's products now available to Acturis users
Axa's core household products - ABC, ABC Lite and Extra - are now available to users of Acturis. All...
The FSA fines Blackburn insurance broker Aspray
The Financial Services Authority has fined Blackburn insurance broker Aspray £21,000 for failing to ...
Clarification of figures
Insurance Age would like to clarify that the figures quoted for the businesses bought by CCV in last...
InsureitUK offers brokers expanded commercial online trading platform
InsureitUK.com will launch several new products on its online commercial platform for brokers as par...
Small Broker Focus - Showing suppliers that you care
In all the talk of customer focus that has saturated advice to managers in the past 10 years, it is ...
LBBS: taken under the fin
Layton Blackham Business Solutions (LBBS), the commercial network, is to come under the Bluefin umbr...
Staysure to launch new brands online
Travel insurance specialist Staysure is set to launch new motor and home insurance brands online in ...
Crimestoppers tackles in-house crime
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is tackling in-house corporate crime with the launch of its Int...
Financial services firms hit with levy figures for 2008-2009
An interim levy of £38m has been imposed on investment intermediation firms by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for costs in 2008-2009 relating to Pacific Continental Securities and Square Mile Securities.
Allianz Retail expands broker distribution team
Allianz Retail has recruited five new key account developers for its broker distribution team.
LFC Insurance refinances with Macquarie
Essex based commercial insurance brokerage, LFC Insurance, has recently refinanced with Macquarie Bank.
Householders overpaying on home insurance by £1.3bn
British householders are overpaying on home insurance by a staggering £1.3bn every year, according to Confused.com.
Catlin joins IUA
Catlin UK has voted to join the International Underwriting Association (IUA).
Business crime up 10% for second consecutive half-year
The latest figures in the Axa Business Crime Index has shown a rise in arson, malicious damage and forcible theft, which increased 10% for the second consecutive half-year (to end 2008), suggesting the increase could be recession related.
Massive rise in seizure of uninsured vehicles
Police are seizing more than 460 uninsured vehicles a day, figures released today by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) have revealed.
Liiba acheives 98% market affiliation
London and International Insurance Brokers' Association (LIIBA) has announced that more than 120 firms have joined the association following its formation at the end of last year to represent brokers in the London insurance market. Between them these…