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Axa introduces roving under-writing service
Axa has introduced a roving under-writing service offering intermediaries individual visits. The ser...
Standard Life Healthcare's website
Standard Life Healthcare's website - www.standardlifehealthcare.co.uk - has been identified in an on...
Igo4 chooses to deal with aggregator sites
A broker start-up has chosen to deal exclusively with aggregator sites. Igo4 Insurance will be liste...
Willis launches first carrier benchmarket tool
Willis has launched what it claims is the world's first carrier benchmarking tool, the Willis Qualit...
Insurers' T5 stance criticised
Direct Line has backed down and confirmed that its travel insurance policies will now be valid shoul...
Eg solutions improved operational software
Eg solutions has claimed its new operational intelligence software suite will assist the complaints-...
Cobra Holdings acquires four businesses
The board of Cobra Holdings has acquired four businesses, comprising three insurance broking entitie...
New property services operation called Property Service Line
GAB Robins has incorporated its UK field adjusting and fraud investigation teams under the managemen...
Brokers paint gloomy picture
Lloyd's brokers are expecting a gloomy year ahead, according to a recent survey by advisory firm Maz...
UK companies with no disaster recovery plan in place
More than a quarter of UK companies still do not have a disaster recovery plan in place, according t...
Camberford Law confirms management buyout taken place
As reported in last month's Insurance Age, Camberford Law has confirmed that a management buyout has...
RBSI in aggregator U-turn
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance (RBSI) has completed its aggregator U-turn by entering into an agre...
Broker Direct completes acquistiion of Bevan Fox Insurance Brokers
Broker Direct has completed the acquisition of Tamworth-based Bevan Fox Insurance Brokers. The move ...
Personal lines broker set for come-back, says Defaqto
Personal lines Brokers are set for a come back thanks to aggregators, despite much being written about their demise over the past 10 years, says Defaqto.
Broker re-launches service offering
Hampshire-based personal lines insurance broker Computerquoteinsurance.com has closed its branch network and has opened a new business centre at Parklands Business Park in Denmead, Hampshire.
City cars not protecting drivers from whiplash
New figures from Thatcham have shown that very small or ‘city cars’ to be the least effective in saving the occupant from debilitating whiplash injury in the event of low speed rear end collisions.
Highway predicts 2008 will provide diappointing earnings
Highway Insurance Holdings has released an Interim Management Statement and trading update in advance of its Annual General Meeting as required by rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
AIRMIC and Advisen combine for benchmark survey
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) and Advisen, a provider of benchmarking services to the global commercial insurance industry, has launched an initiative to provide programme benchmarking to buyers of insurance in the UK.
Aon promotes female talent to branch director roles
Aon has promoted two of the insurance industry’s businesswomen, Jane Kielty and Lisa Bartlett, to the roles of branch director in Manchester and Birmingham, respectively.
Ex-Aon team form new credit insurance support operation
Chris Baker, Deana Kearns and Eileen Barter, formerly of Aon Trade Credit have formed Credit Insurance Alliance (Brokers), a new specialist support operation designed to enable general insurance brokers to realise the potential of their client portfolio…
Kwik-Fit Fleet launches road risk management survey
Safety-focused Kwik-Fit Fleet, Britain’s largest independent fast-fit company, will be launching a major occupational road risk management survey in conjunction with RoadSafe, which is managing the Government’s ‘Driving for Better Business’ programme.
IIB members fear commission disclosure
The Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has received feedback from many troubled members in connection with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Discussion Paper - Transparency disclosure and conflicts of interest in the commercial insurance market.
IASB support development for global insurance standard
A report issued by Ernst and Young has shown that overall the insurance industry and its constituents have given the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) strong support for the development of a high-quality global insurance standard, with many…