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Oxygen Insurance Brokers acquires portfolio
Oxygen Insurance Brokers has acquired a portfolio of specialist technology and new media professiona...
Dip in online motor premiums
Online comprehensive motor insurance premiums dipped slightly during quarter four in 2007, the first...
Markel confirms availability of electronic system
Markel International has confirmed that it is now ready to accept any new claim that is available th...
Soundbytes - Paul Scanlon, head of e-commerce, Towergate
What is Towergate WebQuotes? Towergate WebQuotes is a web-based quotation facility for brokers that...
ABC private car insurance policy
ABC Insurance has made its private car insurance policy available on the Open GI system. The policy ...
Industry must respond now to new EU environmental directive
The insurance industry has been warned that it must get to grips with the latest European Union envi...
Canary Wharf risk taken by NU
Norwich Union (NU) has embarked on a major insurance project at Canary Wharf as part of its commitme...
Howden to establish London medical malpractice team
Independent Lloyd's broker Howden has revealed plans to build a team in London to further enhance it...
QBE shakes up regional offices to refocus underwriting operations
QBE has restructured its national underwriting centres and streamlined its product offering in a mov...
Vision Underwriting acquired by Liberty
Vision Underwriting has been acquired by Liberty International Underwriters, but will continue to op...
IT provider set to target brokers
IT-Freedom is set to target broker networks and the broking sector with its claims management servic...
Appointments
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Networks tighten contracts to gain greater hold over broker members
Brokers could face the prospect of legal action as networks tighten up contractual obligations in th...
Venture Preference confirms restructure of its CEO set up
In a much-anticipated move, Chris Blackham and Paul Meehan have stepped down from their roles at Ven...
Biba calls for software summit to tackle data sharing problems
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has called on software providers to address proble...
Crawford creates £5m high-end claims management service
Crawford and Company has launched a top tier claims service to allow brokers to take active involvem...
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Oval acquires cooksheppardpinhey
Oval has acquired Ipswich-based broker cooksheppardpinhey. The broker provides insurance and financi...
Insurance Race Day
The inaugural Insurance Race Day will take place on 22 April 2008 at Kempton Park - an initiative by...
Groupama Insurances appoints managing director
Groupama Insurances has appointed Laurent Matras as managing director. Mr Matras was previously fina...
Study shows UK is worst at customer retention
The UK general insurance sector has experienced a massive increase in customer defection levels, soa...
Tool sees culture as key to service
Groupama has implemented a culture measurement tool designed to improve broker service standards. T...
Tokio Marine Europe joins the Biba
Tokio Marine Europe has joined the British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) as an associate mem...
SAP software potential
Insurance companies are failing to exploit the full potential of the SAP software they are paying fo...
