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FSA rebukes former CEO
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned James Richardson, former CEO of Insure & Go Insura...
Venture Preference establishes presence in North-west
Venture Preference (VP) has established a presence in the North-west, with the acquisition of Chambe...
Arista plans regional expansion
Arista has revealed it is planning to expand significantly in the north of England and the Midlands,...
New members join Countrywide
Five new members have joined Countrywide. The company said the surge in new membership was due in pa...
Broker Network boss confident of members' continued support
Broker Network (TBN) chief executive officer Grant Ellis has hit back at recent public comments that...
Risk perspectives - Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
With the festive season a lingering memory, it is time to turn our thoughts to planning for 2008 and...
ABC Insurance opens two new branches
ABC Insurance has opened two new branches in Maidstone and Bristol to target the commercial small to...
MMA Insurance assigned rating
MMA Insurance has been assigned a financial strength rating of 'A' from Standard & Poor's. The compa...
SAP introduces next evolution of SAP CRM
Business solutions provider SAP has introduced the next evolution of SAP Customer Relationship Manag...
The FSA publishes its Sourcebook
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its Insurance Conduct of Business Sourcebook, w...
Oval further increases in presence in South-west
Oval has further increased its presence in the South-west with the purchase of Tett Hamilton. The fi...
Defaqto launches buy-to-let home insurance table
Defaqto has launched a buy-to-let home insurance table for the residential market on its Aequos data...
MoJ proposals could endanger market's BTE appetite, says Allianz
Brokers and their customers may be priced out of the before-the-event (BTE) legal expenses market, i...
December
Vanessa Blount resigned as head of the business at paaleads.com. Stuart Glendinning, MD, said at the...
Employee happiness shows good management
Performance levels across organisations in the insurance sector are suffering, with overbearing and ...
New website for gardeners launched
A new website for gardeners has been launched that provides information, services and solutions on g...
Research on internet access
Research published by the Chartered Management Institute and Centre for Applied Human Resource Resea...
Aascent fined for late submission
Premium finance provider Aascent has failed to file its set of annual accounts for the second time i...
Kiln agrees to cash bid
Kiln has agreed to a cash bid from Tokio Marine that values the company at £442m - or 150p a share -...
Soundbytes - Theo Duchen, Co-CEO, Acturis
What is the Acturis Broker System? Acturis is a system for commercial brokers and underwriting agen...
Experian and Microsoft develop service
Experian and Microsoft have developed a proof of concept identity management service through Microso...
Review by the FSA
A review by the Financial Services Authority has found that several firms have not done enough to en...
Cardif Pinnacle promotes new T&C e-learning system to brokers
Cardif Pinnacle is set to expand its product range through its compliance e-learning and assessment ...
Zurich plans for niche growth in 2008 with broker services redesign
Zurich has revealed its intention to enter new niche product areas and develop long-term broker part...