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Risk perspectives - Fighting fires before they spread
Martin Hartley is property class specialist at Norwich Union Risk Services. Norwich Union Risk Serv...
Cullum Capital Ventures announces three further purchases
Following the recent acquisitions of Protectagroup, Cullum Capital Ventures has announced three furt...
NIG break-up mooted following RBS call to boost balance sheet
Speculation as to the fate of broker-only insurer NIG is circulating the market, following RBS' conf...
Hallmark (East Midlands) launches service
Hallmark (East Midlands), an insurance intermediary based in Derbyshire and Leicestershire, has laun...
Allianz Insurace to increase premiums for motorists with convictions of using a mobile phone
Allianz Insurance is set to increase premiums by 30% for motorists with convictions for driving whil...
Guidelines discrepancy could see insurers' costs skyrocket
A legal firm has warned that inconsistencies in guidelines for personal injury settlements could slo...
ServiceTick secures clients
Independent research service ServiceTick has secured Norwich Union (NU), RAC and Standard Life's int...
ABI reveals turnaround in PMI take up
The number of people covered by private medical insurance (PMI) broke the six-million mark for the f...
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.