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Aon has appointed two experts in trade credit insurance and insurance broking to boost its Birmingha...
Thomson Local launches price comparison website
Directories business, Thomson Local, has launched a price comparison website using a white labelling...
Research from the ABI
Insurance companies are uncovering and preventing fraudulent insurance claims worth more than £1m ev...
Smith Ross Shane and Greenfield Risk merge
Smith Ross Shane and Greenfield Risk Services have merged. The new company, Smith Greenfield Service...
Sterling reveals growth plans
Sterling Insurance has revealed plans to grow its business and expand its product offering to the br...
Claims are result of water escape
Approximately 28% of residential and commercial property claims are the result of water escape, acco...
BJIC joins the Broker Network
Brian Johnston Insurance Consultants (BJIC), which is based in Surrey, has joined the Broker Network...
Falling foul of Data Protection Act
Insurance companies and brokers that have traditional in-house call recording facilities could be fa...
New service aims to speed up UK brokers' product development
A technology proposition that will allow brokers to develop their own live products and IT systems h...
Bollington Group acquires Greystone
The Bollington Group has acquired Greystone Insurance Services in Manchester as part of its ongoing ...
Stephen Matanle to become chairman
Stephen Matanle, global placement leader at Marsh and chairman of the London Market Insurance Broker...
Straight Marketing conducts research for esist Insurance
Research conducted by Straight Marketing for esist Insurance has found that escalating IT costs are ...
Towergate upgrades system in bid to boost overall communication
Towergate has made a £1m investment in its business communications, with the implementation of a gro...
Brokers told to speed up possible sales ahead of CGT reform deadline
Brokers considering selling up after April 2008 could be hard hit by the new capital gains tax (CGT)...
Report by the ABI
Approximately 35% of people in the lowest-income households - less than £10,000 per year - have no i...
Judge questions Bright's remorse
As the long-running saga of Independent Insurance finally drew to a close, there was a sense of regr...
Broker Network rejects bid
Broker Network has snubbed a recent acquisition approach, strongly believed to have been made by Axa...
October
Oval acquired Sheffield-based Hart Owens, its second acquisition in the Sheffield region. Hart Owens...
Cullum Capital Ventures acquires majority stake
Cullum Capital Ventures has acquired a majority stake in Managing Agents Reference Assistance Servic...
Soundbytes - Ray Vincent, managing director, Transactor Global Solutions
What is Transactor? Transactor is a front and back-office software solution for the broking sector ...
Highway gives the green light for 10% motor rates rise in 2008
Highway Insurance has revealed plans to increase its motor rates by 10% next year and expand its pro...
NIG report encourages insurers to work together
A report issued by NIG is encouraging insurers and the business community to work together to make m...
London Market warned over ECF compliance after take up troubles
The London Market has missed its 60% third-quarter target for usage of electronic claims files (ECF)...
EMR Europe plans to expand in UK insurance market
Outsourcing partner EMR Europe has plans to significantly expand in the UK insurance market, followi...