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Blink and Purely Motor in exclusive deal
Blink Intermediary Solutions has been awarded exclusive distribution and marketing rights for private car and commercial vehicle facility Purely Motor.
Davey defends SSP service
Jonathan Davey, managing director of Keychoice, has defended SSP as doing "a damned good job" following the interruption to its broker service with aggregators.
SSP insists security issue has been resolved
SSP has insisted that the security vulnerability sustained following an "unauthorised attack" yesterday has been resolved.
SSP suspends service on aggregators
SSP's service on aggregators including Moneysupermarket, Go Compare, Confused.com and Comparethemarket has been suspended.
SSP welcomes chief technology officer back from L&G
SSP has appointed Kevin Gaut as chief technology officer for its insurer division.
SSP snaps up new head of delivery for insurer division
SSP has moved to appoint Paul Webb as head of delivery for its insurer division.
SSP reports rise in Ebitda
SSP Group has revealed a 13.8% increase in Ebitda to £17.9m for the year ended 31 March 2012, up from £15.8m in 2011.
Discombe steps up as SSP chairman
SSP has appointed Nick Discombe as non-executive chairman after three years in a non-executive director role with the company.
Keychoice Underwriting transfers business to Towergate
Keychoice Underwriting has entered into negotiations to transfer its book of business to Towergate only two years after it was launched.
LV appoints sales executive for East Midlands
LV Broker has appointed James Townsend as a regional sales executive responsible for the East Midlands reporting to Mark Hands, North of England manager for the company.
SSP launches real-time pricing hub
SSP has claimed that it is set to transform the intermediated personal lines market with the launch of a new ‘quote hub’ providing brokers with real-time pricing.
Hastings Direct appoints insurer relations head
Hastings Direct has found a replacement for Adrian Parry as head of insurer development.
Two new recruits for Transactor
Transactor Global Solutions (TGSL) has appointed Mark Lewis as a business analyst.
Video: the inaugural UK Broker Conference
Brokers from across the country convened in London's May Fair hotel for the inaugural UK Broker Conference last week.
SSP appoints insurer division MD
Stephen Lathrope has been appointed as managing director of SSP's insurer division.
Join Allianz, Groupama, BMS, Novae, SSP, CII and Lancashire in signing up for the Insurance Cup
With the football leagues in England and Scotland now underway, there has never been a better time to think about dusting off the boots and signing up for The Prince's Trust Insurance Cup.
SSP launches Keychoice Distribution
Technology provider SSP has restructured with Keychoice Distribution unveiled as a single point of access to all the group’s products and services for its 1,000 independent brokers.
SSP unveils new solutions following Sector closure
SSP has announced the latest releases of its insurer, managing general agent (MGA) and broker solutions following an £8m development programme during the last 18 months.
SSP platform closure could leave it vulnerable to attack
Software provider SSP is to phase out use of its Sector platform in a decision that could affect some of the biggest names in broking and leave its business open to attack from competitors.
Market moves: a clean swoop is the trend for teams
It used to be that individuals would leave one company to join another and miraculously several colleagues would appear by their side a few months later.
Industry moves to reassure brokers over ECJ ruling
The broker-facing insurance community has moved to allay concerns brokers might have following the announcement by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that after 21 December 2012 gender cannot be used as a factor in calculating insurance premiums.
New property aggregator promises to help brokers retain clients
Former KGM group development manager, Doug Phelan, has returned to the market with a new ‘broker friendly’ aggregator proposition.
E-commerce: OFT sends out data sharing warning to insurance industry
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) must clamp down on anti-competitive data sharing in the insurance industry, according to consumer watchdogs Which and Consumer Focus.
Matson named as new Insurance Leadership Group chair
Peter Matson, chief underwriter, Novae has been confirmed as the new chair of The Prince’s Trust Insurance Leadership Group (ILG), succeeding Julian Enoizi. Mr Matson will be supported by three new vice chairs – James Geffen, director, Miller; Elizabeth…