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Appointment at SPSInfoquest.
SPSInfoquest has appointed Jim Baty as non-executive deputy chairman. He previously held senior mana...
Fortis postcode rating.
Fortis Insurance has introduced full postcode rating on its household insurance for more accurate as...
RSA makes cancellations.
Royal & SunAlliance UK Commercial is to cancel a number of non-broker agencies at the end of Novembe...
Four broker networks get tied up with technology.
Broker Networks are offering brokers fast-track access to software, with four announcing technology ...
RSA snaps up coverclick.com
Royal and SunAlliance has bought online credit insurance provider coverclick.com. Coverclick.com, w...
Broker networks fast-track technology
Broker networks are offering brokers fast-track access to software, with four networks announcing tec...
30% broker commission.
Longford Insurance Schemes, which runs Chauffeurplan, is celebrating its 30th birthday by offering b...
ProFin offers online credit cover.
Royal & SunAlliance's specialist commercial risks unit ProFin has launched the UK's first online cre...
Which? approves Marsh.
Which? Magazine has named Marsh Affinity's Help the Aged motor insurance a best buy for the 60-75 ag...
Beware of uneven roads ahead.
Brokers' revenues are being reduced by the increasing tendency for insurers to offer automatic ULR and the trend towards after-the-event cover. Simon Threadgold highlights the potential hazards of the mixed signals currently being sent by the industry.
SFS pushes EDI initiative.
Sirius Financial Systems has kicked off a drive to get more insurers onto full electronic data inter...
Making do with leftovers.
Even before the attacks on the US, the dearth of capacity in the insurance industry was something to keep an eye on. Is it also something that could be avoided? Is it possible that a good dose of realism and effective pricing would help save the day?
AF targets stock exchange.
South African insurance broker Alexander Forbes is to make an application for a listing on the Londo...
Small companies miss stakeholder deadline
More than 200 000 companies could face fines totalling £10bn, after failing arrange a stakeholder pen...
Hanover Park focuses on insurance
London broker Hanover Park is set to expand its wholesaling and niche businesses, after selling its f...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Jim Henning has become investment marketing manager at Friends Provident. He will be based in the Sa...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's professional liability Syndicate 1204, part of Crowe, has appointed Garry Bright as class un...
21st Century uses NHS Trust facilities.
21st Century Health Plans has become the latest private medical insurer to use the facilities of NHS...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Smart & Cook has made Ken Popplewell managing director. He was previously group operations manager a...
Blowin' in the windfall.
The question of whether pension holders should be awarded compensation for mis-selling, regardless of any windfall profit received, gathers pace following a recent ruling.
Willis yacht site goes live.
Broker giant Willis has launched a new website catering for yacht and pleasure craft insurance. The ...
NIG office policy is upgraded.
Broker-only insurer NIG has extended its office policy. Immediately available to new clients, existi...
Look back and take stock.
The summer is sadly coming to an end but it has allowed us time to look back and take stock. The ...
Antell quits SHW after six months.
Ray Antell has left specialist intermediary Sterling Hamilton Wright Group after just six months. ...