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Lloyd's gives approval to Zenith managing agent Zenith has gained Lloyd's approval for a new manag...
Eastgate buy-out likely to lead to job losses.
Outsourcing and service provider the Eastgate Group has been bought by the Capita Group, as predicte...
Avon makes push in commercial sector.
Avon Insurance is planning to take on 10 new underwriters in a bid to increase its presence in the c...
Lloyd's gives approval to Zenith agent
Zenith has gained Lloyd's approval for a new managing agent, Zenith Syndicate Management. The new a...
Pet Plan expands equine business
Pet Plan, the specialist animal insurance subsidiary of Cornhill Insurance, has acquired Bankers Insu...
Markerstudy drives forward with motor add-on
Broker marketing organisation Markerstudy has launched motor policy add-on EuroGold, as revealed by P...
Upwardly mobile.
There is a steady growth in the high net worth market as more and more people become eligible for this insurance. David Fanning investigates what this may mean for the industry.
Privilege ups net stakes.
Non-standard insurer Privilege has made a bid for the online motor market by launching an online "qu...
Hiscox exhibits watercolours.
High net worth insurer Hiscox is exhibiting a collection of watercolours by Max Mosscrop at its art ...
The benefits of a small firm.
Q: I am thinking about introducing a benefits package for staff. As we are only a small firm of abou...
Ecclesiastical makes push into commercial.
Ecclesiastical has launched a major expansion of its broker partnership scheme. Launched 3 Novemb...
Is it still viable for brokers to have company cars?
Q: Am I right in thinking the cost of my company car and that of my co-directors is going to go up? ...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Usecolor, Royal & Sunalliance's online service for small businesses, has appointed Gerry Callaghan a...
AA SURVEY SHOWS PREMIUM RISES.
The AA has published its British insurance premium index for quarter three 2000, showing that car in...
Horses for causes.
With only half of Britain's horse population currently insured it would seem that there is much room for brokers to expand. However, as Steve Banner finds out, it may not be as simple as that.
Job cuts expected at Eastgate
Capita is likely to make redundancies at newly-acquired Eastgate Group, its managing director Paul Pi...
Storms to cost millions not billions
Britain's worst storms for 10 years will cost insurers millions of pounds, but should fall short of t...
BUPA names new chairman
Bryan Sanderson will take over as BUPA's chairman at the company's annual general meeting, 2001. Mr...
NIG holds Birmingham broker conference
Insurer NIG is holding its ninth "Building a Stronger Broker Channel" conference on 27 October. The...
Privilege to sell non-standard motor online
Non-standard insurer Privilege has made a bid for the online motor market by launching an online 'quo...
Appointment at Folgate.
Roger Gray (left) has joined Folgate as its new deputy commercial underwriting manager and will have...
Oxford seeks new funding.
George Higginson and Steve Windich have been unable to secure sufficient funds from brokers to launc...
Appointment at InsureE-com.
InsureE-com has appointed three people to work on business development for the company. Chris Newman...
Groupama keeps on biking.
Groupama Personal Insurances has launched two new motorcycle policies called Optima Unibike and Opti...