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Brokersure.co.uk launches version for smaller brokers.
Brokersure.co.uk has launched Brokersure.go, a version of the system aimed at smaller brokers. Th...
SMG marches into York.
Insurance broker and risk management adviser Smithson Mason Group has opened a new office in York, m...
Zurich confirms the launch of three business centres.
Zurich UK Commercial has launched three small business centres, as first reported in June's Professio...
The battle of the brands.
There has been a plethora of dotcoms launched in the insurance industry in the past few years but it seems the heavy-weights consistently have the upper hand over their start-up counterparts.
Beyond conditional fees.
Following the conclusion of Callery v Gray in the Court of Appeal, it is now clear that a major ques...
Who will start the bidding?
While US insurers are clambering to join in internet marketplaces, their UK counterparts remain wary but how long will they hold out?
Mortgage safety.
Protection specialist Berkeley Alexander has launched MortgageSafe, a mortgage payment protection in...
No Premium Credit chase.
Premium finance provider Premium Credit has said it is confident that it will not have to pursue per...
Collapse leads to rate rises.
The collapse of Independent Insurance is expected to contribute to a hike of up to 20% in insurance ...
RSA pays £3m to take control of PCS.
Royal & SunAlliance has paid around £3m for Independent Insurance's commercial loss adjusting arm Pr...
Opening doors.
Just as the automotive industry has discovered that much assembly work is better done by outside specialists, so insurers are finding that outsourcing core functions can cut costs.
Tackling the e-future challenge.
The e-revolution is likely to radically change the way insurance companies do business, but utility must take precedence over novelty.
E-Commerce Watch.
Internet software house insurE-com has launched insur-E.claim, a claims portal. insurE-com says the ...
Albion rebranded.
General business specialist Albion Insurance is being rebranded Sterling Insurance Company, bringing...
All change for NU and MMA travel products.
Norwich Union and broker-only insurer MMA have both announced changes to their travel products this ...
Striving for harmony.
A true collaboration between insurer, broker and IT supplier can be fruitful in the long term, but trust is essential to make partnerships work.
Straight to the core.
Duncan Boyle does some plain talking to Catherine Tennant, explaining the need for the industry to stop the price wars and to get back to the core issues.
Two medical products offered.
Western Provident Association and Secure Health have both launched products aimed at making private ...
Mardon secures Michael Stimpson.
Yacht and leisure craft insurance underwriting agents Mardon Insurance Brokers (UK) has acquired Mic...
SVB and Capita team up.
SVB Underwriting Services, the service company of SVB Syndicates at Lloyd's, and Capita Assistance h...
Ex-employees deny insider insight.
Kevin Pallett, managing director of Fusion Underwriting Services, has stated his company knew nothin...
Drawing on experience.
The industry may seem to be rushing headlong into cyberspace, but the people who buy the policies are more circumspect with old habits dying hard. Insurers ignore existing channels of business at their peril.
Floating hopes.
International loss adjuster Ashworth Mairs hopes to make an acquisition and float on the stock marke...
Young is chairman.
Kevin Young, managing director of Argyll Insurance Brokers, has been appointed chairman of the Credi...