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Appointment at Permanent Insurance.
Phil Calvert has taken on the newly-created role of head of national accounts at Permanent Insurance...
Online Competition.
In PB's latest online competition, sponsored by Independent Insurance, we are giving away two VIP ti...
Towergate acquisitions go on.
Towergate Underwriting Group has denied speculation that it is in discussions to acquire Cheltenham-...
IIP for Hencilla Canworth.
Croydon-based independent intermediary Hencilla Canworth has achieved the Investors in People accred...
Independent Insurance to launch Absolute 2.
Independent Insurance is to relaunch its Absolute Tour concept with Absolute 2. The tour will use tw...
Wessex bought by City firm.
Stuart Alexander has bought Bournemouth-based Wessex Insurance Brokers, taking its gross written pre...
Making house calls.
The government's move to bring mortgages into the FSA's regulatory field has come as a shock to existing lenders. But, it will open up the market to smaller intermediaries offering MPPI cover at competitive prices, says Keith Sankey.
Appointment at Ansvar.
Following the reorganisation of its field operations, Ansvar has appointed Leigh Ide as regional man...
Seasons change for Folgate.
Following a nine-month review of its household account, Folgate Insurance has enhanced its Seasons p...
Camberford rises to the challenge.
Richard Sheikh's aim is to take his company Camberford Law into the top 50 independent brokers. Shona Cronin finds out how he plans to do it.
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Harrogate-based brokers Smart and Cook has made Julia Triccas an assistant director. Now responsible...
Appointment at Smithson Mason.
Smithson Mason has promoted Neil Durrant and Garry Grace to its board of directors. Mr Durrant heads...
Appointment at Independent.
Mark Stephenson, who joined Independent in 1995, has been appointed city sales manager with responsi...
Appointment at CSC.
CSC has appointed Phil Ashton (above) intermediary sales manager responsible for sales and account m...
Professional interest.
Professional status was again under the spotlight at last month's BIBA Conference in Edinburgh. However, temperatures rose as Simon Bolam opened proceedings with a diatribe on the contentious issue of pricing. Tim Collison reports.
CSC begins Polaris electRa roll-out.
CSC HAS started its roll-out of Polaris-integrated software to its electRa user base. The software h...
Problems again at annual conference.
It would appear that, once again, problems with hotels provided light relief at BIBA's annual confer...
Appointment at ACE Europe.
ACE Europe has appointed Greg Lunn as legal counsel for ACE Europe and ACE Global Markets. Prior to ...
Appointment at Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers.
Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers has appointed Jane Venning (left) as executive director of its profe...
Housing benefits.
Lloyd's is well known for its motor policies, but less so for the angle it takes on household. Andrew Newman takes a look at two new initiatives.
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been promoted to the Thompson Heath & Bond board of directors. He joined THB in 1994...
CGU Elite conference out.
CGU has scrapped this year's Elite conference and is replacing the bi-annual event with regional hos...
New insurance firm sets sail as CNA and Maritime merge.
CNA Insurance and Maritime Insurance Company, both part of the CNA group, are to merge to form a sin...
Too hot to handle?
Offering commercial clients risk management advice and solutions is becoming increasingly important. But how can small and medium-sized brokers with limited resources get involved? David Fanning investigates.