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Ellis & Buckle scoops NU sole supplier contract.
Ellis & Buckle has fended off competition to gain a sole supplier agreement with Norwich Union, foll...
ITT L&E denies motor portfolio sale rumours.
ITT London & Edinburgh has strongly denied rumours that its motor portfolio is up for sale. Over ...
O&H keeps on buying.
Hull-based broker Oughtred & Harrison has completed its second acquisition in the space of a month, ...
Appointment at Axa Provincial.
Chris Austin has been appointed IT director at Axa Provincial. He has more than 20 years of working ...
CGU goes live with new identity.
CGU has gone live with its merged general insurance operation and has started the process of launchi...
Vauxhall to do it all.
Vauxhall Motors has joined with Commercial Union to provide a comprehensive range of insurance servi...
Shattered.
Becoming seriously ill or being made redundant can throw your life into chaos. However, David Fanning says only one in four households take out mortgage payment cover.
IIB promotes brokers in national newspaper advertising campaign.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has launched a national advertising campaign promoting the merits...
Part of the Union.
Saatchi & Saatchi's new advertising campaign for Norwich Union portrays the insurer as being an inve...
Sedgwick bid assessed.
J&H Marsh McLennan's £1.24bn bid for broker Sedgwick is currently being assessed by the EU Commissio...
Appointment at Guardian Insurance.
Guardian Insurance has appointed Iain Bell as the new head of business development for the company's...
Colonnade signs Orion.
Non-standard motor insurer Orion has signed an agreement with Colonnade Insurance to become one of t...
NIG Skandia axes its agency department and redeploys staff.
NIG Skandia has scrapped its agency department and transferred responsibility for servicing agencies...
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Andrew Stronach has joined Norwich Union as assistant press officer, where he will be promoting busi...
Tough talk at Peebles.
Conversation at the BIIBA conference at Peebles was dominated by the issues of regulation, the Millennium bug and customer care and commitment. Shona Cronin heard the arguments.
Tough at the top.
Directors of private companies now face very real D&O exposures. Kelly Lyles says the market must re-examine the standard D&O policy to match the needs of the owner-managed business.
Production line.
Insuring factories continues to be a very competitive line of business. Simon Threadgold considers the current attitudes to underwriting.
Consulting a specialist.
Although the private medical insurance market is primarily the domain of the specialist broker, non-specialists can benefit, provided they adopt the right strategies, says Simon Threadgold.
IFA Portfolio's income cover takes on banks.
In response to competition from building societies and banks, IFA Portfolio, the service company of ...
Howe and Slack settle differences.
The merger of the Insurance Intermediaries Association and the Association of Insurance Intermediari...
Cornhill takeover of AGF leaves over 400 jobless.
AGF UK ceased writing new business this month and has announced the loss of 430 jobs as part of the ...
A package of three.
Preston Whiteside Commercial Insurance Underwriting has assembled a range of new schemes under the S...
Independent upgrades motor trade contract.
Independent Insurance has updated its motor trade policy to include three and five-year long term po...
Park life.
Tim Collison dons his kit and takes to the pitch to tackle policies offering affordable personal accident protection for amateur footballers.