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Life after broker division.
Royal & SunAlliance has scrapped its broker division. Tim Collison spoke to Peter Burrows, UK regions director at RSA, about what this means for both its commercial and personal lines operations.
On a collision course.
Insurers have been battling with accident repairers and solicitors for the cut-price end of the uninsured loss recovery market for some time now. However, Steve Banner says insurers are now taking a different stance.
Les McIntosh.
The advent of digital TV looks set to boost Internet services. We must be ready for this: let's set up a central insurance site.
A matter of perspective.
The definition of non-standard is a moveable feast, largely determined by the tastes of standard insurers. Andrew Newman says that what was once a true niche is now fiercely competitive mainstream business.
The shock of the new.
The broker travel market will soon be subject to IPT at 17.5%. If this were not enough to contend with, developments in Internet technology are threatening to reshape the travel insurance sector, says Caroline Duncan.
Policy Master to float on the Alternative Investment Market.
Software house Policy Master is to float on the Alternative Investment Market in order to position t...
BIIBA submits its self-regulation plan to Treasury.
The British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association has sent its regulatory submission to the T...
All in the hands of the Treasury.
By the time this issue of Professional Broking is published, all submissions on broker regulation wi...
Going private.
For some time, experts have been predicting that changes to the welfare state are likely to boost to the PMI market. However, as Simon Threadgold explains, growth in this sector is still slow.
ITT L&E name change.
ITT London & Edinburgh looks set to change its name to Hartford, in line with its US parent the Hart...
Hambro Assistance set for re-branding following acquisition.
The name and brand of Hambro Assistance look set to change following the news that Hambros is sellin...
Europe motors on.
Direct tele-insurance is growing rapidly in European countries such as France, Belgium and Spain, ac...
Direct Line to rescue.
Direct Line has launched into the motor breakdown market with a new service called Direct Line Rescu...
Appointment at CILA.
Bev Fitzgerald, deputy chief executive and operations director at Cunningham UK, takes over as Presi...
Appointment at Medical Insurance Agency.
Bridget Poulter has been appointed marketing co-ordinator at dental specialist Clinident, part of th...
Appointment at Lonsdale BMH.
Lloyd's umbrella broker Lonsdale BMH has appointed Michael Ball as director to develop its extended ...
Lombard moves up market into period homes.
Lombard General Insurance is targeting listed and period homes with the launch of a new policy in pa...
Footman James develops website.
The cars may be old, but the method of selling is brand new. Specialist motor broker Footman James h...
Appointment at pi direct.
Professional indemnity specialist pi direct has appointed Sarah Roberts as deputy underwriter. She j...
ABI works its way through brokers' year 2000 forms.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is wading through the responses to its year 2000 database ...
Appointment at Generali.
Neil Moore (above) has been appointed manager of Generali's offshore division, with responsibility f...
Intermediaries fall foul of code.
Seventeen independent intermediaries are facing across-the-board agency cancellations for failing to...
Tony Lancaster.
Insurers are doing themselves no favours by prolonging the soft market, when what the customer ultimately wants is high quality.
ABI: no definitive Y2K exclusion guidelines.
Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers, has said that the ABI is not i...