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Fortis Insurance UK reports £76m profit for 2008
Fortis Insurance UK has reported £76m in non-life profits before tax and interest for 2008. This is compared with £30m in 2007, which was impacted by floods, and £77m in 2006.
Insurance Age On Air news review
Martin Friel, deputy editor of Insurance Age, talks about the FSA's move away from principles-based regulation and the potential implications for brokers and the impact of Moneyextra.com's new aggregator software that could yet pose a further significant…
CIS profits fall £58.7m in 2008
Co-operative Insurance Services' (CIS) profits have dropped to £8.4m for 2008, down £58.7m from the previous year. CIS has attributed a significant portion of this decline to investment losses of £26m.
Crimestoppers tackles in-house crime
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is tackling in-house corporate crime with the launch of its Int...
Staysure to launch new brands online
Travel insurance specialist Staysure is set to launch new motor and home insurance brands online in ...
The hottest insurance gossip
Polly sees that the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) Hector Sants has decided to get all tough a...
Clarification of figures
Insurance Age would like to clarify that the figures quoted for the businesses bought by CCV in last...
The FSA fines Blackburn insurance broker Aspray
The Financial Services Authority has fined Blackburn insurance broker Aspray £21,000 for failing to ...
Axa's products now available to Acturis users
Axa's core household products - ABC, ABC Lite and Extra - are now available to users of Acturis. All...
Recent survey by law firm Pinsent Masons
A recent survey carried out by law firm Pinsent Masons has highlighted the need for insurers to revi...
Ecclesiastical reports overall pre-tax loss
Ecclesiastical has reported an overall pre-tax loss of £22.5m (£35.6m profit in 2007) and a net inve...
Arista Insurance opens its sixth office
Arista Insurance has opened its sixth office to support Birmingham and Midlands-based brokers. The m...
Broker Forum - Fair treatment and four wheels
Jessica Pothering reports on this month's Forum: the TCF debate and an interesting question on insur...
CCV acquires Brian Potter & Associates
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has acquired Brian Potter & Associates. Based in Tamworth, Staffordshi...
Axa wants it, Axa wants it not
In last month's issue I read with interest Richard Bryant's letter describing an example of unfair c...
Research from Gocompare.com
Millions of drivers are considering taking drastic action to reduce the cost of keeping their cars o...
Novae Insurance Company appoints development underwriter
Novae Insurance Company has appointed Bronwen Horn as development underwriter in Birmingham to spear...
Surplus-to-need charity appeal
A surplus-to-need charity is appealing to the financial services sector to think before it bins good...
A monthly look at who is moving where ...
Aon has hired Carl Wooding as its UK marine client manager. He has been tasked with driving Aon's no...
The Green Insurance Company joins panel
Eco-friendly insurance intermediary The Green Insurance Company has joined BeatThatQuote.com's panel...
Confused.com welcomes back M&S
Comparison service Confused.com has welcomed back Marks & Spencer (M&S) to its list of providers for...
Eonic offers website design service
Web designer, Eonic, is to offer a website design service with full OpenQuote integration. OpenQuote...
Royal Mail launches Mailshots Online
Royal Mail has launched Mailshots Online, a web tool that enables small businesses to create persona...
Scaling back may be detrimental
Alan Trueman, business interruption risk adviser, Norwich Union Risk Services