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Fortis sails away from marine arm
Towergate Marine has acquired Fortis' yacht and pleasure craft business. Fortis will cease to write s...
Smart and Cook continues acquisition spree
Rapidly expanding intermediary The Smart and Cook Group has acquired the general and financial servic...
Bennetts launches claims centre
Middlesex-based broker Bennetts has set up an accident management centre to deal with clients' claims...
Towergate clicks with Angela Saunders.
Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired specialist professional photography insurer Angela Saunder...
Assessing the usefulness of radio promotion.
Q: The local radio station is promoting radio advertising and is offering discounted rates to local ...
Policy Master looks to Lloyd's.
Policy Master is looking to develop its product for the Lloyd's market, according to business develo...
Lloyd's - Join the club.
Steve Reid talks to Catherine Tennant about Lloyd's' decision to open its exclusive doors and what this means for provincial insurance brokers.
Primary offer to Admiral.
Travel insurance providers Primary Insurance Group is providing Admiral customers with a range of tr...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
The Bollington Group Retail Insurance Division has recruited Tanya Cragg as its new team leader....
S&P: ratings questioned.
Motor insurers Folgate, Ansvar and Trafalgar have hit back at the ratings assigned to them by Standa...
Towergate gets some retail therapy
Towergate Underwriting has made its 26th acquisition - Alec Finch & Co's personal indemnity portfolio...
TCU: Catlin terrorism cover.
Towergate Commercial Underwriting has placed its terrorism cover facilities with Catlin Syndicate, c...
Appointment at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
Stuart White and Davina Haydon from Hextall Erskine are to join Reynolds Porter Chamberlain. Mr Whit...
News in brief.
Overheard this month is proud to present a catalogue of tales illustrating the glamour of the insura...
Cox gives up high-life.
Cox Insurance Holdings is pulling out of high net worth insurance and developing its standard and mi...
Joe Henderson - Managing director, Henderson Insurance Brokers,
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Investing in quality people. Q: What was your worst mis...
Alexander Forbes acquires Alfred Blackmore.
Professional indemnity specialist broker Alfred Blackmore has been acquired by South African broker ...
Smart move to Newcastle
Independent insurance and financial services broker Smart and Cook Group has opened a new office in N...
Towergate snaps up Angela Saunders
Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired specialist professional photography insurer Angela Saunders...
Linaker gets timber.
Bristol-based insurance broker Linaker has set up a division catering for the insurance needs of the...
Name change and expansion both on the cards for Carlyle.
Wales and south-west England-based broker Carlyle Insurance Brokers has changed its name to Hodge In...
Gale & Phillipson buys fellow north-east broker.
North Yorkshire insurance broker Gale & Phillipson has announced the acquisition of fellow North Yor...
Bland Bankart launches marketing initiative.
Midlands-based independent retail broker, Bland Bankart, has marked the launch of a major marketing ...
Refined tastes.
The market has divided opinions on the possible union between Hiscox and Chubb and what it might mean for the high net worth sector, finds Rachel Gordon.