E-Trading
Routes to Lloyd's.
For the provincial broker, access to Lloyd's has been, in the past, via a wholesale or guaranteeing broker. But Simon Threadgold says sweeping reforms have changed this.
BIB and Kent merge.
Broker and financial adviser BIB (Darlington) has merged with Kent Finance, the independent finance ...
RPC gets up to date.
Law insurance firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has added a monthly update on professional negligence...
Appointment at Combined.
Combined has recruited Alan Winch to its special risk division. Mr Winch brings 12 years of Lloyd's ...
Hill House Hammond gives away holiday vouchers.
Hill House Hammond is giving a £125 holiday voucher to any customer who requests a home insurance qu...
SVB offers speciality service
SVB Syndicates, the Lloyd's managing agency subsidiary of quoted SVB Holdings, has launched a service...
Moratorium called on genetics in insurance
Insurers have responded to a scathing report on the use of genetic tests in the industry, which was p...
insurE-com introduces new package
Internet specialist insurE-com has announced its broker back office system insur-E.office will be rol...
Bennetts races to update its website
Specialist bike insurance intermediary Bennetts has updated its website, www.bennetts.co.uk. Bennet...
Ace puts internal changes first.
Internal changes at Ace Group are holding back its online development, with the launch of its claims...
Three brokers to get e-sector.
MCS is piloting e-sector with three large brokers this month. The service is expected to go live in ...
Brokersure: 'low user' package.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox Insurance Holdings' internet-based broking system, is launching a 'low user' p...
HHH drives new policy.
General insurance broker Hill House Hammond has acquired Nottingham-based Dragoon Insurance Service'...
E-commerce watch.
Specialperils.com is looking for more brokers to join its site, having launched with 15 broker-partn...
Budget signs with Q&B.
Budget Insurance Intermediaries has signed up for Quote and Buy's internet-based product www.broker-...
Doubts over the internet.
Almost three quarters of brokers have a company website, yet many continue to have reservations abou...
Dispelling myths.
In the first of a regular series looking at the state of the insurance industry, Andrew Homer examines some of the commonly-held myths which prevail within the market.
DAS employs new manager to improve broker contact.
Legal expenses insurer DAS wants to increase its number of brokers and has employed Diane Willshire ...
Zurich praises good service.
Zurich is claiming service comes first, after an NOP study for its commercial business unit found 31...
Ray Johnson in training for Flora London Marathon 2001.
Ray Johnson, owner of Independent Insurance Services, is currently in training for the Flora London ...
Ensuring agreed payments are made after a sale.
Q: I am selling my insurance business and would like some clarification on what I need to do to ensu...
Online term for general brokers.
Protection intermediary, Direct Life & Pensions, is to launch a non-regulated life business network ...
Time to take a few eggs out of the basket.
Though outsourcing is far from being a new phenomenon, it has increased in popularity throughout the industry. Steve Totty explains why it makes good economic sense.
Boon joins online board.
Mark Boon, managing director of specialist entertainment broker La Playa, has joined the board of on...