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Zurich praises good service.
Zurich is claiming service comes first, after an NOP study for its commercial business unit found 31...
Appointment at Inter-Alliance.
Keith Carby has joined Inter-Alliance as non-executive director where he will focus on assisting sen...
SiS: access to shooting policy.
Sporting Insurance Services (SiS) is offering sub-broking access to Shotsure, a new policy aimed at ...
Zurich invests in training programmes for broker partners.
Zurich's commercial business unit is rolling out a series of national training events aimed at its b...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has employed Damien Coates as commercial management liability manager for the UK/Ireland ...
IIB sees external donations.
Andrew Paddick has claimed 35% of the anti-rule 42 appeal donations he has received have come from b...
Appointment at Bupa.
Martin Noone has been promoted to head Bupa's intermediary sales division. Mr Noone has been with th...
Willis denies it is about to float.
Broker giant Willis has quashed rumours that it is to float on the stock market for a second time. ...
Ray Johnson in training for Flora London Marathon 2001.
Ray Johnson, owner of Independent Insurance Services, is currently in training for the Flora London ...
Brokers offer support to Lloyd's' LMP2001 plans.
Lloyd's' modernisation continues to drive ahead, with 77% of brokers by premium income signing up to...
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 ...
Devitt rides out with two biker schemes.
Personal lines specialist broker Devitt Insurance Services launched two new motorcycle schemes at th...
What is 'reasonable' disclosure?
The Woolf reforms have changed the rules for disclosure making 'document management' key for insurers, brokers and their clients.
Yearly figures for Policy Master reveal profitable 2000.
Policy Master Group will announce its yearly results at the end of March and initial indications, ba...
Catterall saves taxi drivers.
Preston-based broker Catterall Insurance Services has come to the rescue of taxi and private car dri...
Back to the business in hand.
A visit to the Post Office highlighted the lack of expertise of part-time insurance dealing and consequently brought to attention the industry's sense of defeatism regarding GISC rule 42.
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.
L&G: 'essential' health plan.
Legal and General has rolled out a health cash plan to brokers. 'Essentials Cash' has three levels o...
Linaker gets timber.
Bristol-based insurance broker Linaker has set up a division catering for the insurance needs of the...
Slack in name only.
Widely regarded as the champion of the smaller intermediary and broker, Mike Slack talks to Catherine Tennant about how these players can survive in today's increasingly difficult marketplace.
Boon joins online board.
Mark Boon, managing director of specialist entertainment broker La Playa, has joined the board of on...
Personal touch.
Providing a personal service is key to the success of RE Hutt, a company which has retained clients for three generations. Chris Hutt tells Diane Smyth why the company intends to stay local.
Building on cover.
Brokers can now provide instant cover for people working in the building and allied industries, thro...