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Catterall picks up taxi customers
Preston-based broker Catterall Insurance Services has come to the rescue of taxi and private hire car...
Profits will fall warn Independent and Zurich
Insurance giants Independent Insurance and Zurich Financial Services both warned their full-year prof...
Brokers sign up for reform
About 77% of brokers by premium income, including Marsh, Aon and Willis, have signed up to reform the...
Linaker builds a timber framework
Bristol-based insurance broker Linaker has set up a division catering for the insurance needs of the ...
QC advises IIB appeal
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has been advised to appeal against the Office of Fair Trading's ru...
RapidInsure establishes new motor range.
RapidInsure.co.uk is to launch a new range of motor products, following its acquisition by Berkeley ...
Former Drake CEO sets up new venture.
David Prewer, formerly chief executive of the collapsed motor insurer Drake, has launched a new unde...
Brokersure to vet its users.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox's online wholesaling service, will not be made available to brokers who shun G...
Safeonline launches new broker products.
Cyber risks insurance wholesaler Safeonline rolled out its broker pack at the start of this month, l...
Primary sets up online travel insurance.
Primary Insurance Group is to sell travel insurance online, via selected company websites. Primar...
Argent rebrands as insure-shop following acquisition spree.
Insurance broker Argent is pressing ahead with its acquisition programme and is to be rebranded insu...
Q&B broker site goes live.
Quote and Buy has officially launched its online proposition to mortgage brokers, with a dedicated b...
Risk e-business.
From e-mails sent in error to opportunistic hacking and fraud, the internet presents a new and growing range of risks. And where there is risk there is opportunity for brokers and insurers, says Rachel Gordon.
Appointment at NMT.
NMT has appointed Paul Matthews as business development director. Prior to this position, Mr Matthew...
Appointment at Independent.
Independent has made three new appointments. Paul Crump has been promoted to UK property underwriter...
Appointment at St Paul.
St Paul has announced Jonathan Houghton as London development manager. Mr Houghton joins the company...
Holman to launch web system.
Holman Insurance Brokers, the independent Lloyd's wholesale outfit, is set to launch a web-based adm...
Guarding legal expenses.
Broker Direct has chosen Safeguard to provide a legal expenses insurance package to its shareholding...
Appointment at Primary Insurance.
Stuart Leatherby has joined Primary Insurance as operations director. He brings 11 years experience ...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
RP Hodson has made three new appointments. Tom Meigh has been made claims director. Mr Meigh joined ...
Dotcom with a difference.
James Green talks to Catherine Tennant about how his company's internet initiative could help brokers to cut costs and increase volume.
Organised event cover.
Weather Direct and Insurex Expo-Sure have launched products covering organised events. Insurex Ex...
Crowe rolls out new motor policy to software houses.
Crowe Insurance Group, motor syndicate 963, has launched CIG Ruby, a private motor policy. The po...
BIA awards 2001 get underway.
Entry forms are now available for the 2001 British Insurance Awards, the largest and most prestigiou...