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BT mobilises Cox's InsuranceWide.
InsuranceWide.com, COX Insurance's Internet insurance venture with Freeserve, has teamed up with BT ...
Eastgate joins MULRA
Eastgate Assistance has become the eleventh member of the Motoring Uninsured Loss Recoveries Associat...
CGU and NU announce first UK general insurance appointments
CGU and Norwich Union have made the first wave of executive appointments to the UK general insurance ...
IOB appoints new ombudsmen
The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau has made five appointments to support principal ombudsman Tony Boorman...
The General Network ceases to trade
Broker network The General Network has ceased to trade indefinitely due to the increased consolidatio...
BRE completes purchase of Loss Prevention Council
The Building Research Establishment has completed its purchase of the Loss Prevention Council from th...
Chartside acquires two more brokers
Chartside Ventures has acquired Ladies Direct Insurance and Vans Direct Insurance of Harlow, Essex. T...
Broker Network opens underwriting room
The Broker Network has set up an underwriting room at its headquarters, in response to demand from br...
RSA wins PMI contract for ICAEW
Royal & SunAlliance, Healthcare & Assistance has been appointed as the accredited private medical ins...
BDML goes grey
BDML Connect has launched a bespoke import insurance product aimed at parallel and "grey" import buye...
BIBA makes credit insurance simple for members
BIBA has put together a credit insurance scheme for its members, designed to help non-specialists pla...
Crowe opens dedicated fleet unit
Lloyd's motor insurer Crowe Insurance Group has launched a Solihull-based fleet underwriting unit for...
Upturn in household market
The household market moved back into the black in 1999 following losses of over £350m in 1998, accord...
Liberty cuts premiums for safe fleets
Liberty Motor is offering 5-15% premium reductions for companies which enroll their employees in driv...
Berrymans warns over Access to Justice Act
The introduction of the Access to Justice Act 1999 in April could lead to a situation where insurers ...
TIFCO put up for sale
The UK's third largest premium finance provider, Transamerica Insurance Finance Company (TIFCO), has ...
Groupama appoints new personal and commercial directors
Tim Ablett and Stephen Hartigan have been appointed as joint managing directors of Groupama's persona...
HML targets pleasure craft owners.
HML is targeting owners of pleasure crafts with a dedicated package policy. Underwritten at Lloyd's,...
Tapping into another source of revenue.
Jennifer Jarrett's article in PB's January 2000 edition made interesting reading. The search for new...
Pressing the right buttons.
New technology, in the form of the Internet and digital TV, is set to threaten the position of brokers in the insurance selling chain. Martin McLachlan explains why they must act now in order to survive.
Independent Insurance sponsoring Art and Antiques Fair.
Independent Insurance is once again sponsoring The Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair. The sponso...
Abbey in shock reduction of legal expenses premiums.
Abbey Legal Protection has surprised the market by halving premiums on its employment-led commercial...
Call in the experts.
Outsourcing allows brokers to concentrate their resources on the most profitable areas of business, and now the options for farming out specific tasks, so retaining control, are more varied than ever, says Steve Banner.
Rural offers farmers LOLER and PUWER compliance service.
Rural Insurance Group is offering brokers with farming clients a new service to help them comply wit...