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Support for BIIBA plans.
The British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association has now received all of the responses from ...
NU's post-acquisition redundancies hit 600.
Norwich Union has announced another 230 redundancies as part of the integration of ITT London & Edin...
GAN and Lombard move closer to merger.
A joint working party, comprising Lombard and GAN senior executives, has completed the first phase o...
PM drops transaction charges.
In a radical change to the way it derives revenue, Policy Master has ceased levying transaction char...
Appointment at Countrywide Insurance Marketing.
Countrywide Insurance Marketing has made Russell McMullen (above) sales support manager. He has prev...
Crowe Insurance provides direct access to bus & coach policies.
Crowe Insurance has set up a new facility to provide provincial brokers with direct access to its bu...
Drake to expand into Lloyd's.
Brighton-based Drake Insurance is planning to make a move into the Lloyd's market in a bid to expand...
Appointment at Agricultural Insurance Underwriting Agencies.
Agricultural Insurance Underwriting Agencies has appointed John Agnew (above) as area manager for Sc...
Future of SIF could rest on postal ballot.
Solicitors across the country will have to wait until 12 May to hear the results of a postal ballot ...
NCD protection for Cornhill motorbike.
Cornhill Insurance has added a no-claims discount protection to its motorbike policy, aimed at exper...
Raising money for Comic Relief.
Overheard has been amused to learn of all the weird and wonderful things the insurance industry did ...
New HHH call centre.
Hill House Hammond has launched Business Insurance Direct, a commercial lines call centre in Bournem...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Devitt Insurance Services has made Alex Minajew (above) its new business development manager. He is ...
Appointment at D Woodruff & Others.
John Cross has joined Syndicate 1236, D Woodruff & Others as liability underwriter. He will be respo...
Rags to riches.
Stuart Alexander has seen massive expansion since it was set up in a small office in Battersea in 1993. Alex Shead and Stuart Reid tell Tim Collison how it proved the sceptics wrong.
Hodson expands further.
The RP Hodson Group is continuing its expansion with a merger between its financial services divisio...
Addressing future challenges.
Cardiff will be the venue for next month's BIIBA annual conference. Shona Cronin looks at what is in store during this three-day seminar-lead event tackling future challenges in the broker market.
Appointment at Letsure.
Letsure has appointed John Oakley (above) as the first non-executive director to the board of Lumley...
Zurich unveils first stage of its best-of-breed product range.
Following its decision to brand all broker general insurance products with the Zurich name, Zurich F...
Last call for BIA entries.
Time is running out, you only have a week or so left to put together your entries for the British In...
Keeping a roof over your head.
The arrival of the long-awaited baseline product for mortgage payment protection gives brokers an ideal opportunity to promote this essential cover, says Keith Sankey.
Appointment at Euclidian.
The Euclidian board has changed the titles and roles of two of its directors. James Truscott is n...
Top gear.
High-performance car insurance is still the domain of a handful of specialists, with only a couple of insurers prepared to enter the big league, says Tim Collison.
GISC proposals attacked by IIB membership.
Members of the Institute of Insurance Brokers have reacted with concern to the General Insurance Sta...