Personal
UK Broker Awards on film
Martin Friel, editor of Insurance Age, gets the winning words from the best in the business
The great housing puzzle
The personal household market is growing ever closer to the personal motor model with customers making greater use of aggregator websites. Emmanuel Kenning explores how brokers can differentiate themselves.
Brightside's insurance broking revenues rise
The group's insurance broker division has reported an increase in revenue to £14.4m
Top 50 Brokers in Personal Lines supplement
Insurance Age has published its popular annual Top 50 Brokers in Personal Lines supplement
Tempting decisions
Finding new business and keeping it is an ongoing preoccupation for brokers and insurers and, with aggregators driving many personal lines sectors into aggressive price cuts, the pressure is on to compete in this market, writes Fiona Nicolson.
Life's no beach
A sector depression and change in regulatory structure have both added pressure for those involved in travel insurance. Opportunities do still exist for canny brokers though, argues Rachel Gordon.
Zurich chief calls for action
David Smith, Zurich's UK managing director of general insurance (broker division) talks to PB editor Andrew Tjaardstra in the latest PB video.
Axa reports drop in overall GWP
Axa reports growth in household on the back of its deal with Marks & Spencer.
Shariah compliant cover under one roof
Salaam Halal's personal insurance is designed for Muslims and non-Muslims
Three new countries become toxic
Healix's research leads to the upgrading of Malta, Turkey and Singapore
Half of customers disregard policy documents
Survey reveals customers 'can't be bothered' with terms and conditions
Heath Lambert secures major retail contract
Debenhams enters into five year agreement with Heath Lambert for direct offering
James Hallam bucks consolidator trend
Anscombe: clients are increasingly seeking a return to core service values
Tesco and Fortis forge new deal
Tesco opts for Fortis to underwrite car and home insurance products
Snowball and Towergate split
Patrick Snowball has parted company with Towergate Financial Servies as part of a restructure of the operation.
KGM focuses on fraud
KGM Motor Insurance has appointed a fraud manager to streamline financial crime management processes across the business.
KGM aims to enhance claims capabilities
KGM Motor Insurance will aim to expand its twin-centre in-house claims department. The jobs are being created as part of KGM's growth strategy in which it is targeting a GWP in excess of £100m by 2011.
Nice 1 launches two new resource sites
Nice 1 has launched two new resource sites for its authorised Theft Protect intermediaries. The Brok...
Provident bolt-on product launch to supplement motor pay-outs
A new add-on motor product has been released by Provident Insurance designed to supplement insurance...