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Giving credit where it's due
The strained relationship between insurers and credit-hire organisations has put the agreed industry standard on rates in jeopardy. Now, insurers have turned to bilateral agreements with rival companies as a way to reduce costs but many argue that it is…
Technology policy takes individual needs into account
CFC Underwriting has launched what it claims will be the first tailored insurance policy for technol...
Highway first provider to offer access to product via EDI
Highway has become the first motor insurance provider to offer access to a classic vehicle product v...
KGM Motor Insurance launches policy targeted at taxi drivers
A policy specifically targeted at taxi drivers has been launched by KGM Motor Insurance. The company...
Personal Lines Initiative of the Year - BGL Group - ibuyeco
UK Broker Awards 2008 Supplement
Provident rebrands product suite to increase online sales potential
Provident Insurance has replaced its Vantage range with a newly branded product suite for the person...
Highway promotes services to customers using ClaimWatch
Highway has claimed to be the first insurer to promote its services online to customers using the Cl...
Private Clients Intermediary - Chambers & Newman part of the Smart & Cook Group
UK Broker Awards 2008 Supplement
Aon approves of no change in equality legislation law
An Advocate-General at the European Court of Justice has rejected Age Concern's claim that forcing people to retire at or after 65 without compensation breaches EU equality legislation.
Cathie Bruce leaves Groupama to head up Choicequote
Groupama’s distribution and customer services director Cathie Bruce will leave the broker-only insurer to head up one of its acquired brokers, Choicequote, Insurance Age has learnt.
Industry meets government to discuss uninsured driving changes
The government has met up with senior insurance figures to reveal more about its plans for the introduction of Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE).
Uninsured drivers risk having cars crushed
Ministers will this week unveil plans for a new offence of keeping a car uninsured, which will allow police to match insurance industry databases against DVLA records and identify cars which do not appear to be covered. The move follows last month’s…
Driving offences - On the highway to jail
Kate Archer argues why new sentencing guidelines have serious consequences for the perpetrators of death by dangerous driving
Without frontiers
Overseas business
Network plagiarism row over but not forgotten
The parties involved in the recent network sabre rattling have pulled back from any legal action fol...
The hottest insurance gossip
It always brings a smile to Polly's face when she hears of insurers suffering the same accidents as ...
Be wary of standard fleet offerings
I read with interest the product review of Norwich Union's Fleetwise policy (Insurance Age, July, p5...
LV guns for broker business after making £150m offer for Highway
LV has confirmed acquisition talks with Highway Insurance Group, after it revealed a recommended cas...
DFI adds NU to its panel
Direct Fleet Insurance (DFI) has added Norwich Union (NU) to its panel. With NU actively bidding for...
Delite Insurance Agency exends specialist services
Delite Insurance Agency has extended its specialist services for complex household risks into Northe...
Endurance introduces new lines
Endurance has introduced new lines of business to complement its established individual property ins...
Little Book of Market expertise
Zurich shares its specialist market knowledge with brokers in this special PB Little Book
PB Week: Investment returns hit insurers' profits
Insurers have been benefiting from a growing economy where things could seemingly only go up, now many of them are being hit hard by their investment portfolios no matter how diverse, writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of Professional Broking magazine, the…
Ecclesiastical posts significant loss in half year results
Ecclesiastical has blamed poor stock market returns, metal theft and its “modernising” drive for a poor performance in the first six months that saw it report a pre-tax loss of £21.5m.