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NIG site: advanced broker searches for customers
NIG has launched a website to help promote brokers. It is also offering brokers the chance to build...
Highway restructure
The successful introduction of electronic data interchange-based quotes has encouraged Highway to r...
Little and often
Current trends indicate consumers are opting to take shorter but more frequent holidays, with European city breaks particularly popular. Learning to identify such trends is key to tapping into this market, reports Angela Faherty.
NMT confident about funding opportunities
New Millennium Technologies insists that it will carry on, despite the fact it has lost its major i...
Protect your identity with Chubb offering
High net worth clients can now get cover for identity fraud through Chubb Insurance's Masterpiece p...
Appointment at Primary Direct
Daniel Fletcher has become marketing manager for Primary Direct. He joins the company from Providen...
A year in the life of the insurance industry
As 2002 draws to a close, Rachel Gordon checks out the major events of the past 12 months and urges brokers to take note of issues facing the industry in 2003.
Zenith Insurance breaks into the home market
Zenith Insurance, known principally for its range of motor products, has launched its first househo...
Another day, another battle
The plans of brands to expand their customer bases with insurance products signals another supposed threat to the broker market, but, as with direct writing, this is unlikely to sound the death knell for brokers.
TPG: no more end-of-year declarations
Business travellers' special needs can now be covered with a policy from the Travel Protection Grou...
Avon competition winner
Congratulations to the winner of the Avon Insurance football competition - Janet Perrins of Aon in ...
Bluesure fails to secure capacity for new business
Lack of capacity has forced Lloyd's-backed insurer Bluesure to cease accepting new business. Bl...
Elite competition
Broker Elite has launched an online taxi quotation facility to its approved agents. The service is ...
Stability is key for the future of the insurance industry
I read with interest the editor's comment in the October edition of Professional Broking. We ca...
Appointment at Gale & Phillipson.
Insurance broker Gale & Phillipson has made Neil Parker corporate account executive. He will be base...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has appointed Dean Fletcher as business solutions manager within the commercial product developm...
A bleak winter outlook for brokers
Brokers have two fewer carriers this month, with the failure of Lloyd's start-up Bluesure and the s...
Longford champagne offer
Longford Insurance Schemes has launched www.chauffeurplan.co.uk/brokers, a website to accompany its...
Tough talking for testing times ahead
Insurers' assets are shrinking while liabilities increase, indicating structural change rather than a cyclic hardening, chairman and chief executive of Aon Dennis Mahoney tells Diane Smyth. And this is likely to lead to a shortfall of capacity for…
NIG buys Avon book
NIG has bought Avon's general insurance business from NFU Mutual. Avon's personal and commercial ...
Limits raised on AUL property schemes
Niche property specialist Agency Underwriting Limited has increased the capacity on its property sc...
Fresh gets motoring
Recently established intermediary Fresh! Insurance has launched its first specialist motor insuranc...
Sirius' new online initiative set to be fully launched during
Sirius Financial Systems will launch its online initiative Stargate in November. The system is ...
Is a company car your pride and joy?
Car owners may be proud of their own vehicles but can be less careful with company cars, safe in the knowledge they will not have to foot the bill. Jack Brownhill says employers and fleet companies must throw cold water on this lazy attitude.