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Arag purchase
Legal services provider Arag has purchased the family and commercial legal expenses business portfol...
Changing the speeding culture
Speeding remains a significant problem in the UK. Although the Government has taken measures to slow drivers down, the insurance industry is lagging behind. Grant Mitchell calls for efforts to be shifted up a gear
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PRODUCT OF THE MONTH Halfway house for low-value car owners Product: TPFTplus Underwriter: KGM Mo...
Car insurance premiums see first Q1 rise for six years
The average quoted premium for an annual comprehensive car insurance policy rose by more than 1% over the first quarter of 2009, according to the AA's latest benchmark British Insurance Premium Index.
Home theft expected to rise with unemployment rate
Homeowners have been urged to be cautious about their security with recession-related theft predicted to rise in the UK over the next six months.
Arag grows market presence with acquisition
Legal services provider Arag has acquired Capita Assistance's family and commercial legal expenses business portfolio.
High net worth - The high life
Katherine Brandon investigates the high net worth market where the broker is still king and trade remains strong
Appointment at Provident Insurance
Provident Insurance has hired Rachel Tempest in the new role of account manager for its General Moto...
Two new household products launched
Two new household products, covering non-standard risks and the mid-net worth market, have been laun...
Capita Group acquires Hero Insurance Services
The Capita Group has acquired Hero Insurance Services from LV for approximately £15m. Hero, a person...
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Feeling the squeeze
As the recession beds in, underinsurance is fast becoming a problem in the home insurance sector. Martin Friel looks at whether brokers have a moral obligation to ensure clients have suitable cover
The Green Insurance Company joins panel
Eco-friendly insurance intermediary The Green Insurance Company has joined BeatThatQuote.com's panel...
Research from Gocompare.com
Millions of drivers are considering taking drastic action to reduce the cost of keeping their cars o...
Axa's products now available to Acturis users
Axa's core household products - ABC, ABC Lite and Extra - are now available to users of Acturis. All...
Small Broker Focus - Showing suppliers that you care
In all the talk of customer focus that has saturated advice to managers in the past 10 years, it is ...
Insurance Age on-air news review
Jessica Pothering sums up this week's broking news headlines, which included: Total being found 100%...
Zenith appoints new CEO
Peter Austin has been appointed Zenith Insurance's new CEO by Jeff Mack, group CEO for Guardian Holdings (GHL), Zenith's parent company. His appointment will be effective starting in April.
BeatThatQuote goes green
BeatThatQuote.com has announced that eco friendly insurance intermediary the Green Insurance Company has joined its panel bringing the total number of contracted motor insurers up to 62.
Drivers prepared to commit fraud to bring down premiums
Millions of drivers are considering taking drastic action to reduce the cost of keeping their cars on the road, according to new research from Gocompare.com.
Appointment at Arista
Arista has recruited David Matthews as senior development underwriter. Based in the Manchester branc...
Appointment at Total Objects
Total Objects has hired Martin Eves as director. Eves has spent the last 28 years in technology role...
Rupert Wagstaff - Plain sailing
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Look beyond your websites
Why are so many niche brokers still apparently blind to the business opportunities that the internet...