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Trade association scheme
Heath Lambert has launched a scheme for trade associations and their members. The scheme has been de...
Towergate signs £500K Open GI contract
The Towergate Partnership has signed a £500,000 development contract with Open GI. The contract is ...
Appointment at I-Prism
I-Prism has appointed two new broker relationship development managers. Louise Austin, previously em...
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Broker partnerships
You're only as mature as the market you hold
Whenever we talk about the UK insurance market (or any major European one for that matter), we nearl...
Councils unite to threaten Zurich market supremacy
Zurich Municipal's monopoly of the market for district councils could be under threat, with a number...
Hill Dickinson moves team
Law firm Hill Dickinson is moving key members of its fraud and policy team to its Manchester practic...
JLT gears up for online growth after acquisition
JLT's £6.6m acquisition of Pavilion Insurance Network will provide the company with a bolt-on intern...
Appointment at Towergate
David Perry is the new sales director for Towergate's retail broking division. Mr Perry was formerly...
Biba rolls out crisis control scheme
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has rolled out a Crisis Control scheme to its members, which it claims will allow brokers to provide added value to commercial property accounts.
Biba launches crisis control scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association, in partnership with ISS Damage Control, has today launched the new BIBA Crisis Control scheme.
Budget hires IT director
Budget has appointed David Matthewman as IT director, a newly created role, to head up an expanding in-house IT team to support the group’s ambitious strategic growth plans.
Global broker seeks to dominate world-wide SME markets
Willis is accelerating its effort to grow its business among small companies around the world with the appointment of Tom Bartleet as CEO of the global small commercial business.
Liberty appoints Kynixa for liability claims
Liberty International Underwriters has entered into an arrangement with Kynixa to provide rehabilitation services to employees covered under Liberty’s employers’ liability policies.
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Hill Dickinson fraud bosses move down M62
Law firm Hill Dickinson is moving key members of its fraud and policy team to its expanding Manchester practice.
Arag joins Broker2Broker panel
Broker2Broker has chosen Arag Legal Insurance to provide a range of commercial legal expenses products on its system.
JLT deal over Pavilion approaches completion
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has issued an update on yesterday's bid for niche insurance broker Pavilion.
Oval launches wide cover for a construction plant-hire policy
Oval Underwriting Agencies, a trading style of Oval Insurance Broking Limited, has relaunched its wholesale product for Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) members with underwriters QBE and Royal Sun Alliance (RSA). The product is called The CPA…
SSP and IBM planning May launch for software platform
Software Solutions Partners and IBM are to launch the next generation of insurance company software, SSP insure J on 1 May 2007 at a joint seminar at IBM’s UK headquarters at Bedfont Lakes near Heathrow.
Atrium profits increase threefold, FD steps down
Lloyd's insurer Atrium record pre-tax profits of £44.7m (2005: £10.0m) up 347% during 2006, the company announced today.
SMEs face holiday entitlement law headache
Small to medium-sized businesses are most likely to be negatively affected if minimum holiday entitl...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has only just caught up with the rest of the UK, after her clocks failed to go forward at the ...