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Call for tougher regulation accepted by aggregators
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has called for rules governing electronic trading to be updated to keep pace with technological developments in the aggregator space.
Meerkats and opera singers come under the FSA's spotlight
The FSA's announcement of guidance for aggregators when it comes to treating customers fairly in the selling of general insurance has provoked a flurry of responses from you the loyal reader. Perhaps you're tired of the large opera singer and Aleksandr…
Penny Black's insurance week
Last week, Penny caught up with the man of the moment, outgoing Towergate CEO Andy Homer. Modest as always, Mr Homer insisted that for luring Mark Hodges from Aviva he and his colleagues deserved a "pat on the back".
Go Compare to study FSA recommendations
Go Compare has backed the Financial Services Authority's latest set of guidelines for aggregators.
Legal & General joins Gocompare home insurance panel
Legal & General’s general insurance business has joined the home insurer panel at Gocompare, providing customers with access to Essentials and Extra home insurance cover.
Website Review: Confused
In the latest of its ongoing series, web performance specialist Gomez looks at Confused's website.
Go Compare slips down the rankings
Go Compare has fallen to 11th place in a study of the most visible insurance websites, published by search engine research firm Greenlight.
Penny Black's insurance week
Given his aspirations as a pop impresario, Penny was interested to see former IAG UK boss and Hastings investor Neil Utley enter the annual Rich List chart above the likes of George Michael, Robbie Williams and Phil Collins.
Post Blog - Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? The Rich List is two degrees of Henry Engelhardt
Sitting in my local barbers on Sunday awaiting my pre-British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference trim I soon became engulfed in this year's Rich List.
Post Blog: Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? The Rich List is two degrees of Henry Engelhardt
Sitting in my local barbers on Sunday awaiting my pre-British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference trim I soon became engulfed in this year's Rich List.
Hastings' Utley, Go Compare's Parsons and Sabre's Morris all enter Rich List
Former IAG UK CEO and current Hastings chairman Neil Utley has entered the Sunday Times Rich List top 1000 today at 430= with a fortune of £160m.
Website Review: Bell Insurance
In the latest of its ongoing series, web performance specialist Gomez looks at Bell Insurance's website.
Broking supplement - Commercial rates: A war of words
The soft commercial lines market has heated up recently, as insurers accuse each other of failing to put prices up. Rachel Gordon reports on this bitter war of words.
Brand building - advertising: channelling advertising opportunities
Television remains the most powerful tool in the advertising armoury of insurance companies — but they must adapt to changing view patterns and innovations to survive in the market, says Ralph Savage.
Regional review - Cardiff: a sleeping dragon?
Despite being the largest city in Wales, the Cardiff insurance sector faces daunting challenges in the future. Daniel Dunkley finds out how it plans to face them.
Allianz launches on Go Compare
Allianz Insurance’s online-only car insurance offering, Your Cover insurance, is now available Go Compare.
E-business: Google arrival means aggregators will have to work harder
Price comparison sites have been urged to "pedal harder" following the arrival of Google in the aggregator market.
E-business: Online marketing needs clear objectives — not just ideas
Clear objectives and good ideas are vital for insurers to reach consumers using online marketing strategies, Chemistry Communications Group has claimed.
Aggregators join ABI and Biba in fraud fight
Aggregators have joined forces with the Association of British Insurers and British Insurance Brokers' Association to publish new guidance on online application fraud.
E-business: Customer reviews to play bigger retail role
The insurance industry must prepare for the growing influence of customer reviews in the retail market having a knock-on effect in insurance.
Penny Black's insurance week
It is always heartening to see people battling adversity, and those in New Zealand have had it bad over the past six months.
Go Compare profits soar beyond £30m for 2010
Price comparison site Go Compare has reported a £30.1m pre-tax profit during the 2010 financial year (2009: £12.1m).
Interview - Janet Connor: targeting the over 50s demographic
Managing director of Rias Janet Connor chats to Amy Ellis about targeting the over-50s demographic, embracing aggregators and non-insurance diversification.
Rias to launch on aggregator
Over-50s insurer Rias is set to move onto aggregator websites for the first time in a bid to keep up with the competition.