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Market Moves: Big names Sime and Giles among this week's notable departures
There were high-profile changes within both the insurer and broking arenas this week – with two significant moves involving senior figures at major organisations. At RSA, long-serving employee Chris Sime revealed his decision to walk away from his…
Open GI enhances insurer relations manager team
Open GI has promoted Tavis Childs to the role of insurer relations manager.
Towergate sells Power Place to Open GI
Open GI has acquired Power Place from Towergate for an undisclosed sum, in a deal which will see 48 staff – including chief executive Nick Giddings – move across to the software provider.
Aggregator quotes peak at 163m in January
Open GI has recorded its highest monthly volume of aggregator quotes, amounting to over 163m in January 2013, with motor quotations amounting to 90% of the this figure.
Market moves: Busy week for insurers sees sector take on seven new recruits
Following a week of broker domination in recruitment, insurers have battled back in a big way with no fewer than seven headline hires at companies ranging from agricultural insurer Rural to Lloyd's syndicate Aegis London.
Open GI names South West account manager
Systems provider Open GI has moved to bolster its sales department with the appointment of a new account manager dedicated to the south west of the UK.
Market moves: Towergate and Kinetic get the recruitment ball rolling for 2013
Towergate and Kinetic were the most active recruiters this week, each bringing in a raft of new hires. Towergate welcomed a seven-strong team to its office in Aberdeen, while Kinetic brought in three new staff from Lime Street brokers.
Open GI promotes customer service lead
Systems provider Open GI has expanded the role of its customer service head in a bid to bolster services.
Open GI names product development head
Systems provider Open GI has moved to bolster its product development operations with the appointment of Kerri Finnegan to head the department.
Groupama Insurances launches software house integration
Ageas subsidiary Groupama Insurances has launched its first e-traded product on Open GI, Acturis and Insurecom.
Open GI wins IT systems deal with 'trial-blazing' broker
Specialist insurance broker Three Dimensional has selected Open GI to help it with administrative back office systems.
Open GI appoints regional account manager for south east
Systems provider Open GI has appointed former accident management company boss Matthew Scott to the role of account manager for the south east region.
Open GI boosts protection against credit card fraud
IT solutions provider Open GI has enhanced its card payment solution, CreditLine Plus, to incorporate additional fraud prevention measures to validate card details and verify the cardholder’s billing address.
Endsleigh teams up with Open GI
Endsleigh Business Insurance Services has begun using technology firm Open GI's new software platform which produces policy quotes in minutes.
LV Broker launches ABC Home on Open GI
The new deal follows the success of the ABC car insurance product on the platform and is part of LV Broker's continuing strategy to strengthen its electronically traded product range.
Groupama goes dynamic on Open GI
Groupama is providing brokers with dynamic pricing on its motor quote engine through Open GI.
In series Competitive edge: Big data, big deal
Insurers welcome the availability of more information on their insureds, but the handling of so much data presents many challenges.
Market moves: UK General and Towergate lead the pack
Insurer UK General and broker Towergate were the main movers and shakers this week, appointing a new chief operating officer and director of group mergers and acquisitions respectively.
Open GI becomes payment service provider in ROI
Open GI has become a payment service provider in the Republic of Ireland with its new service, Credit Line Plus.
Ireland's Wrightway puts renewals on EDI
Ireland’s largest underwriting agency Wrightway is converting all of its manual motor policies to full cycle EDI on Open GI, removing the need for paper transactions on renewals.
County Insurance Consultants target online presence
County Insurance Consultants has targeted the development of an online personal lines presence after putting pen to paper on a new three-year deal with Open GI.
British Insurance Awards: Leading a revolution
THE E-BUSINESS AWARD - WINNER - POWERPLACE
People moves – 30 June 2011
A round-up of people moves and new appointments in the industry, as featured in the 30 June 2011 edition of Post.
Career development & CSR: Open GI clinics given CPD nod by CII for a fourth time
Open GI's product clinics have been accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute for the fourth year running.