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Biba will arrange meeting between SSP and brokers
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association will arrange a meeting between SSP and brokers that have lost business as a result of the SSP outage.
Brokers ‘up to neck in accounts’ as problems at new SSP data centre resolved
Brokers who had experienced further outages this morning despite being reconnected to SSP’s Pure platform only yesterday, have seen service resumed.
Brokers restored to SSP are now offline again
The process of restoring service to brokers hit by the SSP outage has hit another hurdle after a key part of the software failed this morning.
James Gerry steps down from MGAA chair after six months
James Gerry has stepped down as chairman of the Managing General Agents Association after just six months on the job.
R&Q acquires Aegon GI run-off
Randall and Quilter has acquired the general insurance run-off business of Aegon Insurance Company.
Career file: Jack Howell
Zurich has appointed Jack Howell as its new Asia-Pacific CEO. He is expected to join the company on 1 September and will be based in Taikoo, Hong Kong.
Original outage occurred while upgrading brokers to newer site, SSP CEO claims
SSP was already in the process of moving customers to another data centre when the power outage occurred, the company’s CEO said.
Brokers push for faster transition to rival software companies after SSP outage
Brokers that were already in the process of migrating from SSP to rival software company Transactor, have asked to have the transition processed quicker following the outage on the Pure platform last week.
More than 40 brokers back online after SSP outage
SSP has divided its brokers into four segments and is uploading the data of each in succession, Post has learned.
Justice minister to speak on whiplash reform at ABI motor conference
Newly appointed justice minister Oliver Heald will give the keynote presentation at the Association of British Insurers’ Motor Conference.
Nelson: Brexit is an opportunity to offload ‘burdensome’ regulation
Lloyd’s chairman John Nelson has called for the UK to abandon “overly burdensome” regulation following Brexit.
PPI complaint numbers still 'significant challenge', ombudsman warns
The Financial Ombudsman Service said the number of payment protection insurance complaints it receives is still a “significant challenge”.
SSP restores limited service to handful of brokers
A handful of brokers have been given limited functionality on SSP's Pure Platform, 11 days after the service was downed by a power outage, with promises that the full service will come later.
R&Q ‘back in the black’ after turnaround in results
Randall and Quilter has announced a pre-tax profit of £1.2m for the first half of 2016, a turnaround from a £4.5m loss in the same period last year.
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Brexit is opportunity to abandon ‘mad’ gender directive
Female drivers in the UK could have saved £500m every year since the European Union’s Gender Directive was introduced.
Lloyd’s chairman hints at post-Brexit EU underwriting hub
Lloyd’s chairman John Nelson has hinted that the corporation would establish an underwriting hub in Europe if the UK loses single market access.
SSP begins to move brokers to secondary data centre
SSP is moving brokers to a backup data centre in West London, as the power outage that stopped business last week rolls on to its 10th day.
Insurers ‘on notice’ after Hanjin shipping collapse
Insurers should be ready for a deluge of claims in the coming weeks as the collapse of Hanjin shipping company leaves cargo stranded at ports or on the high seas, Crawford & Company has warned.
Davies Group adds Core Claims to its casualty division
Claims service provider Davies Group has acquired specialist motor and equestrian handler Core Claims for an undisclosed sum.
SSP accused of making 'wrong call' over decision not to use secondary data centre after outage
SSP has a backup data centre that wasn’t used when an outage occurred last week because of concerns that a modest amount of data would be lost, Post understands.
SSP has ‘set back timeline’ for restarting service after another hardware fault detected
SSP has told brokers a plan to restart service gradually today has again been postponed due to hardware failure.
Motor body has no record of drivers left uninsured by SSP outage
Motorists left uninsured as a result of the SSP outage could be left in a legal limbo if they are stopped by the police, the Motor Insurers Bureau has warned.
SSP breaks promise to resume service today
SSP has told brokers that its Pure Broking platform will not resume normal service today, despite assurances it would.