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MMA Insurance registers another record year
MMA Insurance has registered another record year of performance, with profits exceeding £21.6m. The ...
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Emergency repair requirements are, by their very nature, extremely stressful. Long gone are the days...
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Cooper Gay opens new Eastern Europe offices
The Cooper Gay Group has announced the opening of offices in both Belarus and Russia as part of the company’s strategy to expand into Eastern Europe.
Allianz Cornhill calls for re-think on property risk
Allianz Cornhill today claimed that the insurance industry is finding it increasingly difficult to assess the true risk to commercial and personal lines property owners due to the ever widening extremes of the weather in the UK.
MMA profits top £21m
Intermediary-only insurer MMA Insurance plc has registered another record year of performance, the best in its history, with profits exceeding £21.6m.
SSP enables single log-on access to imarket
Software Solutions Partners (SSP) has received imarket security infrastructure sign-off.
Regency Group rebranded Homeserve
Insurance and warranty scheme provider, The Regency Group is changing its name to fall in line with the overall brand image of its parent company, Homeserve.
Heath Lambert launches new look Property Portfolio team
Heath Lambert Group has relaunched its Property Portfolio division, following the resignation of the division's managing director and a team of people leaving to join a rival broker.
Towergate acquires PI specialist
The Towergate Partnership has acquired London based Bray Wintour Patis, who specialise in professional indemnity and also operate a number of scheme facilities, including a facility for Removal companies.
Highway rejects Chaucer and terminates talks
Highway Insurance has rejected an offer for the company from Chaucer Holdings and has terminated talks. Highway's shares fell to 36.25 pence on the news. Chaucer's shares rose to 53.5 pence.
Heath strikes deal with Lloyds TSB
Heath Lambert Insurance Services, the personal lines division of Heath Lambert, and Lloyds TSB Insurance today announced details of a new partnership which will see the two organisations working together to provide branded insurance solutions to the…
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Appointment at Affinity Solutions
Affinity Solutions has made Peter Friend chairman. He has enjoyed a 20-year working partnership with...
Four back Prince's Trust industry push
The Davis Group, Primary Group, Close Premium Finance and the British Insurance Brokers' Association...
Brokers have benefited from Direct Line legacy
Norwich Union Direct may have started writing business in 1996 (PM, 7 April, pp14-15). Of course, th...
Allianz dedicates two to 'super-regionals'
Allianz Cornhill has reinforced its broker strategy for 'super-regionals' with the appointment of tw...
Broker trio teams up for "important" launch
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has teamed up with three members to launch what it has de...
Ascot Underwriting launches Ataq
AIG-backed insurer Ascot Underwriting has launched Ataq, an online terrorism quoting facility for re...
Insurers await test case after settlement
Insurers awaiting test cases on passive smoking litigation will have to wait longer, after a claim s...
Towergate Partnership buys Hall and Clarke
The Towergate Partnership has bought Harrow-based Hall and Clarke. The intermediary is a specialist ...
Concerns over new EL firms
Peter Staddon, technical director of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, questioned how brok...
Novae hires marketing assistance
Novae Underwriting has agreed a deal with Font Marketing for the provision of marketing support for their partnership brokers.