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Lucas Fettes buys HMB
Lucas Fettes has acquired London-based general practice, HMB. The link-up with HMB comes shortly aft...
NG hires Morgan
NG Insurance has appointed David Morgan in the new role of commercial director to oversee the day-to...
Distributors not tapping customer potential
Two thirds of distributors believe they could get customers to increase financial services spend if ...
PwC steps up hunt for owed Indie millions
Hundreds of Independent Insurance policyholders have received final demands from the collapsed firm'...
What the papers said this week
The Guardian The insurer More Than has come up with a novel way of making its call centres less f...
IIB slams travel loop hole
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has waded into the row over non-Financial Services Authority auth...
Marine market waits on beached cargo ship claims
The cargo ship beached on the UK's South-west coast is insured by at least four different companies,...
Re-launched CRS aiming to double staff numbers
London market broker Cameron Richard and Smith has unveiled ambitious growth plans and anticipates d...
MIB crackdown
The Motor Insurers' Bureau has warned that the number of bankruptcy orders against uninsured drivers...
Gocompare expands on site launch
Personal lines aggregator Gocompare has begun adding services to its offering, following its launch ...
JLT loses experts
Lockton International has launched a specialist department within its professions division to provid...
Swinton drops CDL
High street broking giant Swinton is expanding its relationship with Software Solutions Partners, mi...
Staff costs precedent set
Staff costs are set to form part of recoverable damages for future business interruption claims, fol...
Beckett recruits CMIB staff for broking return
Former Chartered Insurance Institute president Bob Beckett is poised to make a full return to the br...
Marsh wins China license
Broker Marsh has been awarded China's first ever wholly-owned foreign enterprise insurance broking l...
North of the Border: No such thing as a free trial
In contrast to the position south of Gretna, legal aid is alive and kicking in Scotland. So, what do...
Directs ruled out of motor book bid
The UK's direct underwriters have been ruled out of the running for Provident Financial's £225m moto...
Interactive Missing List seeks to aid recovery
A website that claims it can provide an interactive database of everything that is missing will laun...
Allianz in claims move
Allianz Cornhill has introduced a new team of claims business consultants tasked with helping to imp...
Toad targets sat-nav fraud
Replacement specialist Toad is piloting a validation service to combat fraud and exaggeration with r...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Chaucer to diversify
Chaucer Syndicates has appointed Stuart Dickinson to lead the development of the UK commercial produ...
Heath pushes travel affinities
Heath Lambert has outlined plans to push its travel insurance schemes business for disease sufferers...
Plexus Law merger
Plexus Law is to merge with Gaston Whybrew, a specialist insurance litigation practice, under a defi...