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BIBA to set up software evaluation service.
The British Insurance Brokers Association has finally abandoned plans to embark on its own technolog...
Home truths.
Many of those affected by the recent climatic onslaught have had cause to test how watertight their insurance is. With the scope, availability and distribution channels of household cover increasing, householders have no need to be left high and dry,…
Zurich Enterprise.
Zurich Financial Services has launched a new business UK Enterprise, which it claims will focus on t...
West Sussex Council not responsible for damages.
The insurance industry was relieved this week, following a court decision ruling that a school's res...
Promising results.
South African broker Alexander Forbes, which owns employee benefits group Johnstone Douglas and the ...
Willis expands e-business service.
Willis Group brokerage has acquired e-business service and product developer Wire for an undisclosed...
Admiral plans to establish new ILV.
Direct motor insurer Admiral is to establish a new managing agency as part of plans to form a new In...
Sherwood expands with acquisition of Promark.
IT solution provider Sherwood International has acquired general insurance policy administration sof...
Concern over polarisation plans.
An announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown last week that the government is conside...
Orient express.
Lloyd's has received permission from the Chinese authorities to set up a representative office in Be...
Lincoln unit open for business.
Lincoln Financial Group, which recently transferred its sales force to Inter-Alliance, has announced...
Comparison count.
IBM has launched a web calculator. Divided into sections for retail banking, insurance and financial...
Lloyd's double for MMT.
New London market consultant MMT Management Consultancy is on track to double in size over the next ...
CMG aids upgrade.
Independent financial adviser Momentum Financial Services has invested £1.8m with software specialis...
E-clamp-down.
E-mortgage 'infomediaries' - websites offering home-buyers comparative mortgage tables and product i...
Axa Nordstern co-sponsors exhibition.
Fine art insurer Axa Nordstern is co-sponsoring the Brice Marden exhibition at the Serpentine Galler...
RSA extends Enterprise.
Royal & Sun Alliance is extending Enterprise, its small business service for brokers, as part of a c...
Post publisher seeks to float.
Post Magazine 's publisher Incisive Media this week announced that it is to seek a flotation on the ...
Free and easy - to a point.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Manchester manpower.
Manchester's insurance sector is expanding rapidly, and with several major insurers having moved to the city, recruitment is again on the agenda, says Edward Murray.
Beating the panel.
The question of insurance company panels and what they mean for solicitors and loss adjusters was thrashed out at Post Magazine's round-table event last week. Jane Bernstein reports.
Modern profits.
Insurance companies are missing out on up to £22m of annual savings by failing to adopt modern payme...
Vavo adds cover.
The internet portal for the over 45s, vavo.com, has added single trip cover to its product range....
SVB Holdings launches assault on commercial insurance market.
SVB Holdings is to launch a spring assault on the commercial insurance market through its subsidiary...