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SSP passes Biba's software house review
SSP has successfully completed and passed the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s Broker Supplier Resilience Assessment visit.
Open GI buys rival software house Transactor
Open GI has acquired rival software house Transactor in a deal valued at £40m.
Applied Systems completes Biba software house review
Applied Systems has completed the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s software house review.
Open GI completes Biba software house review
Open GI is the first software house to complete an independent review by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association.
Brokers outline reasons for leaving SSP
Brokers that moved from SSP to a rival software house have spoken about their reasons for leaving.
Brokers hit by second SSP outage in less than a week
Brokers using SSP now face a second outage in the space of less than seven days.
50 brokers on SSP in ‘advanced negotiations’ over migration to Open GI
More than fifty brokers affected by SSP outages are in advanced negotiations to switch software provider to Open GI.
Biba urges cooperation to allow brokers to cede to Flood Re
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is urging insurers and software houses to cooperate to allow brokers to cede customers to Flood Re amid concerns its members are currently at a disadvantage to insurers' direct channels.
Head to head: Is it inevitable that SME will go automated?
This year’s Biba conference has the theme ‘Delivering our promise’. With that in mind, Post asked some leading industry figures to go head-to-head on SMEs.
Directors’ and Officers’: Time for expansion
With the modern ‘blame culture’, directors’ and officers’ cover should be an easy sell – so what is holding it back and how can this be overcome?
Absolute hires ex-Axa COO Carruthers as non-exec chairman
Former Axa commercial lines and personal intermediary chief operating officer Max Carruthers has joined the board of private investigation firm Absolute Partnership as non-executive chairman.
Be Wiser picks Open GI as commercial technology partner
Be Wiser has agreed a three-year deal for Open GI to be its commercial technology partner.
Video: Combatting mobile and online insurance fraud, without disrupting the customer journey
It is currently estimated that there are over 5 billion connected devices in the world.
Open GI and Powerplace complete MBO worth upwards of £300m
Open GI and sister company Powerplace have completed a management buyout valued in excess of £300m after tying up a deal with Montagu Private Equity following approval form the Financial Conduct Authority.
Market Moves - 20 November 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Open GI recruits commercial product specialist from Blackpool broker
Open GI has bolstered its product management unit by recruiting commercial product specialist Sara Noble from Blackpool-based Central Insurance Services.
Acturis teams up with Lorica as Open GI migrates out
Lorica Insurance Brokers has appointed Acturis to replace its existing back office administration systems, in a move that will result in branch migrations from the previous Open GI software.
ABI gets industry backing after L&G’s decision to withdraw membership
Trade body tight-lipped on whether L&G exit will impact membership fees.
Open GI parent reunites with PE backer Montagu to complete MBO
Open International bosses have reunited with Montagu Private Equity to perform a management buyout of the Open GI, Open GI London and Power Place parent company.
My Licence live on Open GI
Insurers can now access the My Licence hub through Open GI, with a number of panel insurers already signed up to the service.
Hanks bolsters NED portfolio with Open GI and Powerplace role
Former Allianz Commercial general manager Chris Hanks has added to his non-executive portfolio after agreeing to join the board as a NED of Open GI and Powerplace.
Ipswich motor broker Ignition Select teams up with Open GI
Software provider Open GI has confirmed it has reached a three-year deal with newly launched broker Ignition Select.
Mi rebrands as Open GI London
Open GI sister company Mi has rebranded to become Open GI London.
Open GI poaches QBE’s Alexander for sales role
Technology provider Open GI has appointed Kelli Alexander as its new business sales consultant.