Broker News – Page 508
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Brit ready to cut regional brokers
Brit Insurance is looking to cut the number of brokers it trades with through its regional offices. The insurer said it would decide in the coming months which broker partners it wanted to do business with.It is looking to trade only with brokers which currently have accounts in excess of ...
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Brokers slam complex FSA questionnaire
Brokers say meaningful response impossible and guesswork needed
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Title insurance to benefit from Olympics 2012 effect
Insurers that provide cover in the event that title conflicts arise during land transactions are anticipating a boom in business heading into the Olympics.David Hawkins, managing director of First Title Insurance, said he was expecting a boom as companies capitalised on the thriving opportunities surrounding the Olympic site in London’s ...
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Top academic issues climate warning
Local authorities need to introduce greater measures to deal with flooding
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Interaction is the key to success
Brit Insurance says the introduction of trading floors for brokers could spark the beginning of a three-way relationship
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Heath Lambert retains Morley account
Contract follows appointment of Matthew Bates as MD of real estate team
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Court dismisses suspected ‘cash for crash’ claims
Six claimants ordered to pay legal costs
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Commercial property at a loss
Properties could be losing out to the tune of £300m after being hit by floods
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Storming new figures
A windstorm on the scale of 1987 would result in more than £4bn of losses
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IT data shows brokers are falling behind
IT escalating costs are biggest concern for insurance managers
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FSA bans insurance broker
Richard Wolf of Rotheville Insurance Brokers left clients uninsured
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Ex-Sirius director joins Open GI
Appointment to focus on development of commercial lines products
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Tyser MBO will 'secure its independence'
Partners reduce share ownership as employees gain greater stake
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Bridge joins Brokers Link
Broker becomes sole UK representative of global insurance partnership
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Giles: consolidator growth could spell end of MGAs
Giles Insurance chief executive Chris Giles has warned that managing general agents (MGA) face a difficult future as their markets disappear, with the growth of the consolidators. His comments came as he admitted that Giles Insurance would be ending its trading relationship with underwriting agencies Primary General and Fusion. The ...
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CBG eyes regions after London buy
Manchester broker CBG is looking to expand into other UK regions after completing its first acquisition outside the North West.CBG paid £2.71m in cash and shares for Marcus Hearn & Co, the trading subsidiary of the Marcus Hearn Group of Companies, based in Shoreditch, London.Marcus Hearn, which offers specialist insurance ...