All the latest news from Practice Insure http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news/index  Professional Broking Magazine has in the last month published an article on 'Construction in crisis. Recessionary pressure is hitting the construction industry harder than most. Emmanuel Kenning reviews an insurer's advice to brokers supporting clients Of all the sectors affected by the recession, construction can arguably claim to have suffered the most.  With just over 2.2 million people still employed in the UK's construction industry, most brokers are likely to have a construction firm or related company as a client. Key construction industry i http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news?news_id=35 Insurance Times magazine has in the last month published an article on 'Consumers spoilt for choice, criticises insurance report' Consumers are confused by 140 insurers offering more than 200 different policies, a report from Defaqto says. The report, called ‘Motor Insurance 2009: Another Bumpy Ride', states that more aggregators will make choosing an insurance policy even more confusing. http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news?news_id=25 We are delighted to announce that the Insurance Institute of Manchester has awarded Caunce O'Hara & Co Ltd the title of General Insurance Broker of the Year 2009/10. At a glittering award ceremony held at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester on 24th September 2009 the judges said the following:- The three finalists all put forward outstanding entries, causing difficulties for the judges.  The judges said the following about the winner From a scratch start in 1995, this company have shown year on year g http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news?news_id=23 Insurance Times has in the last month published an article on Online rates must increase ‘to avoid a catastrophe' Swinton chairman Patrick Smith warned insurers that they desperately needed to increase rates. "Our market has a long history of bloodbaths followed by significant increases in rates.  Here we are again, at the buffers, still driving hard." He said online rates should be pushed up immediately to avoid a "catastrophe waiting to happen". "If this market is to become sane insurers have got to increase their rates inline by at least 20% com http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news?news_id=15 Insurance Times Magazine have in the last month published an article on 'Cash struggles spark boom in underwritting fraud' As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, costing honest motor insurance customers between £50 and £60 per policy.In an attempt to slash the price of motor insurance premiums, people are declaring false information, perhaps unaware that their insurance may be invalid as a consequence.Simon Warsop, director of motor pricing at Norwich Union, said: http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news?news_id=7 Shout99 have recently published an article as follows; "A leading accountancy body has called on the government to respond promptly to 'a cry for help' from small firms.In welcoming the recent Anderson Review which recommends ways to improve government advice to businesses, Clive Lewis, Head of SME issues at the ICAEW, urged the Government to provide better information on compliance issues for small firms.The Anderson review revealed that three quarters of SMES struggle to find information about whicb regulations apply to http://www.practiceinsure.co.uk/news?news_id=6