Product
Commercial Express highlights hair and beauty scheme
Commercial Express has launched a hair and beauty product for hairdressers, barbers and beauty therapists.
Bridgehaven backs MGA Alchemy’s professional risks launch
Bridgehaven Insurance has backed managing general agent Alchemy’s launch into the professional risks market.
New property MGA Ventis launches with ex-Covéa quartet
Ventis, a specialist commercial and residential real estate managing general agent, has opened for business.
RSA teams up with Brit to launch Project Cargo consortium
RSA and Brit have launched a new Project Cargo consortium, BUILD, offering guaranteed capacity of up to $285m (£223.8m) for risks worldwide.
Cowbell expands cyber appetite from SMEs to £1bn turnover firms
Cowbell has extended the reach of its cyber insurance beyond SMEs to cater for businesses with an annual turnover of up to £1bn.
Hug Hub stakes revolution claim with “first of its kind in the UK” extranet roll out
Hug Hub has launched Extranet Hub, an aggregator-style quote tool, claiming it is the first of its kind in the UK that promises to revolutionise commercial quoting for brokers.
Broking Success: Customer service is key for retention
Ben Henderson, managing director of Brownhill Group, is looking to expand the family-run broker’s in-house schemes and double gross written premiums.
Insurtech ARMD expands into the broker tradespeople market
ARMD, an insurtech, has formed a managing general agent to target brokers interested in the £6.5bn UK tradespeople insurance market.
Blog: Digital systems – More a present day necessity than futuristic vision for brokers
Brokers can make a leap in terms of managing client relationships and understanding market dynamics through using digital systems. Stubben Edge director of intermediary Andy Waring looks at what is available and how they can be implemented for maximum…
The Green Insurer launches on CDL’s Strata
The Green Insurer has opened for business claiming to be the UK’s first truly green car insurance broker.
Policy Expert eyes accelerated growth after ADIA takes majority stake
Steve Hardy, CEO at Policy Expert, is confident that new majority backer ADIA understands the business and is well placed to support it going forward.
Ripe adds motorhomes and campervans to portfolio
Insurtech broker Ripe has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of motorhomes and campervans insurance.
Advertising feature: Three ways brokers can help clients gain a security advantage when selecting cyber insurance
Tom Draper, UK head of insurance, Coalition outlines the most important ways brokers can help clients select cyber insurance providers that will give them a security advantage.
Flock to push on broker relationships with NIG fleet partnership
Insurtech Flock has partnered with NIG on fleet insurance in a move that will also involve opening up more broker relationships, according to Ed Leon Klinger, CEO of the managing general agent.
Blog: Surety Bonds support construction clients through challenging times
Factors such as higher inflation, fluctuating interest rates, and labour shortages, mean the construction sector faces ongoing challenges. Hannah Sewell-Moore, surety manager, Kerry London, explains how a wholesale surety bonds broker can support these…
Rokstone launches contingency portfolio
Managing general agent Rokstone is launching a contingency portfolio promising a same-day quote turnaround for brokers.
Prestige teams with Open GI on Coverall update
Prestige Underwriting has partnered with Open GI to launch a refreshed version of its non-standard home proposition, Coverall.
Tesco enters non-standard home with Prestige partnership
Tesco Bank has moved to offer non-standard home insurance to customers via a partnership with Prestige Underwriting.
C-Quence launches real estate product and ‘drag & drop’ automated submission reader
Managing general agent C-Quence has launched a real estate product for the property owners market, and unveiled a ‘drag & drop’ automated submission reader.
MGA Moveda goes live to broker market
Moveda Underwriting, a managing general agent set up by the Movo Partnership in May, has gone live to the independent broking sector with capacity from AmTrust and Irwell.
Cliverton plans to double business – again – in five years
Cliverton is aiming to double the size of the business in the next five years, having achieved the same feat in the past five years, according to Lynne Fisher, associate director at the Norfolk-based broker.
Insurers twitchy on pest controller insurance
As bed bugs infiltrated headlines across the UK last month, publicity for the pest control sector spread alongside them.
CFC extends cyber cover for professional services firms
Cyber insurance provider CFC has upgraded its packaged insurance policies for professional services businesses in a move it claimed could be a “game changer” for SMEs that cannot afford standalone cyber cover.
Direct Commercial launches broker portal for commercial motor market
Direct Commercial has launched its portal giving brokers more functionality and accessibility to the MGA’s services.