Emmanuel Kenning
News editor, Insurance Age
Emmanuel is the News editor of Insurance Age and has over a decade of experience writing about the insurance industry.
Well connected with the broking community he is now in his second stint at Insurance Age.
He started his career as a reporter on broker-focused title Professional Broking in 2009 becoming a senior reporter ahead of joining Insurance Age at the end of 2010.
Promoted to features editor in October 2011 Emmanuel became editor the following June holding the post for nearly six years before deciding to return to being a reporter to focus on news writing and analysis.
Along with deep knowledge of insurance he has also gained a solid understanding of reinsurance through a year writing on the market with a particular focus on insurance-linked securities at Trading Risk.
He re-joined Infopro-Digital in late 2019 taking up the position of senior reporter at Post working on the broking beat.
Emmanuel returned to Insurance Age in February 2022 to lead the news team. He focuses on bringing in and editing exclusive news and analyses along with keeping readers up to date on company announcements throughout the sector.
He also supports the editor across videos, podcasts, events, profile interviews, data driven research, opinion pieces and more to help keep Insurance Age ahead of the competition.
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Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
Professionalism through the eyes of a client
Anthony Stewart, client of Home & Legacy, has summed up his experience of professionalism in the insurance broking market as including knowledge and delivery rather than a soul destroying experience which saps the will to live.
Clear Insurance Management gets chartered status
Clear Insurance Management has been awarded chartered insurance broker status by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
Lockton recruits again from Lucas Fettes
Lockton has recruited Jonathan Hyde as wholesale account manager in its Manchester-based Lloyd’s and London Market wholesale unit.
Biba swaps Lorega for Das in loss recovery scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has replaced Lorega with Das UK as the provider for its loss recovery scheme.
Home & Legacy grows technical team
Home & Legacy (H&L) has appointed Stuart Davis to a newly created senior technical underwriter role and promoted Nick Wilmot to senior technical underwriter.
Alway praises “solid” Jelf performance
Jelf group chief executive Alex Alway has praised the broker's performance as “solid” in a challenging market.
Swinton renews with SSP in five-year deal
Swinton has renewed its relationship with SSP for a further five years to access the software provider’s technology for its nationwide branch network, call-centre and web-based operations.
Jelf reports revenue and profit growth
Jelf has revealed a 1.9% increase in group revenues to £35.9m (H1 2012: £35.2m) as Ebitdae grew 14.3% to £5.1m in the six months to the end of March 2013.
Can brokers sell telematics?
For the past few years telematics has been touted as the future of motor insurance and the solution for young drivers in particular.
RSA pulls Prime Choice from HNW open market
RSA has confirmed it will no longer sell home insurance policy Prime Choice directly to customers.
RSA to unveil exclusive Biba conference deals
RSA has revealed plans to give brokers who attend the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s (Biba) conference exclusive deals.
Towergate retains chartered status
Towergate has claimed it remains the only company to hold chartered insurance broker and chartered insurer status following the renewal of both awards.
Ceta adds LV to household panel
LV has joined Ceta’s home insurance panel which currently includes Allianz, Ageas, Covea, Zurich and Covea and is responsible for £25m of premium income.
XL details $300m Shariah compliant offering
XL Group is to offer Shariah compliant insurance cover to large corporate and middle market clients.
Capita in Shariah compliant MGA start-up
Capita Insurance Services has agreed to finance start-up managing general agent (MGA) Cobalt Underwriting Services.
Hiscox UK sees GWP boost
Hiscox UK has revealed an 8.5% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) for the first quarter of 2013 to £96.7m (Q1 2012: £89.1m).
Hiscox launches wedding car scheme
Hiscox has teamed up with broker Abbeyfields to launch a niche policy for wedding car hire companies.
Insurer view: Professionalism as partnership
Aviva has concluded the insurer-view segment of Insurance Age’s professionalism campaign by declaring professionalism is about partnerships.
Brokerbility unveils MacKay Corporate as first Scotland member
MacKay Corporate has joined Brokerbility as its first Scottish-based member, taking the group’s membership total to 36.
Arag expands claims team
Arag has added three new members to its claims department with the appointment of two new claims handlers, as well as a senior claims handler in the before-the-event team.
RSA reports flat UK premiums
RSA has reported net written premiums of £726m in the UK for the first quarter of 2013, up fractionally on the £725m written in the same period of 2012.
Towergate confirms £396m bond offering rate
Towergate has announced the pricing of £396m of debt, in the form of senior secured notes due in 2018.
Simply Business closer to management buyout
Simply Business is set for a deal to separate from Brit Group through a management buyout, sister title Postonline has revealed.
Ecclesiastical reveals Hews as group CEO
Ecclesiastical has appointed Mark Hews as group chief executive officer with immediate effect, replacing Michael Tripp whose plans for retirement were announced in January.