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Markerstudy confirms Tradex deal
Markerstudy has confirmed it is buying Tradex Insurance Services alongside snapping up Lloyd’s broker Clegg Gifford in a move that is expected to mark it stepping back into risk-carrying underwriting.
Jensten posts £21.5m loss as it reveals £35.1m Tasker price
Jensten has revealed that the deal for Tasker Insurance Group cost £35.1m with the majority of the bill – £33.6m – paid in cash.
Chambers and Newman reveals profit in Ardonagh sale year
Chambers and Newman has recorded a post-tax profit of £385,000 for the period including the sale to Ardonagh.
GRP buys Christopher Trigg Insurance Brokers
Global Risk Partners has bought Hedron Network member Christopher Trigg Insurance Brokers.
Caravan Guard posts turnover dip but underlying growth
Caravan Guard has posted a 6% fall in turnover to £11.9m in the year ended 31 March 2022.
Aston Lark to open branches in South Wales and the Thames Valley
Aston Lark is expanding its UK regional footprint by opening offices in South Wales and The Thames Valley.
SRG starts 2023 with Fleet and Commercial buy
Specialist Risk Group has bought Oxfordshire-based specialist broker Fleet and Commercial in its first deal of the year.
Brokerbility strikes first schemes deal with Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical has become the new insurance partner for Brokerbility’s bricks and mortar scheme, taking over from Aviva.
FCA fines drop to £214.3m in 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority dished out £214,250,056 in fines in 2022, the fourth lowest on record since the FCA was formed in 2013.
Higos adds 10 apprentices in Wiser Academy tie-up
Higos has taken on 10 college leavers as apprentices working with Wiser Academy to help build the next generation of insurance brokers in the South West.
Ataraxia and MVP rebrand as The Broker Investment Group
Peter Cullum-backed Ataraxia and Minority Venture Partners are rebranding to The Broker Investment Group, Insurance Age can reveal.
BGL Insurance to create 300 jobs in 2023
Markerstudy-owned BGL Insurance has committed to boosting its headcount by 300 people next year.
SRG spent £58.9m on buys in 2021
Specialist Risk Investments, which trades under the Specialist Risk Group brand, spent £58.91m on five acquisitions in 2021, a filing at Companies House has revealed.
Chris Haggart succeeds David Hopwood as CEO at Hedron Network
Chris Haggart, commercial director retail at Global Risk Partners, has been appointed CEO of Hedron Network.
Qmetric swings to loss
Policy Expert owner Qmetric Group Holdings has posted a post-tax loss of £9.99m as gross written premium broke through the £200m barrier.
FOS to maintain levy at £106m despite forecast increase in cases
The Financial Ombudsman Service has frozen its levy for the 2023/24 financial year at £106m stating that due to the current economic climate and the pressures that businesses are under there will be no increase for inflation.
Blog: Keeping on with the Broker Diversity Push
In his opinion piece in October 2016, Insurance Age’s columnist Tony Cornell asked why do so few women get to the top in broking?
AM Best downgrades Qatar Insurance Company ratings
Ratings agency AM Best has downgraded the financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings of Markerstudy-affiliated Qatar Insurance Company to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent).
Trade bodies back broker diversity campaign’s drive
The leaders of Biba, the MGAA and Liiba have reaffirmed their commitment to support increasing diversity in the market as Insurance Age launches the Broker Diversity Push – Gender Leadership Gap campaign.
Insurance Age makes benchmark and backing call to trade bodies in Broker Diversity Push campaign
Insurance Age has urged the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, the Managing General Agents’ Association and the London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association to investigate creating a broking industry benchmark and ways of working together…
Regular and rigorous measurement needed to improve gender leadership gap, says Sian Fisher
“There is a very good reason why all businesses have such exacting financial packs and that is because what gets measured gets done,” Sian Fisher told Insurance Age for our Broker Diversity Push – Gender Leadership Gap campaign.
Broker Diversity Push – Q&A with Ardonagh’s CFO Diane Cougill
In an exclusive interview with Insurance Age as part of our Broker Diversity Push - Gender Leadership Gap campaign, Diane Cougill, chief financial officer at The Ardonagh Group shares her insights from a firm that while it has a rising percentage of…
Gender gap stats no surprise but “crushingly disappointing” – Freedom’s Sam White
Sam White, founder of Freedom of Services Group, tackles the broking sector’s image, recruiting from other industries and the question of quotas as she shares her reaction to the gender diversity leader gap statistics.
Movo grows apprenticeship scheme
The Movo Partnership appointed representative network has expanded its apprenticeship programme taking on five new starters.