Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
Toby van der Meer new CEO at Hastings as Gary Hoffman moves to chairman role
Current chairman Mike Fairey to retire.
FCA fines totalled £229.5m in 2017
Compliance experts warn that regulator still has appetite for issuing fines.
Quizzical questions: 05 January 2018
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Charles Randell to replace John Griffith-Jones as chair of the FCA
Randell to take up role on 1 April.
Broking Break: Your Top 5
A frantic start to the year on the news front saw acquisitions, a familiar theme from 2017, continue to dominate. Miles Smith, Markerstudy and Endsleigh being sold to A-Plan dominated the list but there was still room for SSP’s outage costs to make an…
Simon Beale appointed MS Amlin CEO as Charles Philipps retires
Beale to take up the reins on 1 April.
Markerstudy keeps brand after insurance company sales – Gary Humphreys interview
Group to be an MGA and is looking to expand broking arm.
Markerstudy sold to Qatar Re
Deal expected to complete in first half of 2018.
Markerstudy in takeover discussions with Qatar Re – report
Insurance Insider reveals possible deal for Gibraltar-based insurer.
Tempcover targeting growth in “perfect storm” of increasing demand
Broker to spend on advertising, staff, IT and potentially acquisitions after private equity-backed MBO deal.
Higos buys GMM Commercial
Fourth deal for the broker since it was bought by GRP.
Paul Chainey aiming to double Miles Smith turnover after private equity deal
CEO confident of hitting five-year target.
Allianz and LV deal approved
Announcement made on 29 December 2017.
Tempcover completes £13.3m MBO
Deal backed by private equity firm Connection Capital.
Review of the year: December 2017
Bluefin being fined £4m by the FCA dominated the interest of Insurance Age’s readers in the final month of there year. There were two stories in the top five but there was also room for a new MGA, a fraud court case and another look at Amazon’s insurance…
Private equity buys majority stake in Miles Smith as MS Amlin exits
Broker has over 220 staff and annual GWP of £170m.
Profits down one third at UK General for 2016/17
Results show net written premiums ticking up by 3.6%.
Losses narrow to £3.48m at Sure Thing! in 2017
Gross written premium and policy numbers stable at the broker.
Chartered Insurance Institute to remodel faculties as societies
Ant Gould, director of faculties at the CII to leave in the New Year.
Brokers optimistic of LEI growth in 2018 but wary of regulatory challenges
Survey of brokers conducted at Insurance Age’s Broker Expo.
Review of the year: November 2017
It was a double double in November. There were two entries for the Ardonagh Group and two for Amazon in the penultimate month of the year. But it was a new partnership between Bollington and Wilson that ultimately topped the most clicked list.
Biba welcomes proposed delay to IDD as good news for brokers
David Sparkes calls potential delay a “great” and “sensible” step.
European Commission seeks to postpone IDD until October 2018
New proposals could see seven month delay.
Travelers Europe opts for Dublin in response to Brexit
Insurer joins XL Group in choosing the Republic of Ireland.