Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
Greenwood Insurances and Moreland Insurance Brokers merge
Scottish businesses to keep both brands and offices.
Editor's letter - June 2017
Up in smoke: In a difficult market, brokers need to be innovative and find new niches
Roundtable: The case for legal expenses insurance
Our panel of experts discuss how to encourage commercial clients to take up legal expenses insurance and future opportunities with a growing MGA market
Allied World targets regional brokers with new UK commercial division
New division to focus on commercial combined, property owners, contractors all risks and combined liability.
Broking Break: Your Top Five
A real spread of topics has captured the attention of brokers over the past week. Management reorganisations, opinion on Ogden, products, court cases and debt make up the list.
Towergate owner issues £800m debt offer
Bond offering to refinance existing debt.
Gallagher versus Portsoken court case settled
Legal spat focused on confidential information from Agent Assure’s database and Dallas Kirkland business.
Aviva stakes claim to industry first with BI calculator and enhanced cover combination
Insurer's research shows that two-thirds of SME customers only take out business interruption cover for 12 months or less.
Lockton opens new office in Aberdeen
Broker unveils three new recruits joining from Marsh.
SSP confirms service disruption and apologises to users
Brokers frustrated at further service outage issues at the software house.
Henderson investigating MGA route for end of 2017
Firm would target up to £100m of premium via new approach.
Henderson’s former chairman Fred Gibson retires from the business
He joined the firm in 2002.
AIG confirms former Marsh boss Brian Duperreault as CEO
Duperreault replaces Peter D. Hancock.
ABI reveals its preferred new discount rate framework
Trade body calls for break from linking to one investment asset and that a panel of experts be brought together to help set future rates.
Horwich Farrelly closes claimant arm
Business confirms new strategy focusing on defendant work as it reports increase in annual turnover.
RSA achieves chartered status
Insurer receives award for UK commercial lines business.
Towergate posts Ebitda loss for Q1 2017
Consolidator reports organic growth for the third quarter in a row.
Editor's letter - May 2017
Branching out: Swinton’s redundancy plans highlight the changing habits of customers
Chubb revamps financial lines covers
Extended wordings for D&O and commercial crime products.
Broking Break: Your top five of the week
Takeovers have once again come to the fore in this week’s news with two stories in the top five.
Beazley launches financial lines product suite
Insurer flags new offerings including for cyber and Brexit labour movement risks.
Biba rolls out leisure scheme with Jackson Lee Underwriting
Trade body strikes second deal with firm following on from GAP insurance relationship.
AIG Europe COR soars to 111.8% in 2016
Insurer reports pre-tax loss of £171.1m for the year but flags improved figures for first quarter of 2017.
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