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Allianz puts 70 people at risk of redundancy
Insurer completes review into its household claims operations.
Aviva stops selling standalone travel product through brokers
Aviva chief distribution officer Phil Bayles says volumes were too low for the product to be commercially sustainable.
Amicus opens office in Newcastle
Broker targets £1m GWP for new office in the first year.
QBE chooses Brussels for post-Brexit EU base
Insurer to expand its current Brussels branch.
Insurance Linx buys Leicester-based broker
New purchase is broker's eighth acquisition.
Premium Choice reports slight drop in turnover for 2016
Broker also posts rising profits for the year ended 31 December 2016.
Quizzical questions: 2 June 2017
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Brokers warned of the dangers of underinsurance following Ogden change
Miles Smith publishes guide urging brokers to make sure their clients are covered for increasing liability levels.
InsurTech Futures: Worry+Peace launches insurance Marketplace
Broker says platform aims to be like Amazon Marketplace, but for insurance.
UKBA: Staveley Head says winning helped boost business partnerships
Awards close to entries one week from today.
Video: A broking minute with Richard Dornan of Premium Choice
Meet the underwriting and business development director of Premium Choice in our latest video.
News analysis: Towergate investors to create insurance giant
Market reacts to HPS and MDP plans to amalgamate their UK insurance investments – including Towergate, Autonet, Chase Templeton, Direct Group and Price Forbes – into one group
Tokio Marine Kiln launches post production media insurance
Product is aimed at companies specialising in editing and digital content and includes cyber cover.
InsurTech Futures: Aviva leads £5m investment in Neos
Connected home InsurTech start-up also signs underwriting capacity deal with Munich Re.
InsurTech Futures: Regulation in InsurTech needs to change, says Aviva's Wilson
Aviva group CEO says there's room for brokers as technology evolves.
Gallagher versus Portsoken court case settled
Legal spat focused on confidential information from Agent Assure’s database and Dallas Kirkland business.
InsurTech Futures: Advent launches portal for ancillary products
Firm says proposition will initially provide motor-related ancillary products to brokers.
Broking success: Richard Dornan, Premium Choice
Growth driven: Richard Dornan, underwriting and business development director at Premium Choice, explains how the broker has carved a niche for itself but is expanding into new areas.
UKBA: Be Wiser says win boosted staff morale
Chairman Mark Bower-Dyke recommends brokers to enter following Be Wiser's Training Award win at the 2016 UK Broker Awards.
InsurTech Futures: Ageas to use AI in claims handling
Insurer claims first on using AI in motor claims handling.
Lloyd's contacts all staff about voluntary redundancies
Corporation sends email to staff about voluntary severance programme.
Ex-FSA chairman Adair Turner joins Chubb
Lord Turner takes up non-executive role at the insurer.
High street broker - dying out or opportunity to grow?
Insurance Age looks at the branch network model following Swinton closures.
Markerstudy hints that buying and not selling is on agenda
Martyn Holman says company is raising funds rather than looking for a sale as it considers future acquisitions.