Articles by Judith Ugwumadu
Quizzical questions: 14 December 2018
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Members surprised at Fairchild’s Broker Network exit
Fairchild credited with giving the network back the strength with insurers that it “lost during the Towergate years”.
Hiscox and Stride team up to launch property owners policy
Stride will distribute the policy to brokers by delegated authority.
InsurTech Futures: Home insurance app Buzzvault starts trading
The business will trade as a managing general agent and has been backed by Munich Re Digital Partners.
Broking success: Toby Clegg, chief executive officer, Clegg Gifford
Driving growth: Clegg Gifford’s chief executive officer Toby Clegg tells Insurance Age why the branch model and ARs are key to winning and retaining business
Quizzical questions: 07 December 2018
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Oak enhances household product to include cyber
The policy now covers losses from fraud, telephone hacking and ransom.
SEIB buys Greenwood Moreland Insurance Brokers' equine book
Book was sold to build on existing foundations and to deliver a higher level of expertise.
Finch Group buys Southampton-based Specialist Insurance Agency
This is the broker’s seventh purchase since it became Broker Network’s first “regional powerhouse” in October 2016.
UK subsidence claims jump to £64m in Q3 2018
July, August and September saw highest level of subsidence claims since the record-breaking heatwaves of 2006 and 2003.
InsurTech Futures: Lloyd’s Lab starts search for second tech start-up cohort
First global talent search drew in almost 220 applications from 36 different countries.
AmTrust’s UK liability exit could see premiums rise
Brokers warned to prepare for prices to increase by 10%-15% as the provider’s departure causes “ripple effect”.
Chubb launches terrorism risk management tool
The product is designed to help customers understand their terrorism risk and will be distributed via brokers.
Home insurance bills drop
Consumer Intelligence research shows average premiums fell 0.4% to October 2018, but increases could be on the horizon.
AmTrust pulls out of UK liability market
The book will be put into run-off in January.
InsurTech Futures: Aviva takes majority stake in Neos
Deal follows on from the insurer's previous strategic investment in the start-up MGA.
Chief operating officer Shirine Khoury-Haq to leave Lloyd's
She will stay on until the first half of 2019.
Industry welcomes passing of Civil Liability Bill ahead of Royal Assent
Biba chairman Lord Hunt of Wirral urges the government to avoid further delay in signing the bill into law.
Motor insurance pay-outs soar to record levels
ABI data shows that the cost of theft claims has surged by 32% to £271m in the first nine months of 2018.
Thomas Carroll buys Monmouthshire Building Society's personal lines book
The building society sold to its commercial insurance arm to the broker in 2016.
Aviva on top again in Brokerbility satisfaction survey
Axa and RSA take joint second place.
CBL Insurance placed into liquidation
Decision comes after two of the firm's major creditors did not support voluntary administration.
Gallagher set to ink another deal before Christmas
Michael Rea reveals that a number of buys have been lined up for 2019.
Richard King-founded Ticker teams up with Willis Towers Watson
Telematics provider Ticker, which is backed by former England footballer, Gary Lineker, and ex-Dragons's Den star Theo Paphitis will use the Radar product.