Articles by Siân Barton
The Blog Spot: The insurance gender pay gap
Siân Barton asks: Are women working in insurance really worth 24% less than men?
Insurance Cares: FCA plans ‘vulnerable customers’ consultation
The regulator also issued a discussion paper on Duty of Care for firms when dealing with consumers.
Rowett Insurance Broking buys Curwins
The south west broker made the deal for an undisclosed sum.
SSP adds Das legal expenses to Keychoice
Commercial legal expenses and loss assist are now available to brokers using the Keychoice platform.
Insurance Cares: Toolkit launched to tackle domestic abuse
The kit has been sponsored by Insurance Charities to help insurance employers deal with domestic violence.
A Broking Minute: With Paul Reid, MD of Lifesure
The boss at the personal lines broker tackles our fast-paced Q&A.
Former Zurich boss sets up HNW broker
Jason Connon, ex-head of sales and distribution at Zurich Private Clients, has launched Provenance Insurance Brokers.
Broking success: Paul Reid, managing director, Lifesure
Commercial ambition: Lifesure is using experience gathered in personal lines to help it make the leap into commercial, managing director Paul Reid tells Insurance Age
Das v Asplin: Asplin guilty in fraud case
Paul Asplin, the former CEO at Das, was found guilty of fraud charges alongside ex Das claims director David Kearns and former wife, Sally Jones.
Covéa to close Glasgow and Newcastle offices
Eleven people have left the business due to the changes as the insurer focuses on mid-market.
PIB buying spree continues
The consolidator buys Wheatley Wright Insurance Group two days after announcing Albany Childcare buy.
Roundtable: Dealing in data
Data is the lifeblood of insurance, but how is technology and regulation changing its use?
Brokers finally have date for senior managers’ regime
The FCA has published when the Senior Managers & Certification Regime will come into force for brokers and revealed it is developing a directory of financial services workers.
PIB Group buys Albany Childcare in 17th deal
Glasgow-based Albany provides insurance for family run childcare businesses.
Editor's letter July 2018
It’s all kicking off: The rumour mill is in full effect, but it’s not just football that everyone’s talking about
First Insurance Solutions launches commercial indemnity scheme
The flexible scheme is being wholesaled to limited brokers and will be available to the entire market in the next few weeks.
The Blog Spot: Doubling down on dual pricing
The ABI highlighted its work around dual pricing this week. Siân Barton supports the crackdown by Biba and the ABI, particularly how it could help vulnerable customers.
aQmen refreshes faith insurance policy
The PIB-owned underwriter first introduced the cover in 2015 and has added cyber loss recovery plus a number of features to the policy.
APC’s Russell hails Folgate’s market return
The insurer is set to write business lines including property, liability, warranty and PI and is targeting £50-60m GWP by January 2019.
Construction broker calls for aggregator ban
Mark Herbert, MD at Construction Insure, urged housing minister Dominic Raab to stop price comparison sites offering quotes to small businesses in the construction sector.
Folgate to start writing business again
The Folgate business will be underwritten by its owner APC Underwriting.
Arnott Marine launches offshore and subsea product
MGA targets small and medium sized UK brokers.
ERS offers specialist motor breakdown cover
The product has been designed for people with “non-everyday” vehicles and is only available through brokers.
Report suggests Amazon could expand Protect product
However CB Insights said that Amazon acting as more than a distributor in the home market was “unlikely”.