Articles by Siân Barton
Kelliher pledges wholesaler push
Business looking to double GWP for retail division and give more brokers access to facilities and London Markets.
Pen confirms redundancy threat at Chelmsford
Pen Underwriting plans to relocate some of its schemes business resulting in risk to 12 jobs.
Biba manifesto 2018: Push to prevent regulation stifling productivity
Biba calls for stability in rate of regulatory change, proportionate supervision and a global competition objective for the FCA
£500,000 Gallagher fraudster jailed for 34 months
Former employee James Cunnington was found guilty of defrauding the company in November last year.
Ardonagh sells remaining Broker Network stake in £30m deal
Nevada, an investment vehicle originally backed by KIRS Group, has purchased a further 19.9% of the business.
Interview: Staysure’s Ryan Howsam
The chairman tells Insurance Age how the business has developed since its inception ten years ago and outlines its plans for growth.
Stuart Vann out at Esure
CEO leaves as the insurer looks to new leadership in order to take the business to the “next level” in an “increasingly digital and data driven world”.
Broker Network buys Saffron Insurance
The organisation said the East Anglian broker is its “fourth regional powerhouse”.
Ian Gosden steps down as Higos MD to focus on deals
Ian Gosden becomes chair of the GRP-owned broker as Neil Thornton steps up to the interim managing director role.
GRP broking CEO Mike Bruce hails County Group deal
The deal gives Global Risk Partners its first hub in the North West and is the consolidator's biggest acquisition so far.
Lycetts grows South West presence
The broker has opened a branch at Tisbury in Wiltshire, its third in the region.
GRP strikes its biggest deal buying County Group
Global Risk Partners has bought the Crewe-based broker to be its north west regional hub.
CII poised to move to 21 Lombard St
The change in location follows the sale of Aldermanbury which took place last year.
Brendan McCafferty out in Axa restructure
McCafferty leaves with immediate effect after just under a year as UK CEO intermediated and direct following a restructure of Axa’s UK business.
CII’s Sian Fisher tackles online criticism
Fisher responded to claims on public forum Glassdoor about staff turnover, spending and the controversial sale of Aldermanbury.
The Blog Spot: Is this the end of insurers owning brokers?
Siân Barton wonders how recent sell-offs may affect the shape of the market.
Andy Homer becomes non-executive chair of Hood Group
The former Towergate investor and CEO takes over from Eric Cater who becomes a non-executive director.
Brokers still critical of SSP Pure reliability more than a year after the outage
CEO responds as users claim tech company has further to go on service and communication while exiting broker complains of high charges to retrieve data.
Biba launches trade credit scheme
The trade body has teamed up with specialist CMR Insurance Services.
Bridging the gap
Swinton’s Anne Kirk argues that helping customers get informed about insurance is the key to retention.
SSP focused on brokers following “regrettable and detrimental” outage
CEO Steve Lathrope discusses the software house’s results for 2016/17 and addresses the impact of the outage.
Arc Legal launches household cyber cover product
The personal support policy can be provided via brokers as part of a home insurance policy or as part of legal expenses cover.
Former Broker Network CEO Gary Duggan to lead Saga retail broker
Duggan, who joined Saga in September last year, has taken on the role of CEO for Saga Services.
SSP reveals outage cost
Results for the year ended 31 March 2017 show a profit dip and detail how much the highest paid director received.