Articles by Siân Barton
Bluefin reveals restructure
Commercial and corporate divisions merge to form retail broking which will be split into six divisions.
RFIB completes Calera Capital sale
Deal goes through with RFIB staff retaining significant stake in the business.
Volvo fires warning shot to insurance
Car manufacturer reveals it will accept liability for driverless cars.
Bruce Stevenson hits £25m GWP
Broker expands to larger office in Glasgow as it says income has risen to £5.5m and staff numbers increased 19%.
Das Legal Expenses moves into loss for 2014
Das Legal Expenses posts a loss of £232,000 for 2014 and reduction in GWP and COR hits 100.3%.
IPO sees rating upgrade for Hastings
Moody’s increases Hastings rating by two notches with a stable outlook.
Liberty exits UK motor market
Insurer says book will close to new business from 1 November 2015 as it cannot give "stable and ongoing commitment" to customers.
NIG extends cyber range
Insurer says cover includes cyber crime, cyber liability and data breach expense and responds to broker requests.
Two new directors for Alan Boswell
Gillian Anderson Brown and Alastair Drew both promoted to the board.
Axa leads Brokerbility survey
Network’s survey of key insurer partners puts Axa top for satisfaction and claims and Aviva highest for underwriting.
Innovate now, before someone else does!
Ingenin’s Manjit Rana warns that if the sector fails to innovate it will suffer when (not if) the disruptors come calling…
Broking Break: Your top five on Friday
Winter may be setting in but brokers and insurers are definitely not hibernating. Here are the top five stories that got everyone talking this week.
Cyber-crime sees 2.5m computers hacked
Cyber crime and fraud figures highlight opportunities for brokers as market encouraged to develop cyber expertise.
The Great Debate: Focus on connectivity
Brokers without a digital strategy warned they will be “in trouble” at the Future of Broking Debate.
Das COO Paul Timmins departs
Timmins had been with the insurer for seven years.
Davey to leave SSP
Davey to depart the software house at the end of the month.
MCL Insurance signals growth
Northern Ireland broker reveals 20 hires following growth of its online brands.
Bluefin Network partners with Das on motor
The network now has access to Das motor assistance gold policy.
Arista’s Jones heads to LV
Euros Jones to replace Mike Crane as commercial lines director at LV Broker.
Hastings prices IPO at 170p per share
Conditional arrangement puts market capitalisation of the broker at £1.2bn.
NFU to cut 85 roles
NFU Mutual confirms job losses as it looks to consolidate its regional service centres.
Bend with the FCA and stop taking commission
Ravi Takhar, CEO of Orchard Funding Group, explains the advantages of an insurance broker becoming a lender.
Cliff confirms further Brightside exit
Tristan Scaife to leave Brightside subsidiary One Insurance Solutions.
Aviva calls on brokers to keep up on digital
Innovation experts insist that sector “must move to digital at the same pace as customers”.