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Jensten adds to London Market and underwriting construction teams
The business has added expertise to its Senior Wright and City Underwriters operations.
FCA focus on fair value causes confusion for brokers
Research by Ecclesiastical shows 40% of brokers do not understand how their business will be impacted ahead of the new product governance rules coming into force on 1 October.
Blog: Modelling the risk of flood
FOIL’s Laurence Besemer explores the flood solutions designed to better model risk and help those in danger of this catastrophic peril.
Prestige Valuations unveils jewellery pricing tool for brokers
The firm says the software can provide instant valuations for brokers to help them determine whether items are underinsured.
Saga takes pricing director from WTW
Graham Wright joins from Willis Towers Watson where he is currently a senior director.
Saga reports loss after tax of £3.1m
Interim results for H1 2021 highlight group loss but directors flag “robust” numbers as the business looks to recover from £57.1m loss in the same period last year.
DNA Insurance confirms cyber incident
A number of phishing emails were sent from a staff member's account, and Ian Jacob, group chief risk officer of parent firm Aston Lark, says the breach was detected within minutes and no other accounts across the group were compromised.
Das UK team raises £45,000 for dementia research
The ten person team of insurance professionals took on the Ride Across Britain challenge earlier this month.
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Butterworth Spengler seals first deal since becoming part of JMG Group
The Liverpool-headquartered broker buys Brunsdon Insurance based in Gloucester.
Aston Lark reveals second deal of the day
Consolidator buys Abbey Murphy Insurance, an Irish broker based in Longford and Mullingar.
Dive In kicks off today with a focus on active allyship
The festival runs over three days with mental health, gender equality and racial inclusion highlighted as key issues to be tackled as a priority in the insurance sector.
Aston Lark buys private medical insurance specialist
Consolidator says it is set to make further deals in the healthcare space as it buys Bournemouth-based The Health Insurance Company.
Webinar: Growth through training and talent retention
Sign up to watch this on-demand webinar which explores what brokers must do to drive growth through training, talent acquisition and staff retention.
Biba launches scheme for media and entertainment sector
The scheme has been developed alongside Yutree Underwriting.
Businesses call for climate action in letter to Boris Johnson
Companies including Allianz, Aon UK, Brit Insurance, Convex, Flood Re, Marsh, MS Amlin Underwriting and Tokio Marine Kiln have urged the Prime Minister to demonstrate the government's commitment to addressing the climate crisis ahead of UN summit.
Lucida names broking division CEO
Simon Pearce joins the business which includes Right Choice, Moorhouse Group and Bennetts, as Insiyah Davenport also comes on board as group chief risk officer.
Brokers win big at the British Insurance Awards
Aston Lark, All Clear, Howden, Plan Group, Staysure, and Tysers all took home trophies on the night.
Jensten completes Tasker deal
The move sees Robert Organ take on the MD role for Jensten Retail as the business announces further board changes.
Zurich agrees £700m capacity deal with A-Plan's KGM
The deal means that Zurich will provide solus capacity to KGM for the next five years.
Group launched to help neurodivergent insurance workers
The group says that, despite great progress in the promotion and recruitment of a diverse workforce, where strides have been made to recognise equality, gender and disability; neurodiversity is often overlooked.
Home insurance premiums fall 6.4% off their June 2020 peak
Covid pushes home premiums down according to analysis from Consumer Intelligence.
Blog: How many policies have I sold today?
CDL’s Nigel Phillips explores how machine learning is democratising business intelligence.
Research reveals cybersecurity skill gap in insurance
New research from European provider of cloud infrastructure and cloud services, Ionos Cloud, has found that 38% of insurance IT decision makers (IT DMs) admit to their business having a cyber security skills gap, with a third saying this is putting their…