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Axa promotes King to head of strategic partnerships
Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary has named Barrie King as head of strategic partnerships.
UK insurers paying out £187m every day
UK insurers are paying out £187m every day to customers, figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have revealed.
Aviva's Bayles lands full-time I&P role
Aviva's Phil Bayles has been appointed intermediary and partnerships (I&P) director on a full-time basis.
Jubilee and ANV to combine Lloyd's managing agencies
Jubilee and Dutch-headquartered specialty insurer ANV have combined their Lloyd's managing agency operations.
Law firms scrambling for PI cover amid rate hikes
Scores of law firms are reportedly facing a battle to secure professional indemnity (PI) insurance cover in time for the 1 October renewal deadline, with rates up by some 40% compared to last year.
Allianz unveils cyber product suite
Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality (AGCS) has unveiled three insurance products in response to "growing cyber criminality".
Direct Group hires from Oval and Swinton
Direct Group has made two senior appointments with former broker duo Julia Harwood and Marie Rogers.
Rocky VII starring Markerstudy v Brightside
Not quite the rumble in the jungle or the thriller in Manila. But wow what a punch up this week.
Home Affairs Committee extends rogue investigator timescale
The Home Affairs Committee has given the Information Commissioner (IC) until 8 October to conduct a two-week "scoping exercise" in a bid to establish the scale of the blue-chip private investigator storm.
Marsh warns of "worrying trend" for unrated PI insurers
Marsh has cautioned that the presence of unrated insurers in the small and medium-sized professional indemnity (PI) space is a "worrying trend".
Axa confirms regional leaders
Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary has completed its regional broking management team responsible for leading each of its seven regionally-based sales teams.
Keelan Westall creates specialist broking team
Keelan Westall has set up a new specialist broking team to take control of the firm's non-standard commercial and residential property business.
HCC unveils two new PI team arrivals
HCC International has added two new underwriters to its professional indemnity (PI) division.
Berliner exits UK solicitors' PI market
Insurer Berliner is withdrawing from the UK solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) market.
Ghost broking scam: Two admit to laundering proceeds
Two men have admitted to the Old Bailey that they laundered the proceeds of a nationwide motor insurance scam, netting more than £500,000.
Brightside rejects revised Markerstudy offer
The board of Brightside has rejected Markerstudy’s revised offer as “fundamentally” undervaluing the broker and has dismissed the need for future takeover talks.
Markerstudy cuts Brightside offer to £100m and calls for clarity
Markerstudy has revealed that it has cut its offer for Brightside from 27p a share to 20-22p per share valuing the company at £100m at most, down from £123m previously.
Sabre snapped up by private equity group BC Partners
Sabre has been bought by BC Partners, according to reports.
Capita ready to sell insurance business
Capita is reportedly preparing to sell its direct to customer insurance businesses.
First Assist Legal Protection goes to AIG for new regional BDM
First Assist Legal Protection has appointed Thomas Jones as new business development manager.
Kerr Group buys two brokers
Northern Ireland based broker Kerr Group has expanded in the region with two acquisitions, Insurance Age can reveal.
FCA warns brokers over Pacific Blu
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told insurance brokers to withdraw sales of Pacific Blu’s policies immediately.
Allianz alleged to be on Soca list of firms which hired rogue PIs
Allianz has been named as one of the firms on a list of blue chip organisations to use corrupt private detectives, it has been reported.
UK Broker Awards 2013: Homer’s achievements celebrated
Five hundred attendees at Insurance Age’s UK Broker Awards celebrated the achievements of Andy Homer, as he received his award for promoting the general insurance broking industry throughout his career.