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FCA issues guidance to brokers on insurer due diligence
Regulator planning further work to check brokers are taking appropriate action.
Livingbridge buys into Equipsme
Healthcare MGA secures £2m of funding.
#Insagepeople: 10 - 16 September 2018
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Saga opens health insurance to brokers for the first time
Firm flags declining choice in the market for brokers following consolidation and recent withdrawal of April UK.
Nexus snaps up Altitude Risk Partners
Specialist aerospace MGA marks Nexus' tenth deal in three years.
Government raised £6bn from IPT last year
Insurance Premium Tax haul exceeded expectations due to growth of new insurable threats.
Warwick Davis completes MBO backed by Ataraxia
MD Neil Kerkhove takes the reins as Ataraxia picks up a minority stake in the broker.
New SIB leader Liz Foster issues chartered rallying cry for brokers
Society’s MD keen for greater engagement with the broking community.
CII launches Society of Insurance Broking
Broking faculty is the first to make the switch.
Podcast: Aviva’s Phil Bayles shares his thoughts on the week’s top five stories
Bayles tackles chartered status, InsurTech and consolidation.
Saffron boss David Beswick targeting £60m GWP by 2020
Broker has already struck two deals since being bought by Broker Network this January.
Quizzical questions: 7 September 2018
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Former QBE boss John Neal tipped to follow Inga Beale as Lloyd’s CEO - reports
Beale’s departure planned for 2019.
Saffron posts results for year to Broker Network takeover
Turnover and profit drop at the broker.
FCA confirms One Call’s fine and £4.7m hit
John Radford’s £468,600 fine also confirmed.
Video: A broking minute with Gordon Hazelton
Insurance Age meets the director of Hazelton Mountford.
Compare the Market targets SMEs as it partners with Simply Business
Aggregator highlights appetite to grow business and landlords insurance.
Broker Network snaps up Lockyers
Commercial broker brings £5m of GWP and was already a network member.
Bluefin Underwriting rebrands as Victor Insurance
MGA to focus on new products and specialisms as well as acquisition to double its premium income by 2021.
Ardonagh silent on partial sale of Direct Group to Davies report
All parties decline to comment.
Sabre investors sell shares worth £116m
Private equity firm BC Partners exits the provider, while founder Angus Ball retains 1.8% of share capital.
Right time for MGB sale, says Charles Manchester
MUM CEO predicts broker will “thrive in a large organisation” as the MGA focuses on underwriting following the deal.
MUM sells MGB Insurance Brokers to Trireme
The firm will sit alongside Oxford Insurance Brokers and James Hampden International.
InsurTech Futures: Lloyd's Lab launches with first cohort
Ten start-ups chosen as Lloyd's opens its doors to the global tech start-up community for the first time in 330 years.