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Blog: HNW household rates – a false sense of security?
Derrick Potton, of Hiscox, calls for market wide correction to artificially low high net worth household rates.
Clone broker targets people via Facebook
Clive Jones, general manager at Car Insurance 4 u, says broker has had calls and emails from a number of potential clients who have been approached by the fraudsters.
InsurTech Futures: Zurich working with Apple on new broker app
UK rollout expected before the end of the year.
More deals on the horizon for Stackhouse Poland
Group CEO Tim Johnson “delighted” with Lucas Fettes and double digit organic growth.
Covéa consults on job cuts
Insurer said changes in commercial and HNW would hit a “relatively small” number of people and stated there were no plans to scale back in these markets.
Private equity injects £28m into Right Choice
LDC has taken a minority shareholding in Right Choice and the money will be used to develop the broker’s technology and software platforms.
Podcast: The top five stories of the week
Insurance Age’s editor and reporter get behind the headlines of the most read stories of this week.
Towergate-owner Ardonagh adds £98.3m to coffers
The business has increased its spending pot as market speculation grows around its interest in Swinton.
Home insurance may be Amazon target
Reports suggest that the tech giant has discussed how it could enter into the home insurance market.
Swinton sale: Ardonagh in the mix and Markerstudy interested
Both organisations have previously run the rule over Swinton and could now bid.
Private equity most likely buyer in Swinton sale
Brokers speculate that a house specialising in “turnaround” could buy the broker which is believed to be on the market for £400m.
Markerstudy merges MGA offering to create MISL
The provider has combined Markerstudy Ltd, Zenith Insurance Management and Zenith Marque Insurance positioning itself as the “largest MGA in the UK”.
Video: A broking minute with Dave Bowcock of Principal Insurance
The broker's MD on Johnny Vegas, Johnny Vegas, and what his teachers thought of him.
Close Brothers praises brokers as it deals with nearly 17,000 Alpha cases
Premium finance firm says working in partnership has delivered better outcomes for customers.
FOS reveals “600-700” complaints on telematics insurance last year
Ombudsman gives update after highlighting growth in “black box” complaints in annual review.
Insurance complaints to Financial Ombudsman hold steady in 2017/18
But organisation warns over loyalty and telematics complaints.
Video: GDPR – Future proofing your business: Don’t panic!
In the culmination of the three part series the specialists run through what to do in the coming days, weeks, months and years now that GDPR is in place.
Video: GDPR – Marketing: what brokers can and can’t do
In the second of a three part series our experts tackle marketing under the new GDPR rules from phone calls and emails to the post.
Ataraxia takes stake in Whitefield Insurance Services
The deal sees Stephen Hopwood take the reins at the Ramsbottom-based broker as Steven Foster exits.
Fresh’s aggregator distribution model key in Vantage deal
Vantage Insurance CEO John Collyear explains why it targeted Fresh and reveals pipeline of potential UK investments as buy takes firm’s GWP up to £120m.
Vantage buys Fresh Insurance
CEO Lisa Powis has left with immediate effect.
Ghost brokered policies up by 14% in the last year, says Smartdriverclub
Telematics provider uses data analytics to filter out ghost brokers.
Video: GDPR – What you need to know
Cheryl Martin, partner in the insurance advisory cyber and GDPR practice at EY and Branko Bjelobaba, founder of consultancy firm Branko Limited, share their knowledge on how the new regulations came about.
Reich targeting £100m of GWP by 2022
CEO Simon Taylor rules out selling up.