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Insurance Age year in review - Andy Bord
Andy Bord of Flood Re reflects on the challenges and opportunities of 2021 and points out what 2022 might hold for the insurance industry.
Blog: Why 'community' is the word of 2021
Allianz's Simon McGinn on business interruption, broker relationships and sustainability.
AbbeyAutoline strives for growth in commercial
Jackie Elliott talks to Insurance Age about her new role as commercial director and gives insight into the state of the market and the company’s plans for the future.
Aviva urges brokers to take "holistic approach" to risks
Its latest risk report shows businesses are facing a "complex web" of interconnected risks.
Regulatory framework review draws mixed reactions from trade bodies
Mixed responses from trade bodies as the government sets out proposals for adapting the UK regulatory framework for financial services post-Brexit.
ERS extends cover for European HGV drivers
The specialist motor provider says the move aims to support European HGV drivers coming to the UK to help fill the current HGV driver shortage and that brokers will be able to access the widened cover for their clients via ERS eTrade.
News analysis: Panic Buying 2: This time it’s petrol…
The news agenda has been dominated by images of snakes of cars leading to petrol stations as the great British public reprises its performance from the first lockdown where we saw loo roll, pasta and other essentials stockpiled. In our analysis Martin…
Post Brexit dispatches – a taxing time for brokers
In his second article for Insurance Age, PKF Littlejohn tax partner, Howard Jones looks at the impact of Brexit on UK insurance.
In-depth - regulation: Brexit begins to bite
While many brokers have prepared for the impact of Brexit, some clients are still struggling. Edward Murray reports
Biba 2021: MP John Glen’s keynote speech
The economic secretary to the Treasury tackled insurance premium tax, broker Financial Services Compensation Scheme levies, cladding, Brexit and more in his keynote address to the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s 2021 conference yesterday.
Risk insights webinar: Tackling tomorrow’s risks today
The Aviva team highlights key findings from its Risk Insights report and outlines the danger points, from Covid to mental health problems
Post Brexit dispatches - What have we learnt so far?
In a quarterly series, the team at PKF Littlejohn consider the impact of Brexit on UK insurance. In this first post, Howard Jones takes stock of where we are now.
Video: Risk Insights - the impact of Brexit on the UK economy
Aviva's senior economist, Stewart Robertson, discusses how the impact of Brexit on the economic landscape and what the future might look like now we have left the European Union.
Aviva risk report highlights broker role
Insurance Age takes a first look at the Aviva Risk Insights Report which considers Covid-19, Brexit, cyber, climate change and the part of brokers.
News analysis: Are we heading for an underinsurance crisis?
Difficult conversations on horizon for brokers as SMEs seek to cut costs amid economic uncertainty due to business squeeze from Covid, Brexit and harder market
Interview: Willis Insurance and Risk Management
Managing director Richard Willis tells Ida Axling about the broker’s acquisition and growth plans and reveals the thinking behind launching a new MGA offering.
Biba zones in on resilience in 2021 manifesto
Manifesto includes a number of commitments from the broker trade body, covering areas including underinsurance as a result of the pandemic, IPT, cyber insurance and signposting to help customers access insurance.
Blog: Supporting confidence to trade amid twin disasters of Covid and Brexit
Milo Bogaerts, of trade credit specialists Euler Hermes, explores how the extension of the UK trade credit insurance state support scheme will help brokers and carriers create the confidence to trade for their clients.
Seventeen Group reports rising turnover and Ebitda
Group CEO Paul Anscombe says the business is set to make acquisitions in the first half of the year, after pausing its deal-making plans in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Seventeen Group creates Germany-based broker in response to Brexit
Lloyd's broker London Re, headquartered in Düsseldorf, has been launched in collaboration with German broker MRH Trowe.
Aston Lark buys superyacht specialist broker
Lloyd's broker CRS Yachts will join Aston Lark's European business.
Brexit deal “no use” to brokers
As expected the thin agreement offers very little clarity for the UK broker space.
Broker Exchange: Hard market issues exacerbated by "rowing back"of local decision making
Local decision making is being eroded as a result of the hard market, viewers of the first panel session of Broker Exchange heard.
News analysis: Never the same again?
The pandemic has changed the way business is conducted across the globe, and with a hardening market and uncertainty caused by Brexit, Insurance Age looks at the outlook for brokers