Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Insurance Linx buys Leicester-based broker
New purchase is broker's eighth acquisition.
Greenwood Insurances and Moreland Insurance Brokers merge
Scottish businesses to keep both brands and offices.
News analysis: Towergate investors to create insurance giant
Market reacts to HPS and MDP plans to amalgamate their UK insurance investments – including Towergate, Autonet, Chase Templeton, Direct Group and Price Forbes – into one group
Sabre tipped for £600m stock market float
The motor insurer is being sold by majority owner BC Partners, according to reports.
Covea GWP hits £666.3m
Insurer says it overcame Ogden headwind and expects growth to continue with Sterling deal reflected in increased GWP.
Broking Break: Your Top 5
A recap of the stories that grabbed your attention this week featuring LV and its secret discussions with insurers, Lloyd's on redundancies and Markerstudy's hints on buying.
Blog: Allianz and LV, a tie-up that could turn others green with envy?
Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift picks through the potential of an Allianz - LV tie up to look at how both businesses might mutually benefit.
Blog: Swinton - from high street hero to high street heartbreak
Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift reflects on Swinton's latest branch closures and puts it in some historical perspective
LV confirms approaches for its general insurance unit
LV says that discussions are at a very early stage but no decisions have been made as to the nature of any transaction.
Allianz and LV decline to comment on potential stake sale report
Story suggests Allianz has made an approach to the mutual business.
Broking Break: Your top five of the week
Takeovers have once again come to the fore in this week’s news with two stories in the top five.
Broker Network-backed Finch Group buys Taylor Beaumont
The Broker Network regional partner bought the Southampton-based business for an undisclosed sum.
Towergate-backers buy Chase Templeton
Broker says deal will allow it to continue buy-and-build strategy.
News analysis: Open GI promises “something truly new” to the market after Transactor deal
Market reacts as software house buys rival and promises investment in technology
Broker Network buys Boyd Insurance
The network plans to take Boyd’s GWP from £12m to £20m in three years and called the broker a regional powerhouse.
Broking Break: Your top five of the week
It has been a week of finance related stories with two high profile acquisitions and three sets of company accounts making up the top five.
Stackhouse Poland buys E Coleman & Co
Deal is Stackhouse Poland's second this year.
Profits up at SEIB in 2016
Commercial director Suzy Middleton says being niche gives broker market advantage.
Simply Business posts climbing profits for year before Travelers takeover
Parent company Xbridge also reports double digit turnover growth for 2016.
Broking Break: Your Top Five
New logos, people moves, acquisitions and secret FCA warnings make up the most read stories of this week.
Open GI deal "marriage made in heaven", says Transactor CEO Ray Vincent
Open GI CEO Chris Guillaume notes that the aim is to combine the best bits of both companies' technologies.
Open GI buys Transactor in £40m deal
Acquisition builds on purchase of Powerplace in 2013.
Towergate-owners poised to buy Ryan Direct Group
HPS Investment Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners are set to buy the provider according to market sources.
Aston Scott returns to profit in 2016
CEO Peter Blanc explains next steps after Bell & Co deal and praises staff for positive 2016 financial results.