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Why insurance brokers need to wake up to digital innovation
Digital innovator and Worry+Peace founder James York explains why he's a partner in the FinTech Futures campaign.
FinTech Futures: Why we must drive digital growth
Jonathan Swift explains why Insurance Age is launching a campaign to promote FinTech in the broker market.
This week's episode at Towergate
It's the story that just keeps giving.
Why consumer satisfaction matters
Shaun Crawford, global insurance sector leader at EY, addresses how brokers and insurers can keep customers happy.
No levy for brokers - a victory for the workers
There has finally been an exciting development regarding FSCS levies. Brokers won't be charged this year!
Hacking the cyber market
Neil Gurnhill, head of European cyber and tech at specialist broker Safeonline, warns that clients often assume cyber is covered under general liability.
Insurers to feel the big squeeze in household insurance in 2015
The household insurance sector looks set to continue as an intense battleground for the biggest insurers as 2015 gets into its stride.
Sovency II: Brokers should make their mark
Jonathan Evans, managing director of Martinez & Partners looks at opportunities for brokers in 2015.
Bah humbug: It’s a Bankstone News Christmas
Christmas comes but once a year. Just as well, judging by this year’s sparse, depressing, and generally lacklustre crop of festive-themed PR fluff.
Who regulates the regulator?
We’ve been awaiting the findings out the Davis Report ever since that fateful Telegraph article which saw millions of pounds wiped of the value of shares for the major insurers.
The challenges of cyber
Rapidly changing technology and unknown risks make life complicated for both insurers and brokers.
Christmas in insurance land ....
With Christmas just around the corner, up pops Towergate with a festive whodunnit - or perhaps more accurately: who's going to buy it?
Comfort, convenience, control and community
The customer is king, but how can brokers keep them engaged?
The ever-changing QBE
Over recent weeks we have covered several changes in structure and management at QBE.
Are journalists supposed to be this healthy?
As I near the end of my first week working as a reporter in the insurance industry, I've learned some interesting and important things.
Confessions of a beginner
I joined team Insurance Age on Monday as a reporter.
Will brokers go to bed with Nigel Farage?
Rabble-rousing Bankstone News is, as the industry knows to its cost, always happiest when it is upsetting everyone.
Goodbye and good luck
It’s September, the days are drawing in, leaves are turning brown, and it’s hard to shake off the feeling that it’s time for a change.
Compulsory culture
Should a code of conduct be voluntary?
Insurance - perceptions of a novice
What a difference two weeks makes.
The other results
August is renowned for a number of things (don’t worry, this isn’t another blog about the silly season).
L&G goes out on a limb
The stand out story by miles this week was Legal & General's shock withdrawal from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
The results before silly season
What does the flurry of half-year results tell brokers about their insurer partners?
Let’s be clear
The insurance industry has found itself under attack again over transparency on costs and fees.