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Horwich Farrelly closes claimant arm
Business confirms new strategy focusing on defendant work as it reports increase in annual turnover.
RSA achieves chartered status
Insurer receives award for UK commercial lines business.
Towergate posts Ebitda loss for Q1 2017
Consolidator reports organic growth for the third quarter in a row.
Editor's letter - May 2017
Branching out: Swinton’s redundancy plans highlight the changing habits of customers
Chubb revamps financial lines covers
Extended wordings for D&O and commercial crime products.
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.
Beazley launches financial lines product suite
Insurer flags new offerings including for cyber and Brexit labour movement risks.
Biba rolls out leisure scheme with Jackson Lee Underwriting
Trade body strikes second deal with firm following on from GAP insurance relationship.
AIG Europe COR soars to 111.8% in 2016
Insurer reports pre-tax loss of £171.1m for the year but flags improved figures for first quarter of 2017.
#Insagepeople: 01 - 07 May 2017
Keep up to date with all the latest people moves.
Car insurance flat in Q1 2017 but hikes inevitable thanks to “government blunders”, says AA
Average increase for comprehensive motor cover was 12.9% over the past 12 months.
CII gazes into the future of commercial broking
Standards body says value-added services are key to broking’s success
Pen and Markel in £25m equestrian sector deal
New partnership comes into force at the beginning of May.
Markel UK launches social welfare policy
Insurer says Markel Care offers opportunities for brokers to grow and develop their business.
Towergate confirms 133 people at risk of redundancy
Job cuts to hit Maidstone and Leeds Airport West offices.
Carole Nash buys Cornmarket’s motorcycle book in Ireland
Latest deal adds 6,000 policies to broker.
#Insagepeople: 24 - 30 April 2017
Keep up to date with all the latest people moves.
Coversure promotes Bob Darling to group CEO as John Hooper takes on a chairman role
Franchise confirms plans to open new office in Leeds along with further board level changes.
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.
rhg Insurance Brokers switches from SSP to Applied Systems
Broker states it is still suffering from the effects of SSP’s outage in August 2016.
ABI supports shelving of whiplash reforms ahead of general election
Government opts not to force through prison reform Bill before 8 June.
Lorica claims first trading profit for 2017
Broker highlights 4% rise in turnover.
Simply Business posts climbing profits for year before Travelers takeover
Parent company Xbridge also reports double digit turnover growth for 2016.
Coversure opens branch in Crawley
Franchise adds second new office in two months.