Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
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.
Ryan Direct Group bought by Towergate-backers
Insurance distribution and claims handling firm sold to Nevada Investments.
FCA core fees set to dip for brokers in 2017/18
Sector to benefit from 0.6% reduction if proposed fees are confirmed after consultation.
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While there remain some challenges in the market, MGAs are seeing growth on every measure
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Championing change: Insurance Age’s new look with more business-useful information
CFC revamps cyber proposition
New offering includes first party cover on each and every claim basis.
Broking Break: Your Top Five
Regional expansion, a new online proposition and three stories involving regulatory bodies dominated the news in the past week.
Flaxmans and PKF Littlejohn team up on dispute resolution
Firms claim Crusader offering will “revolutionise” insurance and commercial dispute resolution.
Ceta delivers £2.2m pre-tax profits for 2016
Turnover at the company rises by 10%.
Lloyd’s pre-tax profit flat at £2.1bn in 2016
Market’s COR deteriorates to 97.9% as GWP rises.
CMA renews investigation into aggregators
Further study into four areas follows previous research last year.
Biba raises unsuitable products concerns ahead of CMA investigation into aggregators
Trade body pleased with further investigation including into “most favoured nation” clauses.
AA posts first growth in motor policies since 2008
Results for 2016 show flat revenue and trading Ebitda for insurance services.
FCA warns of fake emails that appear to use its address
Regulator urges recipients to delete emails without opening them.
CFC bosses buy the business with new PE backer
Management team strike deal with support of private equity firm Vitruvian Partners.
Coversure opens in Bingley
New location takes the franchise’s network to 94 offices.
Profits treble at NFU Mutual in 2016
Insurer’s COR slips to 88.3%.
CII appoints Matthew Connell as director of policy and engagement
Connell previously worked at Zurich.