Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
Profits up at Moneysupermarket
Group and insurance revenues rise at aggregator in first half of 2015.
Figures down across the board at Willis GB
Group figures show declines in half year performance.
Broker revenue and half-year profit up at Gallagher
Acquisition integration costs hit $22.4m for the quarter and $43.2m for the half-year.
Plunge in profits at Aspen
Insurance COR breaks 100% barrier in second quarter of 2015.
JLT confident on hitting organic growth targets
Broker still in the market for further acquisitions.
Half-year revenue falls at Marsh
Broking giant hit by negative foreign exchange movements.
RSA says no talks held with Zurich
Provider responds to Zurich’s confirmation that it is considering a takeover approach.
Zurich considering RSA takeover
RSA currently valued at nearly £4.5bn on the stock exchange.
JLT increases revenue in first six months of 2015
Half year results reveal dip in profit margin due to US investment costs.
Hiscox posts 8% half-year profit rise
GWP up 12% to over £1bn.
Cigna sells to Anthem in $54.2bn deal
US-based health insurers brought together will have 53 million customers.
Dual buys Oliva Underwriting
Hyperion-owned firm says deal will enhance construction and commercial offering to brokers.
Gallagher set for court date in case versus Alex Skriptchenkov and Portsoken
Case involves property-focused Agent Assure.
GLP teams with Bluefin on personal lines
New arrangement forecast to extend to over 30,000 policies.
Seventeen Group buys Professional Insurance Advisers
Second deal for broker in two months.
FOS receives 4,000 PPI complaints a week
PPI accounts for 55% of all complaints.
Home insurance rates rise for first time since 2012
IPT hike will increase cost of average policies by £5, say the AA.
AA reports 5% jump in car premium rates
Managing director says further rises are “inevitable”.
Power hour: Building on growth
As the economy grows and building projects pick up, brokers in the North West are set to capitalise on a booming construction sector
National review: Fusion Insurance Services
In the first of an occasional series, Insurance Age reverses its traditional regional review process. Instead of focusing on one region with the help of experts at a variety of companies, we take a look at all the regions with specialists at one company…
Editor's letter - July 2015
“If… hundreds of players all have a little nibble, then they will need to get their funding from somewhere”
Biba launches series of videos promoting brokers
Commercial lines series follows previous episodes for personal lines.
Willis meeting all N2 members over transition to new model
Members face buying decision as restructure set to complete by beginning of 2016.
Egan hails green shoots of recovery as Towergate moves past Q1
Consolidator's interim CEO says staff will be keen to work with incoming retail boss Janice Deakin.