Emmanuel Kenning
News editor, Insurance Age
Emmanuel is the News editor of Insurance Age and has over a decade of experience writing about the insurance industry.
Well connected with the broking community he is now in his second stint at Insurance Age.
He started his career as a reporter on broker-focused title Professional Broking in 2009 becoming a senior reporter ahead of joining Insurance Age at the end of 2010.
Promoted to features editor in October 2011 Emmanuel became editor the following June holding the post for nearly six years before deciding to return to being a reporter to focus on news writing and analysis.
Along with deep knowledge of insurance he has also gained a solid understanding of reinsurance through a year writing on the market with a particular focus on insurance-linked securities at Trading Risk.
He re-joined Infopro-Digital in late 2019 taking up the position of senior reporter at Post working on the broking beat.
Emmanuel returned to Insurance Age in February 2022 to lead the news team. He focuses on bringing in and editing exclusive news and analyses along with keeping readers up to date on company announcements throughout the sector.
He also supports the editor across videos, podcasts, events, profile interviews, data driven research, opinion pieces and more to help keep Insurance Age ahead of the competition.
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Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
McManus: slapping on chartered label not enough
Brendan McManus, chief executive officer at Giles Insurance Brokers, has expressed his concerns at brokers “just slapping on” the chartered label and claimed that he had seen evidence of chartered brokers behaving in a less professional manner than non…
Liberty Insurance to cut 285 jobs
Liberty Insurance is to cut 285 jobs at offices across Eire and Northern Ireland.
HSB Engineering Insurance moves contact centre to Manchester
HSB Engineering Insurance (HSB) has announced plans to relocate its customer solutions centre from Oldham to central Manchester.
esure reshuffles board
esure Group Holdings - parent company of esure and Sheilas’ Wheels – has added Anne Richards, chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management to its board as a non-executive director.
Biba Scotland: Uncertainty in the country
Graeme Trudgill, head of corporate affairs at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba), has listed the five “huge, huge” issues that brokers in Scotland could be faced with in the event of a 'yes' vote for independence.
Aspen goes to Fusion for underwriting manager
Aspen Risk Management has appointed Paul Singh as marine underwriting manager.
Amlin UK sees market hardening
Amlin UK has reported an average hardening of rates across its renewal book of 5.2% for the year to date.
Davey defends SSP service
Jonathan Davey, managing director of Keychoice, has defended SSP as doing "a damned good job" following the interruption to its broker service with aggregators.
Lorica recruits Towergate's Northampton chief
Lorica Insurance Brokers has appointed the managing director of Towergate Insurance Northampton.
Groupama adds to Optima range
Groupama has added an online quotation facility for group personal accident, illness and business travel cover to its Optima Online extranet.
Pressure predicted to build for household insurers
Ernst & Young has predicted a 95% combined operating ratio (COR) for household insurance across the industry for 2012 despite the impact of weather and flooding.
Cargo specialist comes aboard at Miller
Tony Robinson, a specialist in stock throughput, cargo and project cargo insurance broking, has joined Miller.
Torrance: A strong performance
Chief executive Andrew Torrance has hailed Allianz UK’s performance as “very strong” as it reported profits of £115m for the first nine months of the year.
Dip in profits at Allianz
Allianz has reported a fall in profits to £115m for the first nine months of 2012, down from £123.6m in the same period of 2011.
The £50K resignation
If your boss were to offer you £50,000 what would you do? Well, the correct action would of course be to resign.
Insurer regulation costs hit £730m
The UK general insurance sector is now paying well over £730m a year to cover the direct costs of regulation and compliance, according to research from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain RPC).
Professionalism: The industry could become a profession almost overnight
Chartered broker Roy Blackburn has commented that the insurance “industry” could become a profession almost overnight, although he doubts this will happen.
Markel reports improved COR and GWP
Markel International has reported gross written premiums (GWP) of $705m [£442m] for the nine months ended September 30, up 4% from $677m for the same period of 2011.
HCC opens Midlands office
HCC International has opened a new office in the Midlands in a move designed to increase its regional presence.
Aspen launches PI products
Aspen Risk Management has launched a new range of professional indemnity (PI) products with a selection of added features.
New Midlands and South West manager at Chartis
Chartis has appointed Laura Wilkinson as regional manager for the Midlands and South West, succeeding Richard Jinks, who was recently appointed UK middle market and SME distribution manager.
Lucas Fettes Wholesale appoints to expand
Lucas Fettes has made two senior appointments to its team in Manchester.
Giles reaches down under for corporate risks chief
Giles has appointed John Leckie as branch director, corporate risks.
SSP suspends service on aggregators
SSP's service on aggregators including Moneysupermarket, Go Compare, Confused.com and Comparethemarket has been suspended.