Blog Post
The Blog Spot: Women in insurance, is anything changing?
Aara Syed questions how far insurance has come in its treatment of women.
The Blog Spot: First impressions
Commissioning editor Laurence Eastham reflects on his first month in the insurance industry.
The Blog Spot: Cobra - how the once Towergate target ended up at PIB
Once upon a time you could not keep Cobra out of the news. Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift reflects on how the business regrouped almost by stealth to become the latest important part of the PIB growth story.
The Blog Spot: Dive in and take action
As this year's Dive In Festival takes place, Ida Axling calls on the industry to change its ways.
InsurTech Futures Blog: Collaboration is key
Andy Thornley, head of corporate affairs at Biba, urges incumbent brokers and insurers to partner with InsurTech firms.
InsurTech Futures: Blog - AI: The secret to winning customer relationships
Gavin Mee, head of UK and senior vice president at Salesforce, urges brokers to embrace AI in order to be successful.
Blog: Cyber risk at the fore: insurance brokers must lead by example
GovNet's David Roberts urges brokers to be prepared for GDPR.
Brexit: Uncertainty highlights the importance of broker/insurer partnership
Stuart Ramsden of trade credit insurer Atradius argues that the combined resources of brokers and insurers offer a powerful tool in uncertain times.
InsurTech Futures: Risk v Reward – how brokers can get the most from InsurTech
CMS partner Ian Stevens discusses opportunities and legal obligations for brokers in InsurTech.
InsurTech Futures: The rise of the machines
Red Crake's Ed Pugh tells us how brokers can cut costs by using software systems to automate repetitive processes.
InsurTech Futures: Blockchain and broking
Shân Millie explains why blockchain is important for the insurance sector and why brokers must pay attention.
Applied Net 2016 blog: Sunshine, Harry Potter and insurance
Thoughts from the Applied Net conference in Orlando, Florida.
Getting brokers out of the dark
Helen Devery at BLM calls for collaboration between brokers and insurers
Brokers and insurers split over Brexit
The 23 June referendum will leave one-half of the insurance industry unhappy.
Putting the customer at the core of connected homes
Leigh Calton, head of proposition development, Ageas UK considers how devices might change the face of insurance.
The FCA's pressure on smaller brokers
Ida Axling looks into the issue of disproportionate regulation.
Putting Allianz’s [almost] 13 years of UK profitability into perspective
Jonathan Swift examines Allianz's achievement of sub 100% COR over nearly 13 years.
Insurer support is vital in the sub-contracting market
Phil Scarrett, sales and marketing director, ECIC examines the issues.
The InsurTech start-ups to watch in 2016
As InsurTech Futures is launched Jonathan Swift outlines the insurance start-ups to pay attention to this year.
The evolution of broking
LVs Rod Wilmot considers what the insurance sector needs to do to keep up with digital developments.
The last word on the 2016 Biba Manifesto?
Jonathan Swift calls for more digital focus in 2017.
Time to kill the small print
Tim Philip calls for insurance documents to be simplified for the good of the sector.
Aviva: Who will step into Maurice Tulloch's shoes?
The rumour mill is turning, but strangely slowly.
From AJ Gallagher to Towergate's future, five predictions for brokers in 2016
Now that we have all had a chance to get back into our pre-Xmas routines and break our new year’s resolutions, I thought it would be a good chance to look at our crystal balls and predict how the year might pan out for brokers.