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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.
Ross hails Swinton's "significant transformation" as he rules out more retail buys
CEO says Swinton deal took a year to complete as Ardonagh confirms that Autonet MD Ian Donaldson has been involved in negotiations.
Covéa to focus on underwriting after Swinton sale
Personal lines broker being sold to Ardonagh for £165m.
Ardonagh pledges to keep the Swinton brand
Janice Deakin to be in charge of Ardonagh’s personal lines business following £165m deal as Swinton hailed the "missing piece" in the group's personal lines offering.
FCA warns of clone firm Minsura Insurance
Car insurance fraudsters targeting people in the UK in online scam.
Ardonagh buys Swinton for £165m
Deal for personal lines specialist adds over one million customers to the group.
More than a quarter of brokers still unaware of IDD as October deadline looms
Only 8% of brokers say they “know everything they need to know” ahead of new legislation coming in on 1 October.
Video: Schemes and personal lines
Andrew Felice, of Aviva, addresses some of the key issues in the personal lines schemes market.
Video: Success in commercial lines schemes
Aviva’s Jonathan Smith tackles the development of commercial schemes in our essential video Q&A.
InsurTech Futures: Honcho joins Biba
Start-up is the first reverse auction marketplace to be a member of the broker trade body.
Biba expands political team with new role
Martin Bridges becomes corporate affairs manager with Shaune Worrall recruited as technical services manager.
Revenue flat and profit down for AA’s insurance division
Policy total nudges up for the first half of 2018.
Aston Lark buys Pharos Insurance Brokers
Third deal of the year adds £8m of GWP to group as Blanc targets two more acquisitions in 2018.
UK Broker Summit 2018: GDPR 100 days on
Brokers urged to stay on top of the issue with the right behaviours involving more than just box ticking.
UK Broker Summit 2018: All Brexit options worse than staying in - David Smith
The Sunday Times economics editor says Brexit supporters and remainers will see there’s still a battle to be fought after March 2019.
#Insagepeople: 24 - 28 September 2018
Stay up to date with the latest people moves.
Bikspoke launches wholesale bicycle scheme on SchemeServe
Offering covers bicycle activity including road, mountain, competition and electric bikes.
Premium Credit restores trading capability to all brokers
CEO Tom Woolgrove, says not all functionality restored as he apologises to brokers and thanks them for their support.
InsurTech Futures: Amazon coming into insurance “fantastic” - Simply Business CEO
Jason Stockwood tells delegates at Insurance 3.0 that the industry needs competition from outside players in order to up its game.
InsureTrek18: Total hits £97,000
Charity fundraisers raise almost £100,000 for dementia research as they complete epic 60km trek across France, Switzerland and Italy!
Podcast: Allianz’s Sarah Mallaby gives her view on five stories from the week
Mallaby discusses Marsh’s takeover of JLT, cyber issues in the market and insurance fraud.
‘Motherhood penalty’ hits women in insurance sector
ABI research shows there are 60% fewer women at board level and that the biggest single reason for seniority gaps is motherhood.
Quizzical questions: 21 September 2018
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Broker named on FSCS insolvency list
Organisation declared six financial firms in default in August 2018.