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Podcast: The top five stories of the week
Emmanuel Kenning and Siân Barton discuss the key points from the week's news.
Blog: Despite the IDD delay brokers have a lot of work to do
Ann Peel, technical consultant at Insurance Compliance Services, urges brokers to take action ahead of the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive.
Towergate sued by founder Peter Cullum
Sister title Post reveals that the case relates to money lost because of allegedly poor financial advice.
Quizzical Questions: 12 January 2018
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Insurance sector "still in the game" to cover driverless cars
But regulation around autonomous vehicles needs to change, says LMA's David Powell.
Hyperion 2017 results show revenue and Ebitda rises and $300m investment power
CEO David Howden “ecstatic” with 2017 results, organic growth and confirms acquisition plans.
David Newman leaves Carole Nash and Ian Donaldson takes up CEO role
Handover set to complete at end of March.
GS Group names Kevin Nicol as new MD
Scottish broker's founder George Stubbs moves into chairman role.
Bennett Christmas promotes Tom Stripp to MD
Business reveals wider restructure.
David Gauke MP takes on Justice Secretary role
He replaces David Lidington and takes over the responsibility for how the discount rate is set.
Toby van der Meer new CEO at Hastings as Gary Hoffman moves to chairman role
Current chairman Mike Fairey to retire.
Ex-AA executive chairman Bob Mackenzie takes company to employment tribunal
Firm says it will will "robustly defend any action" after Mackenzie was fired for gross misconduct.
Brokers still critical of SSP Pure reliability more than a year after the outage
CEO responds as users claim tech company has further to go on service and communication while exiting broker complains of high charges to retrieve data.
Bridging the gap
Swinton’s Anne Kirk argues that helping customers get informed about insurance is the key to retention.
FCA fines totalled £229.5m in 2017
Compliance experts warn that regulator still has appetite for issuing fines.
Profits up at County Group in 2017
CEO Dave Clapp says results were driven by organic growth and acquisitions adding that broker will continue to make deals in 2018.
Quizzical questions: 05 January 2018
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Ten launches personal lines department
Network hires Carl Jones as head of personal lines.
Broking Break: Your Top 5
A frantic start to the year on the news front saw acquisitions, a familiar theme from 2017, continue to dominate. Miles Smith, Markerstudy and Endsleigh being sold to A-Plan dominated the list but there was still room for SSP’s outage costs to make an…
Stackhouse Poland buys Caprica Healthcare
Purchase more than doubles firm's health insurance broking activities.
#Insagepeople: 02 - 05 January 2018
Keep up to date with all the latest people moves.
Lloyd Bolam joins Brokerbility
The Macclesfield broker joined the group on 1 January.
Abbey returns to profit
The accounts for 2017 reveal turnover of £20.4m and profit after tax of £1.6m reversing a loss in 2016.
J Bennett & Son buys Mathews Comfort & Co
The sale was for an undisclosed sum.