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Ceta CEO reveals growth plans
John Bibby says the business now works with 400 GI brokers and is planning on expanding its product set.
Willis unveils ‘respect at work’ campaign
Head Lines: Announcement follows launch of Insurance Age’s ‘Head Lines’ campaign last month.
In Person: Amanda Blanc
Blanc chats to Insurance Age about her seven new roles, her thoughts on brokers and why she believes young people should choose a career in insurance
Coversure reports premium rise for 2019
Turnover remained flat at the franchise business.
Lloyd’s unveils culture advisory group
The group is chaired by Fiona Luck and includes Salesforce CEO Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia.
People Moves Round-up: 10-14 February
Keep up to date with the latest market moves.
Pen reveals further management changes
Move follows Gallagher’s UK specialty management reshuffle which also saw Tom Downey take over the Pen CEO role from Jonathan Turner.
Polaris creates new standards for sharing economy products
The technology and standards organisation worked alongside sharing economy provider Pikl.
Blog: Lessons for brokers looking to tackle fraud
Ray Westwick, managing director at Freedom Brokers, discusses how the firm has used data to reduce instances of fraud.
Gallagher reshuffles UK specialty and Pen Underwriting leadership teams
Jonathan Turner moves from Pen to take on UK specialty CEO post as broker creates new head of business development role taken up by John Thompson.
Clear Group acquires rights of light specialist
Lights & Legal managing director Dean Perkin will stay with the firm.
Movo Insurance set to pass 30 members
Exclusive: The business transformed from a broker to a network and franchise model last year.
Major insurers respond to Staveley Head collapse
Staveley Head, which was mainly backed by unrated provider Gefion, advertised major composites on its website. Most of these confirmed only a handful of policies with the broker.
Romero Group earnings rise in 2019
Broker posted rises in income and Ebitda of 10.5% and 11.7% respectively.
Meet the MGA: Ensurance UK
Tim James, CEO at Ensurance UK, explains why the firm has opened its first office outside of London
Gefion disputes claims from administrator after Staveley Head collapse
Danish provider says it "takes issue" with claims that it had prematurely ended its contract with Staveley Head, causing the broker to go into administration.
Romero invests in wellbeing start-up
Head Lines: Announcement follows launch of Insurance Age’s ‘Head Lines’ campaign last month.
Consolidators behind half of broker deals in 2019
Exclusive: Research from Mazars shows 83% of brokers feel that the current levels of consolidation are sustainable.
Directors of bust Staveley Head paid themselves £600k in 2019
Ashley Peters and Martin Tyler also reorganised the collapsed firm and its share capital. As part of the reorganisation, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gelert Group and a £2m dividend was paid to Gelert. Policy Plan also paid £8m to Gelert.
Broking success: Sandip Barchha, director at Forces Solutions
Supporting the services: Sandip Barchha, director at Forces Solutions, tells Insurance Age how customer demand brought him back into insurance for the armed forces
Former Gefion and Qudos user Staveley Head goes into administration
Move follows solvency issues at the broker’s main insurer as administrator initiates fire sale and says majority of Staveley Head's 85 staff have been made redundant.
Van insurance premiums rising faster than the rate of inflation
Research by Consumer Intelligence shows the average van premium has risen by 37.4% since April 2014.
David Ross, CEO of Ardonagh Group - Taking on the world
Profile: David Ross, Ardonagh CEO, tells Insurance Age why he’s a lucky man and reveals his hopes for the group as he puts the challenges of the past five years behind him
Broking break: And finally
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