Commercial
Volante launches first MGA – Edison Motor
Platform was launched in December 2017.
Erskine Murray buys Essex-based Asciak Holdaway Merritt
Broker says purchase will enhance its professional indemnity insurance offering.
Restructure will bring brokers closer to the board, says Axa
New leaders explain the insurer's format after Brendan McCafferty’s sudden departure.
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.
JLT Specialty appoints Lucy Clarke as Global CEO
Clarke to take on the newly created role in April.
Bennett Christmas promotes Tom Stripp to MD
Business reveals wider restructure.
Biba launches trade credit scheme
The trade body has teamed up with specialist CMR Insurance Services.
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.
Lloyd Bolam joins Brokerbility
The Macclesfield broker joined the group on 1 January.
Higos buys GMM Commercial
Fourth deal for the broker since it was bought by GRP.
Allianz and LV deal approved
Announcement made on 29 December 2017.
Review of the year: December 2017
Bluefin being fined £4m by the FCA dominated the interest of Insurance Age’s readers in the final month of there year. There were two stories in the top five but there was also room for a new MGA, a fraud court case and another look at Amazon’s insurance…
Volante launches multi-class international MGA
Talbir Bains is the founder and CEO of Volante with Nephila Capital the principal equity investor and the Volante management team participating as minority shareholders.
Review of the year: October 2017
Reaction to the government’s Ogden rate proposals, a broker start-up, Martin Oliver’s departure, ongoing consolidation and Aon buying Henderson topped the charts in October.
PIB buys Citynet Insurance Brokers
Consolidator has made 12 deals in the past 19 months.
Review of the year: April 2017
As we swung into Spring Swinton, FCA probes and warnings, and Towergate were all most read in the month of April.
Broker Network buys Thompson & Richardson
Deal builds on its strategy to create regional powerhouses.
Former LV man leaves to set up Birmingham MGA
Mark Hands, former head of trading (North) at the insurer has set up Mercia Underwriting which is due to begin trading on 1 January with capacity arranged through Lloyd’s by Circle Insurance Services.
David Bruce leaves Ardonagh Group
Paul Webley to step up to lead on commercial underwriting business.
Sedgwick buys Cunningham Lindsey
Brokers promised it will be business as usual.
Covéa refreshes commercial vehicle product
The insurer said the changes were targeted to attract ‘white van man’ and would be offered to an increased number of brokers.
Broking break: Your Top Five
This week's most read stories include FCA spending, Coversure's results, the Marsh rebrand of Bluefin and an Open GI deal with Brightside.
Phil Barton – the Jelf and Bluefin rebrand Q&A
The Jelf CEO tackles rebranding offices, the potential for closures, client communication and why it chose Jelf over Bluefin for its name.