End of the honeymoon

While consolidators receive their fair share of criticism, no one can deny that in a number of ways they have had a positive impact on the brokering market but, as Edward Murray reports, they must now rise to a new challenge

Since muscling their way onto the broker scene towards the end of the 1990s, consolidators have become a permanent fixture of the insurance industry. They may not be to everybody's taste, but they have certainly shaken the market up. However the question remains as to whether this change has been to the benefit or detriment of all concerned.

It has always been easy to criticise consolidators and brand them simply as new kids swaggering onto the block with chequebooks at the ready and a

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Applied updates on commercial push

Applied Systems has confirmed Arch Insurance is about to enter the pilot phase of onboarding and will be live on the Applied Epic broker management system in April, with Iprism and Ark to follow and more promised in 2024.

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