Insurance Age - December 2017
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Editor's letter - December 2017
The figures don’t lie: Signs of growth returning to the broker market
News analysis: Has Amazon let the cat out of the bag?
Online job ad reveals tech giant’s ambitions in insurance, but speculation is rife about the shape disruption could take
Opinion: Chris Hanks on protecting the insurance sector's reputation
Keeping an eye on insurance: The insurance sector needs to learn how to say no and to protect the industry’s reputation, says Chris Hanks
Opinion: Mark Cliff on the outlook for 2018
Reasons to be cheerful in 2018: Brokers are in a great position to prosper over the next 12 months, even if the wider economy flounders, says Mark Cliff
In-depth: Picking up speed
From apps to autonomous vehicles, the taxi and fleet markets are going through big changes and brokers are well placed to take advantage of these growing sectors
Profile: Levelling the playing field
Biba’s Graeme Trudgill and Andy Thornley tell Insurance Age why they are passionate about moulding a fairer system for their broker members and detail the intricacies of lobbying those in the corridors of power
Executive assistant: Learning to lead
In the second instalment of the series, Insurance Age meets Serena Mujtaba, current executive assistant to Axa chief financial officer UK & Ireland Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge, and Ryan Birbeck, former executive assistant to Axa UK & Ireland group CEO…
Broking success: Square Mile’s directors David Garrad and Dominic D’Inverno
The extra mile: In under 10 years, Square Mile’s directors David Garrad and Dominic D’Inverno have grown the business into an award-winning broker
Review: Legally speaking
Commercial Legal Expenses Insurance
Market moves: Brokers bouncing back
Over the summer it was the insurers who were wiping the floor with brokers when it came to the number of market moves going on. It appears though that brokers own the winter as the past few weeks has seen far more recruitment activity among them than…
Better business: Schemes are growing
Despite the growth figures, some brokers haven’t tested the schemes market, says Matthew Schofield
The stats: December 2017 - The Acturis Premium Index
The third quarter saw notable increases in the Acturis stats, both by size of average premium and the number of lines rising
Broking break: And finally
George Pinner has a hidden talent, Neal Lumb explains how he got into insurance, meet Sherlock the Cocker Spaniel and Eddie Ferrao gets put on the spot
Broking break: Risky business
We face up to a radical change in this month's cartoon