Insurance Age - December 2021
Articles in this issue
Editor's letter - December 2021
Siân Barton reflects on the past 12 months and looks ahead to 2022
Headline makers - December 2021
The hottest stories on www.insuranceage.co.uk, the month in numbers, and quotes from this month's biggest news reports.
News analysis: Calculating broker PI
Brokers are counting the cost of their own professional indemnity protection. Sam Barrett investigates.
Opinion: Covid-19, hybrid working and achieving a positive work/life balance
Mike Edgeley, Clear Group CEO, consider how brokers can find a better work/life balance as we move through the Covid-19 pandemic
Opinion: Remote working – what the FCA expects
PKF Littlejohn’s Richard Willshire explores how Financial Conduct Authority rules could impact on home and hybrid working
The accidental insurance broker – Brokerbility boss Ashwin Mistry
Profile: How Ashwin Mistry took a wrong turn and ended up in insurance. Interview by Siân Barton
How can brokers help financial institutions protect against insolvency and regulatory failures?
In depth: Rachel Gordon explores how specialist cover can protect financial institutions as the risks are exacerbated by the pandemic.
Environmental, social and corporate governance and the risks for institutions
In Depth: Rachel Gordon questions if ESG is all about the optics or are there some real risks to address?
In Depth: Making ESG meaningful
Nadia Bagijn, of Travelers, explores how the insurance industry can help financial institutions lead the way
The challenges and benefits of using tech and digital tools in broking
Roundtable: Our panel of experts discuss the pros and cons of brokers embarking on their digital transformation journeys with Open GI
UKBA: Introduction
In the best hands: The 2021 UK Broker Awards once again demonstrated impressive commitment to improving and changing
UKBA: Judging panel
In 2021 Insurance Age gathered a top team of judges to help us decide who would take home the top prizes at the UK Broker Awards. Meet our panel.
UKBA: Marketing and Customer Engagement Award
Winner: LawSure Direct/LawSure Insurance
UKBA: Young Broker of the Year
Winner: Abigail Griffiths, MCE; Highly Commended: Dan Brown, LawSure Direct/LawSure Insurance
UKBA: Diversity & Inclusion Award
Winner: Partners&; Highly Commended: MCE
UKBA: Digital Broker Award
Winner: Superscript
UKBA: The Covid Response Award
Winner: The Taxi Insurer; Highly Commended: Hayes Parsons
UKBA: Claims Team Award
Winner: BQI Insurance
UKBA: Broker Start-up Award
Winner: Partners&
UKBA: Customer Service Award
Winner: Jukes Insurance Brokers; Highly Commended: AllClear
UKBA: The Training Award
Winner: Aston Lark; Highly Commended: BQI Insurance
UKBA: High Net Worth Broker of the Year
Winner: Vizion Insurance Brokers
UKBA: Broker Network of the Year
Winner: Cobra Network
UKBA: Personal Lines Broker of the Year
Winner: Atlanta Group; Highly Commended: iRevolution Group
UKBA: Commercial Lines Broker of the Year
Winner: McCarron Coates; Highly Commended: BQI Insurance
UKBA: Personality Award
Winner: Rob Worrell, CEO Ardonagh Advisory
UKBA: Schemes Broker of the Year
Winner: Towergate Insurance Brokers - Caring Professions Division; Highly commended – First Insurance Solutions
UKBA: Insurance Broker of the Year
Winner: BQI Insurance
UKBA: Achievement Award
Winner: Sara Fardon
What insurance support do smaller brokers need?
Four takeaways from a roundtable discussion at Broker Expo 2021.
Broking Success: A helping hand… or eight?
The Insurance Octopus director Helen Bush and Naz Keshavarzi, product and insurer relationship manager, tell Insurance Age all about how they make the business more accessible for the SME market and what the company’s journey has been like so far
ESG round up: December 2021
Insurance Age rounds up the key stories from the insurance environmental and social governance agenda.
Products – December 2021
Product news from the broking industry
Meet the MGA: Iprism
Managing director Ian Lloyd talks to Insurance Age about the services the company offers brokers, its products, and the role MGAs play in the broker space
And finally - December 2021
Pet of the month / Charity corner