Insurance Age - October 2018
Articles in this issue
Editor's letter October 2018
Awards, summits and some headline grabbers hit the broking world
The Headline Makers - October 2018
The hottest stories on www.insuranceage.co.uk, the month in numbers and quotes from the biggest news stories of the month
News analysis: Brokers ready to pounce after MMC’s JLT deal
Staff cuts and exits for disgruntled JLT staff predicted after Marsh’s $5.6bn takeover announced
Opinion: Livingstone's Joe Austin on a new era of M&A activity
Breaking the trend: Commoditisation, consolidation and digitisation are changing the face of broking, says Joe Austin
Opinion: Salient Solutions director Clare Ryder on the changing face of insurance
Ringing the changes: Is insurance facing the same old problems? Clare Ryder revisits the market
Broker Choice Awards: Tough challenge
Regulation is causing an unnecessary burden for brokers, according to respondents to the Broker Choice Awards survey
Gender pay gap: Shocking and shameful
Senior women in the insurance sector have shared their thoughts on the gender pay gap and addressed what might be done to bring salary parity for men and women to the market
Broking success: Finch Insurance Brokers’ group MD Mike Latham and ICB Group’s CEO Neil Campling
French connection: Latham and Campling tell Insurance Age how the businesses will come together as part of French firm Verlingue
In-depth - technology: How can you carve out a niche no one else is fishing in?
Mike Crane, managing director, LV Broker, looks at what brokers can do to differentiate themselves from the competition
In-depth - technology: The frontline in the fight against fraud
Brokers play a critical role in detecting fraud. Sam Barrett investigates how technology and collaboration are helping in the fight
In-depth - technology: Driving up costs
Driver assistance systems may be forcing up the cost of claims with specialist repairs but, as Sam Barrett reports, the technology should reduce the number of catastrophic personal injuries
Newbie news: Still learning
Philip Smith, director at Mayfield Insurance Brokers, explains how he was persuaded back from retirement to set up a new broker in Hartlepool with his son Martin
Market moves: Keeping a high profile
There have been a large number of high-profile people moves over the last month, both on the broking and the insurer side of the fence
Product review: Under one roof
Chris Howell of Seaway Insurance reviews EPUL's Omnibus mid-market commercial property owners combined product
Broking break: And finally
My hidden talent / Why I chose insurance / Pet of the month / On the spot / Tweet of the month