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The Insurance Age Podcast: 29 November 2019
Siân Barton and Ida Axling discuss this week's most popular news stories, including a restructure at MS Amlin and redundancies at RSA.
Lloyd’s closes doors amid London Bridge incident
Announcement from the market follows BBC reports of gunfire in the London Bridge area.
Fitch Ratings predicts fall in insurer profitability in 2020
Fitch warns that the FCA's potential ban on dual pricing can lead to "significant strain" as it declares a negative outlook for UK home and motor insurers.
Quizzical questions: 29 November 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Aviva Renewable Energy launches exclusively through UK brokers
Offering is targeting renewable energy companies that operate domestically and abroad.
Markerstudy confirms loan deal with QIC
The organisation was due to pay back a £240m+ loan at the start of December but has reached an agreement to restructure it.
Markerstudy promises to meet deadline as multi-million loan payment looms
Company must pay more than £108.6m to Qatar Re on 1 December and owes more than £240m in total.
H.W Kaufman seeks to grow in UK MGA space
Business will move forward in the UK under the Burns & Wilcox brand following the Barbican Protect buy.
D&O rate increases hit 77.3%, reports Marsh
Company warned that there is no end in sight to the recent rate hikes in the sector.
MS Amlin restructures and reveals leadership changes
Move follows on from its decision to pull out of nine business lines and sees CEO Beale and chief underwriter Illingworth step down from their current roles.
News analysis: Are brokers still in love with Gibraltar insurers?
The recent run of Gibraltar-based insurer insolvencies has made the headlines, but the low tax and light-touch regulations in the jurisdiction attract UK businesses and insurtech start-ups. Martin Friel investigates why brokers are still dealing with…
Blog: Broking risks in a hard and complex market
Marcus Campbell and Graham Briggs of DAC Beachcroft explain how brokers can weather the storm of a hardening market.
Three in five brokers suffer from work-related stress
Research from Ecclesiastical shows that brokers working for national networks are significantly more likely to experience a mental health issue than brokers working for regional and provincial brokers.
CFC unveils cyber risk heat map
Map ranks the severity of different industries’ exposures to business interruption, privacy, and cybercrime and includes a few examples of how these exposures can play out for various types of organisations.
Mike Keating lifts the lid on claims-focused MGA
Qlaims Insurance's chief development officer discusses how the new product can help brokers differentiate themselves and considers the possibility of expanding into personal lines.
Behrends steps down as Integro CEO
Integro board will now begin search for a UK-based CEO.
UK-wide redundancies underway at RSA
It is believed that broker-facing roles will be impacted.
Ex-One Commercial boss Mike Keating launches MGA
Qlaims Insurance's product will initially be available to brokers on the Acturis platform and capacity is provided by HSB Engineering Insurance.
Allianz teams up with restoration firm to speed up claims process
Brokers and customers will be able to track repairs online using a bespoke reporting platform.
Quizzical questions: 22 November 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
People Moves Round-up: 18-22 November 2019
Keep up to date with the latest market moves.
Aviva to cut personal lines products down to 40 from 400
GI CEO Colm Holmes says the provider is targeting growth in SME and corporate and specialty and insists new strategy will not lead to more redundancies.
Ecclesiastical names former Zurich broker boss as insurance MD
John Blundell, who is retiring, will hand over the reins to Richard Coleman in 2020.