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Home & Legacy adds motor to e-trading platform
HNW specialist says refreshed product will deliver quotes to brokers faster.
FOS consulting on near doubling of levy
Ombudsman looking for 28% increase in income for 2019/20.
Broking break: Your top five
M&A is the standout topic of interest for brokers as we ring in the New Year.
Hiscox and Lloyd’s respond to 9/11 hacker reports
The providers confirm they have not suffered a cyber breach in relation to this incident and Hiscox says that the information was originally stolen from a US law firm last year.
Quizzical questions: 04 January 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Insurance Rage: Ian Hughes on getting the industry off dual pricing "crack cocaine"
Should this be the insurance industry's New Year's resolution?
China Re completes Chaucer deal
Regulatory approval followed sale price of $950m being confirmed last September.
UK insurance industry paid out £55bn in 2017
Sector also made a contribution to the UK economy worth £29.5bn and paid close to £12bn in taxes, according to the ABI.
Unrated Danish insurer Qudos declared bankrupt
FSCS vows to work with liquidator and Danish authorities.
RSA Insurance Ireland fined €3.5m
The Central Bank of Ireland imposes the fine for regulatory breaches relating to large loss claims and accounting irregularities.
Key moments in 2018 with Ian Donaldson and Mike Crane
Scrutiny of unrated insurers and the #insuretrek18 were highlighted as the best things to happen in insurance this year. But who said what?
Gibraltar-based Horizon Insurance declared in default by FSCS
Company closed to new business at the end of 2016 but 1,700 UK customers may still be affected.
SSP bosses hail positive transitional year as firm invests for growth
Software house boosts R&D investment by 10% in 2018.
Blog: Why trade credit cover is more vital than ever
Tanya Giles, of insurer Atradius, explains why the cover is growing in importance as uncertainty over Brexit dominates.
SSP posts loss for 2018 after £25m goodwill write down
Ebitda and revenue fall in the 12 months.
Insurers celebrate at Civil Liability Bill gaining Royal Assent
However the ABI noted that the “clock is now ticking” on the first review process into how the discount rate is determined.
Direct Line planning £400m offer for L&G's GI business - report
News of a potential sale was first revealed earlier this month.
Review of the year: October 2018
Dual pricing – the “crack cocaine” of insurance - was the headline article of the month for brokers.
InsurTech Futures Blog: It’s demo time...
André Symes from Genasys Technologies explains what APIs are and what brokers and insurers need to think about when starting their digital journeys.
ABI responds to CMA’s pricing investigation
Competition watchdog criticised the sector and called for pricing intervention options.
Key moments in 2018 with John Heaney and Nick Hobbs
Axa's director of schemes and MGAs and Allianz's director of broker markets discuss the biggest events to shake the market in 2018.
Insurance in the firing line as CMA calls for pricing intervention to be on the agenda
Competition watchdog responds to Citizens Advice super-complaint.
L&G Insurance appoints Ali Crossley as managing director, partnerships
She joins from Junction to replace Mark Holweger.
Ex-Towergate and Aviva boss Mark Hodges joins ReAssure for IPO
Swiss Re-owned firm anticipates IPO in 2019.