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Video: Aviva Marketplace - Online portal for specialist risks
Aviva knows that some risks can be hard to place and that brokers need a trusted solution.
Video: Background to the FCA add-on ban
Arag's head of underwriting and marketing, Dave Haynes talks through the background to the FCA ban on opt-out sales of add-ons and where Arag is in the process now.
Flood Re receives regulatory approval
Organisation confirms 4 April launch date.
LGBT broker set up
Peter Hubbard is special adviser to the firm which claims to be the first LGBT insurance intermediary.
InsurTech Futures: Tech gets Downing St discussion
InsurTech leaders meet to examine issues facing the sector and outline challenges and opportunities.
New portal matches consumer demand, says Davey
CEO of HugHub says insurance needs to move with the times as consumers do not view themselves in silos.
Aviva detected one crash-for-cash claimant every three hours in 2015
Insurer says Birmingham is top spot for crash-for-cash fraudsters.
FCA spent over £200,000 recruiting Andrew Bailey
Regulator interviewed four candidates for the CEO role.
GI complaints fall 3%
FCA reveals that non-PPI general insurance complaints fell to 296,505 between July and December 2015.
Howden awarded chartered status
Broker gets corporate chartered status from the CII.
Jonathan Davey and Max Carruthers team up on HugHub
New offering “has the potential to be a game changer for brokers” says Carruthers.
Seventeen Group buys Annandale Insurance Brokers
Annandale will retain its name and staff.
AIG Europe posts net premium rise for 2015
COR and pre-tax profit both improve.
Broker sentiment turns negative, survey finds
Research states that business volumes grew “at a solid pace” in the quarter to March.
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Broking Break: Your top five of the week
It has been a Towergate-heavy week for clicks in the run up to Easter with three appearances in the top five. Discover which ones were the most read stories in our roundup.
Stackhouse Poland buys Chris Frost
Chris Frost is a specialist professional indemnity broker as Stackhouse approaches £125m in GWP.
Judge decides on detail of injunction in Gallagher vs Portsoken
Mrs Justice Slade considered search terms and exempt information.
Marketform sells medical malpractice business to Beazley
Lloyd's underwriter says deal is part of a broader strategic review of the company.
Towergate results a "buffet of good and bad", says Ross
CEO stresses that the business is not for sale.
Fairchild: It’s day one for newly independent Broker Network
CEO seeking to grow the business with existing and new members.
Broker Network sale “removed the handcuffs”
Brokers welcome sale to Highbridge and believe deal will see network regain freedom.
Lloyd’s COR creeps up to 90%
Lloyd’s notes falling profit of £2.1bn but says performance is "robust".
Towergate sells majority of Broker Network to Highbridge for £46m
Network says move will ensure independence.