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Aviva joins Flood Re for direct business with homeowners
Insurer received over 2,000 claims during the recent floods.
Barbara Bradshaw joins TEn as non-exec director
Bradshaw was previously CEO of the IIB and also worked with Biba.
Paul Williams to leave Thistle Insurance Services
His departure follows plans by JLT Group, the MGA's parent company, to merge Thistle with JLT Specialty.
Flood Re publishes list of insurers
Aviva, Hiscox, Legal & General, LV and More Than among firms which will offer policies backed by the scheme.
Arc Legal and Road Halo offer new distribution model for motor legal cover
Motor prosecution defence insurance can be bought as an add-on or standalone product.
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Transactor partners with Winn Solicitors
Move marks software specialist’s first deal with a law firm.
Broking break: Top 5 trends in insurance for 2016
Rupert Naylor, SVP Europe at Applied Predictive Technologies on the biggest opportunities for the industry in 2016.
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.