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Biba Daily: Day One – Wednesday 15th May
To tie-in with the 2019 British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester Insurance Age and Insurance Post have joined forces to publish a daily newsletter for the event
Specialist broker Acquis undertakes Dunedin-backed MBO
The move follows Dunedin’s 2016 investment in Kingsbridge.
Flood Re now open directly to MGAs
Initiative will enable MGAs to access Flood Re cover and is designed to make it more widely available.
Allianz CEO Jon Dye partly credits broker support for the firm’s Q1 results
Commercial lines GWP increased, while the provider's COR improved to 94.8% in the first quarter of the year.
Insurtech Futures: Biba partners with Insurercore on networking platform for brokers
Trade body says it aims to bridge the gap between the incumbent broker and InsurTech communities.
Cavere Intermediary refreshes home insurance product
Policy is underwritten by Ageas and has been made available to the broker market.
CII reports tiny narrowing of gender pay gap
The organisation analysed data reported to the government by insurance firms, including brokers, but improvement is less than 1%.
Lloyd's reveals independent culture survey
Move follows reports of sexual harassment in the specialist insurance market.
First2Protect switches from SSP to Applied Systems
Specialist property broker moves to the Applied Epic platform.
Hiscox launches compliance, fraud, and reputational risk cover
The features have been added to the provider’s existing Security Incident Response product.
#Insagepeople: 13 - 17 May 2019
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GRP hub Higos buys The Insurance Group
Broker is Higos' fifth deal since becoming part of GRP in 2017.
Trakm8 unveils solution to help brokers launch telematics products
Company says "disruptive" system will make it easier for brokers and insurers to enter the telematics insurance market.
Biba adds escape of water tech system, Waterlock, to schemes
The technology is available on the escape of water and residential distressed risk schemes.
Ardonagh vs Gallagher judgement could take longer than three months
The long-running court battle between Ardonagh and Gallagher finally wrapped up on Friday, but a written judgement may take more than three months to arrive.
Podcast: The top five news stories of the week
Siân Barton and Aara Syed discuss the most popular stories on Insurance Age this week.
Quizzical Questions: 10 May 2019
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Gallagher’s closing statements begin as legal dispute with Ardonagh goes on
The staff poaching case continues as both sides make their case as the trial nears completion.
SportsInsurance4U release professional football product
Package provides career ending injury cover to footballers and is available to brokers.
Finch Insurance Brokers reports increased turnover
Mike Latham said the business is on track to achieving 2020 goals as it looks to ICB merger.
Gap and warranty insurance added to i-Wonder
Ray Vincent’s software platform is keen to speak to brokers active in the gap and warranty space.
Gallagher and Ardonagh return to court as closing statements begin
QCs issue closing statements defending Peter Burton and Nawaf Hasan as staff poaching case moves to conclusion.
#Insagepeople: 7 - 10 May 2019
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Hayes Parsons partners with Genasys Technologies on digital transformation
Broker to migrate its schemes products onto the software house's Ski platform.