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InsurTech Futures: Hood Group partners with Gary Lineker-backed start-up Neos
Broker to provide administration services for Neos' smart home insurance proposition.
Nexus buys trade credit broker Credit Risk Solutions
Credit Risk Solutions will continue to be led by its founding shareholders amid plans to make regional acquisitions.
Markerstudy brings together retail and affinity operations
Ross Barrington to lead the new combined division.
Insurance Linx buys Swadlincote-based broker
Deal marks the broker's ninth acquisition.
InsurTech Futures: Homelyfe raises £2.4m in super seed round
App-based start-up says investment by Talis Capital and Peterson Ventures will go towards technical development and expanding its team.
Meet the Broker Apprentices 2017: Peter Marezana
Meet the next Broker Apprentice taking part in this year's competition
Inaugural profit for Lorica bosses Marelli and Puttnam
Company delivers £847,000 Ebitda profit for start of 2017.
Social engineering fastest rising cause of data breaches
Beazley report reveals hacking and malware attacks are also on the rise for financial institution firms.
PPI complaints on the rise following FCA advert, says the FOS
Two-year campaign encourages customers to act before complaints deadline in August 2019.
Meet the Broker Apprentices 2017: Katie Ellis
Time to introduce the next participant in the running for this year's Broker Apprentice
CFC revamps product for technology companies
MGA says new offering follows consultation with its broker partners.
Kerry London Underwriting launches roofing scheme
The scheme has been developed in partnership with ECIC and is available to brokers.
Insurance Cares: 50% of financial consumers could be vulnerable
Research from the FCA’s Financial Lives report reveals scale of vulnerability as it shows vulnerable customers are less likely to have “any form of insurance”.
Complaints hit 3.32m for first half of 2017
PPI still makes up the majority of complaints to financial services firms.
#Insagepeople: 23 - 29 October 2017
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Bollington launches MGA
Anjuna Underwriting to write motor business through Bollington's wholesale network.
InsurTech Futures: Nigel Barton’s Wrisk app launches £500,000 crowdfunding round
The app looks to cover multiple types of insurance in a single plan.
Meet the Broker Apprentices 2017: Luke Abbots-Darbyshire
The line-up has been decided for the 2017 series of Broker Apprentice. It's time to meet our first participant
Ecclesiastical launches standalone fine art product for brokers
The policy is designed to enable brokers to place collections with Ecclesiastical’s specialist fine art team outside of buildings cover for the first time.
Pukka’s Sam White launches Freedom Brokers
The broker will focus on motor and will be based in Cheadle, Manchester.
Zurich explores Endsleigh sale - report
Insurer hires investment bankers to look at possible sale of the specialist student insurance broker.
Quizzical Questions: 20 October 2017
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Broking break: Your Top Five
A telematics deal, Stackhouse Poland's financial results, CII's sale of Aldermanbury, the 2017 Broker Apprentices and an FCA survey make up the most read stories of this week.
Meet the techies: Dylan Bourguignon
Dylan Bourguignon, chief executive officer of so-sure, warns brokers that while InsurTech brings opportunities it is also a serious threat.