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Car insurance premiums show biggest jump in five years
Confused.com index in association with Towers Watson cites market reaction to increasing claims costs.
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GRP takes two from Gallagher
Simon Lewer joins as COO of GRP's MGA division and Kris Lee joins as head of e-trading for Plum Underwriting.
IBSC launches consultation on under insurance
Discussion paper aims to establish what a broker's duties to a client should be.
M&A growing in the Lloyd's and wider market
Delegates at Lloyd's conference also told use of data analytics increasing among brokers.
Biba announces theme for 2016 conference
Trade body says 'The Go To Place' is the message for next year's exhibition.
Keith Purvis leaves Travelers UK
The former general manager is taking a break according to his LinkedIn page.
Cliff confirms further Brightside exit
Tristan Scaife to leave Brightside subsidiary One Insurance Solutions.
S&P affirms continued AA- rating for Zurich
Ratings agency says outlook is stable for the insurer following RSA deal exit.
Aviva calls on brokers to keep up on digital
Innovation experts insist that sector “must move to digital at the same pace as customers”.
Brightside COO Coram joins Das
Tony Coram set to join Das Legal after just eight months at the broker.
Global Risk Partners takes Thornton from Bluefin
Neil Thornton joins Cullum-backed firm's retail broking business as managing director.
Autonet turnover hits £37.2m
Broker hails “excellent” results as profits and turnover for 2014 grow.
Higos buys AJP Partnership
The broker's 26 staff join Higos as its commercial book exceeds personal lines for first time.
Video: Peter Blanc
Peter Blanc, executive chairman at Aston Scott Group, faces the Insurance Age cameras and explains what the biggest challenge for brokers is.
Gallagher launches mobile app for group travel
Broker says TravelCert removes a lot of admin for large organisations and provides accurate data to insurers.
Axa launches new system for claims payments
Insurer says Faster Payments applies to liability, motor and property claims.
FCA fee increase threat
Biba calls on regulator to spend wisely as FCA consults on PPI claim time limits and considers whether to increase fees to pay for marketing campaign.
Manchester Underwriting increases capacity with Great Lakes
Amlin and Great Lakes Reinsurance will provide 50% each of the underwriter's capacity.
Pen Underwriting loses four to Modus
MGA expands team with new hires from Arthur J Gallagher-owned Pen Underwriting.
Experian data hack concerns software houses
Experts warn that hacking is a worldwide problem that brokers and insurers need to protect themselves against, or face fines.
Ageas joins the Insurance Fraud Register
Database helps insurers identify fraudsters.
Antony Hope joins Markel International
He becomes head of management liability account.
SSP: 74% of brokers don't prioritise application fraud
Software house estimates application fraud and inaccuracies for motor insurance alone costs industry £1bn a year.