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Brightside not hitting anticipated profit, says Cliff
New CEO Mark Cliff insists acquisitions still on the agenda despite M&A expert Wallin's exit.
Simply Business pre-tax profit rises 8% to £2.89m
Turnover also rises by 16% to £29.1m for the year to the end of December 2014.
Transactor announces COO
Nick Lerway joins as chief operating officer for the insurance software provider.
Paul Anscombe wins achievement award at the UK Broker Awards
Attendees at the UK Broker Awards celebrate the best of broking talent.
Broker optimism continues to rise
CBI/PwC survey shows broking sector expects continued growth over the rest of the year.
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Broking Break: Who wants to insure 007’s motor?
Caunce O’Hara counts the cost of espionage and spying as they examine how much it would be to insure James Bond’s Aston Martin.
Brit founder exits Gallagher
Non-executive director Neil Eckert steps down from his role.
Turnover decrease for Swinton
Fall in turnover and operating profit for the broker as it says competitive market and cost savings behind the figures.
Richard Shannon, client money and IBA chief, departs Towergate
Shannon to be replaced by Nigel Dearsley from Howden.
Century Underwriting launches property owners product
MGA also appoints Martin Hughes to lead its UK property division.
Brown pledges to build on Nathan's work at Towergate
Adrian Brown says he aims to grown the MGA and build on relationships.
Nathan seeks “fresh challenge” on leaving Towergate
Underwriting CEO set to hand over to Adrian Brown.
Clive Nathan to leave Towergate
Chief executive officer of underwriting at the consolidator to depart at the end of January 2016.
UK insurers paying out £77m daily, says ABI
Trade body's research shows insurers pay out more on claims daily than ever before.
Covéa promotes Coffey as broker personal lines director
Gary Yeates promoted to director of pricing and underwriting in personal lines.
Sutton Winson aims to grow trade credit by hiring Stuart Austen
Austen will lead trade credit division and joins from Euler Hermes.
Take-up of SME e-trading by brokers increasing
Applied Systems event heard there are still obstacles with mid-range brokers lagging behind.
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Applied adds mini-fleet to panel
Products from Axa and RSA have are now available on the Applied Systems commercial lines panel.
Academy Insurance rebrands acquisitions
Broker also reveals intention to buy in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
FCA appoints Georgina Philippou as COO
The regulator says its executive committee is now complete.
AA Insurance Service revenue drops 11%
Ebitda drops by 10.3% in the motoring services organisation’s insurance service division for the first half of this year.
Mike Lloyd moves to head AA's insurance division
Janet Connor moves to business transformation unit as management structure changes kick in.