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Willis meeting all N2 members over transition to new model
Members face buying decision as restructure set to complete by beginning of 2016.
Towergate restructure cost £12.4m in Q1 2015
Bondholder report reveals cost of financial restructure, regulatory costs and expenditure around reorganisation of business.
Towergate bondholder report puts 2014 loss at £803.5m
Ebitda down sharply.
Towergate bought Arista Insurance for £16.7m
The figure is revealed in the consolidator's 1st quarter 2015 bondholder report.
Liberty exits GB operations
Insurer consults on 250 redundancies but says changes will not impact on its Hughes business.
Broking break: What to consider when insuring a band
As Glastonbury Festival gets underway, Robertson Taylor's CEO John Silcock gives us the scoop on what it's like to insure festivals and bands.
Insurance Island Risks – Insurance Age's Jonathan Swift
Insurance Age's very own Jonathan Swift is next up in the Insurance Island Risks recording booth.
Egan hails green shoots of recovery as Towergate moves past Q1
Consolidator's interim CEO says staff will be keen to work with incoming retail boss Janice Deakin.
Towergate confirms Janice Deakin will lead new retail broking division
Lawton and Tugendhat will report to Deakin who starts at consolidator on 12 August.
Towergate's operating earnings dropped nearly 50% in Q1
Interim CEO Scott Egan says consolidator has passed through the eye of the perfect storm.
Bluefin appoints Amber Wilkinson as interim CFO
Broker says the CFO position replaces the COO role following the departure of Tim Philip.
UK General starts sale process for schemes business
The insurer has recruited Fenchurch Advisory Partners to oversee the sale.
Hiscox buys classic car specialist from Willis
Insurer says RH Specialist Insurance will keep its existing team and location.
Gallagher v David Ross trial set for February 2016
Hearing was originally due to take place in July but has been adjourned.
Motor insurers warned profits will be short-lived
Ernst & Young predicts motor insurance market will fall back into loss in 2015.
Commercial brokers part of the digital landscape
Growing number of tools at their disposal means a revolution is going on among commercial lines brokers.
Kelly Ogley to leave Swinton Insurance
Broker confirms the operations director will leave on June 30.
Steve Smith: “We wanted to help brokers win business”
Smith Greenfield boss explains why the company has launched Confidas to provide mid and HNW insurance.
The Digital Broker 2015 - As it happened
Couldn't make it to the Radisson Stansted for The Digital Broker 2015 event? Insurance Age was there and created a live blog documenting what happened as it happened.
Clear reports drop in profit
CEO Howard Lickens says fall is due to the broker investing in office relocations.
FCA proposes measures to increase value of GI products
Regulator asks industry for feedback.
The Zurich Insurance Masters: Battle commences
Brokers praise conditions as they vie with each other.
FCA questions validity of cost of regulation comparisons
Biba vows to continue to push the message of the disproportionate cost of regulation as FCA hikes fees by 8.5%.
The Zurich Insurance Masters: Golfers practise
Brokers prepare for 18-hole shoot-out.