Aviva
Aviva is one of the largest and most recognised UK insurance brands, with more than 320 years of heritage. As a composite insurer, we can provide customers with a wide range of insurance and savings products - from commercial and personal lines to health insurance and pensions, investments and asset management. Using technology and our expertise we try to prevent bad things from happening to our customers in the first place, helping our 33 million customers defy uncertainty and look to the future with confidence. We are the only large scale, multi-line insurer in the UK, our home market. We also have a strong presence in selected markets in Europe, North America and South-East Asia. We focus on markets where we can achieve scale, profitability and competitive advantage.
Declining commission levels take their toll
Is the commission squeeze taking hold industry-wide? From being near-ubiquitous, consolidators are now out in the cold, writes Rachel Gordon.
Two decades of growth
A major transformation for this independent, regional insurance broker has taken place over the last two years, writes Andrew Tjaardstra.
Acquisitions - Acquirers patient despite consolidation warning
Following a senior banker's warning that consolidators will have to find ways to generate growth other than acquisitions, some of the UK's senior large broker heads are preparing to bide their time, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Towergate - Cullum's influence remains strong
Having renegotiated Towergate Partnership's banking facilities for the next five years, Peter Cullum is looking forward to the next phase of Towergate, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Axa comes bottom of the insurer league in IIB service level survey
Axa has ranked last in the Institute of Insurance Brokers' (IIB) service level poll - falling margin...
NU's rebranding goes live with one-stop-shop Aviva website
Aviva has officially launched its new broker portal website, the first site to be rebranded under th...
Opportunity knocks
Despite the frightening economic statistics reigning down on us, seemingly hourly, this year could b...
Norwich Union - Mayer explains broker strategy
Norwich Union's chief executive is shaking up the market, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Data loss - Data defence
Anne Crofts and Rhiannon Davies iterate the case for adhering to Financial Services Authority regulations concerning maintaining good data security
Equality - Broking gender gap closing - slowly
There are relatively few female broker managers, though the obstacles faced by women aiming for senior roles are not insurmountable, writes Katherine Brandon
Marketing - Playing the campaign game
Katherine Brandon investigates how brokers can extract best value from their marketing budgets
Norwich Union purges commercial book as market rates show hardening
Norwich Union (NU) is purging its insurance portfolio of poorly performing business as other large c...
Giles unveils 2009 strategy and slams NU's commission stance
Chris Giles has set out his strategy for 2009 while accusing Norwich Union UK's chief executive of b...
James Clarke - Keeping the best traditions
Director's Q&A
Crunch time for the economy
The economy is going through some difficult times and carnage on Wall Street is already filtering th...
At the crossroads
Imarket
Residential property - Out of crisis, opportunity
Some brokers are shying away from the residential property market in the current gloomy economic landscape. However, under the surface lurks a highly accessible and competitive multi-tenancy market, writes Katherine Brandon