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Video: Das UK takes on the Ride Across Britain challenge
Insurance Cares: Follow along as the team of ten insurance professionals tackle the 980 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for Insurance United Against Dementia.
Das UK team hikes up fundraising target ahead of Ride Across Britain
Insurance Cares: The team of ten insurance professionals is taking on the 980 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for Insurance United Against Dementia and the Alzheimer’s Society.
SMEs increasingly using credit to buy insurance
Research from Premium credit warns that Covid-19 and the increased cost of cover is pushing SMEs to use credit to buy cover as some cut down on insurance spend.
Pandemic pushes SMEs to rely on credit to fund business insurance
Three out of four SME bosses who use credit to pay for insurance premiums have said that the impact of COVID-19 is the main reason for increased borrowing, Premium Credit finds.
Das UK launches Ride Across Britain challenge to raise money for Alzheimer's Society
Ten riders from across the industry are set to cycle 980 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise at least £25,000 for the Insurance United Against Dementia campaign.
SMEs cut back on insurance spend amid Covid-19 financial struggles
Research from Premium Credit shows over half of SMEs have stopped paying for covers including employers' liability and professional indemnity as well as business interruption.
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Danish regulator orders Gefion not to expand its business volume
Premium Credit also issued Gefion with an ultimatum for cutting business ties.
Market moves: Movers and shakers
There were many big name moves in June, with several arrivals and departures announced at the executive level
Premium Credit to cease working with Gefion
Premium finance provider has had unrated Gefion under "active review" since October and says move follows the various actions imposed by the Danish regulator, including the restatement of Gefion's solvency ratio.
Waite-led Premium Credit takes Howells from Close Brothers and Thomas from RSA
Following Tara Waite's appointment as CEO, Owen Thomas and Jon Howells join the company from RSA and Close Brothers respectively.
Premium Credit appoints former Wonga head as CEO
Tara Waite (formerly Kneafsey) is to replace exiting chief executive Tom Woolgrove.
Majority of brokers report high stress levels
Panellists urge attendees at the 2019 Biba conference to create an environment where people can talk about mental health, as Premium Credit research shows brokers expect stress levels to grow.
The growing use of credit to buy insurance
New research by Premium Credit reveals the insurance intermediary market anticipates consumers will use credit more this year when buying insurance.
Premium Credit confirms another outage
Brokers and customers of the credit provider experienced problems for almost two days over Monday and Tuesday.
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Close Brothers Premium Finance restores contact centre after outage
Customers were urged to use emails during the issue.
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Broking Break - Your Top Five
In a busy week for news brokers wanted to read about potential deals, premium finance, senior departures from insurers and the "crack cocaine" of insurance.
Premium Credit promotes Andrew Chapman to CFO
Chapman has been with the premium finance provider since 2004.
Premium Credit reviewing Gefion position
Close Brothers to end non-recourse policies for Danish insurer’s product.
Premium Credit restores trading capability to all brokers
CEO Tom Woolgrove, says not all functionality restored as he apologises to brokers and thanks them for their support.
Podcast: Allianz’s Sarah Mallaby gives her view on five stories from the week
Mallaby discusses Marsh’s takeover of JLT, cyber issues in the market and insurance fraud.