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Christmas Q&A with David Martin and Ashwin Mistry
David Martin, head of retail management at Zurich UK, looks back at 2019 and Ashwin Mistry, chairman at Brokerbility, looks forward to 2020.
2019 in review: August's top stories
Readers were most interested by closures at Swinton in August, as PIB announced its intention to seek a new investor by 2021.
Amanda Blanc chooses Trov as exclusive InsurTech signing
Firm stated that Blanc will not become an advisor at any other global InsurTech.
2019 in review: July's top stories
In July, the market was shocked by the departure of Amanda Blanc from Zurich after only nine months in the CEO EMEA role.
Inga Beale joins Clyde & Co's board
Law firm says former Lloyd's boss Beale will have a special focus on diversity and inclusion in her new role.
Brokers welcome Amanda Blanc back to UK insurance
Blanc has taken on NED roles at Aviva and ERS with experts predicting further announcements are to come.
Amanda Blanc returns to UK insurance as Aviva NED
Former Axa UK boss Blanc left Zurich after only nine months earlier this year.
Ecclesiastical names former Zurich broker boss as insurance MD
John Blundell, who is retiring, will hand over the reins to Richard Coleman in 2020.
Applied Systems and Zurich announce motor partnership
Zurich will maintain control of pricing while Applied Systems will support connectivity, quoting and data exchange between Zurich, brokers and policyholders.
Insurers commit to help women’s financial futures
Insurers have promised to provide flexible working for staff and pledged to be inclusive about customers' financial lives.
THB agrees Fleet UK partnership with Axa
Axa to underwrite the Fleet UK product from 1 January following Zurich's exit from the scheme.
Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance – winners revealed
Inaugural awards event was held on 14 November by Insurance Age and Insurance Post.
Aviva tops Brokerbility satisfaction survey again
Aviva gets best overall satisfaction score, while RSA comes out on top when looking only at performance in accounts.
PIB’s Q Underwriting launches MGU
Matthew Schofield has been brought in to lead the newly-formed managing general underwriter which focuses on binder management and delegated authority capacity.
In-depth - Sport & leisure: Slips and trips
Lee Brett looks at some of the ways brokers can help clients minimise the risk of these common accidents
In-depth - Sport & leisure: Checking in to sport and leisure
From spas and bars to golf breaks and weddings, hotels and B&Bs are diversifying into more areas and the wide variety in the market could present an opportunity for brokers, reports Sam Barrett
In Person: David Martin, head of retail management, Zurich UK
Zurich's David Martin explains why he made the move from Allianz to Zurich and how brokers helped him take the leap
Aviva adds former RSA chief financial officer as NED
George Culmer has previously worked at Lloyd's Banking Group, RSA, Zurich and Prudential.
Quizzical questions: 6 September 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Aviva takes Erica Arnold from Zurich for COO position
She replaces Nick Amin who is set to move from his role as group chief operations and IT officer to supporting work on the firm’s strategic review in Asia.
The Insurance Age Podcast: 23 August 2019
The Insurance Age team unpick the most recent and most popular stories.
THB pledges support for Fleet UK
The move follows Zurich’s exit from the scheme.
Latest Ogden rate change will cost the industry over £160m
Insurers have revealed the impact from the change in the discount rate to -0.25%.
Zurich cuts scheme contract with Fleet UK
Fleet UK is part of THB Group and the agreement had been in place for 23 years.