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Biba reveals campaigning themes in 2019 manifesto
Document has 30 calls to action and 26 commitments.
Acturis passes 20,000 users
Software specialist seeking new minority PE backer.
Jelf takes Navigators & General boss from Zurich
Paul Emery is heading up the private client division at the Marsh-owned broker.
Acturis set to seek new minority PE investor
Summit Partners invested in June 2010.
Podcast: The top five stories of the week
Ida Axling hosts the first show of 2019.
Hastings takes John Worth from MS Amlin as CFO
Richard Hoskins retiring from the business.
Shuker and Barton reveal details of deal
Shuker’s A-Plan has taken on the personal lines business for Jelf and Barton explains that moving the business to call-centre focused broker would have been a “retrograde step”.
Coversure poised to start M&A activity
Bob Darling says organic growth continues as demand for advice remains strong.
Be Wiser slams unrated insurers as it posts loss for 2018
Boss Mark Bower-Dyke says results were impacted by poor market conditions and unrated insurers charging low prices.
Brightside MGA Kitsune launches
The broker originally planned to go live with the MGA, which is targeting £20 - £25m GWP in the first year, in September 2017 but it was delayed due to changes to the Ogden rate.
Jelf transfers personal lines business to A-Plan
Business from 26 Jelf branches has been moved to A-Plan with 59 Jelf staff redeployed to other roles within the Marsh-owned broker and 19 people joining A-Plan.
Hood Group teams up with Richard King's Ticker to enter telematics
Broker to offer sales and servicing provision to Ticker, which is backed by Match of the Day host Gary Lineker and Dragons Den investor Theo Paphitis.
Inflexion takes minority stake in Granite Underwriting
Granite, which sits behind Acorn Insurance, specialises in niche motor cover.
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Insurance Rage: Ian Hughes on getting the industry off dual pricing "crack cocaine"
Should this be the insurance industry's New Year's resolution?
FCA fines down to £60.5m in 2018
Regulator’s annual total falls from £229.5m in 2017.
Profits and turnover slip at Abbey in 2018
Final set of accounts before takeover by private equity.
Broker Direct expands product set
New EDI offerings for car, commercial vehicle and home.
Ardonagh’s Swinton takeover goes through
Deal for £165m was agreed in September.
Gibraltar-based Horizon Insurance declared in default by FSCS
Company closed to new business at the end of 2016 but 1,700 UK customers may still be affected.
Boyd buys Edinburgh-based Glenavon Insurance
Second purchase for Boyd since it was bought by Broker Network in May 2017.
ABI responds to CMA’s pricing investigation
Competition watchdog criticised the sector and called for pricing intervention options.
Abbey owners Prestige buy Autoline
Two major players in the Northern Ireland market come together.
Insurance in the firing line as CMA calls for pricing intervention to be on the agenda
Competition watchdog responds to Citizens Advice super-complaint.