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The Blog Spot: Is high net worth the new black?
As the number of insurance products aimed at private clients rises Ida Axling asks whether brokers are headed towards the HNW side of the market.
InsurTech Futures: Hood Group partners with Gary Lineker-backed start-up Neos
Broker to provide administration services for Neos' smart home insurance proposition.
Markerstudy brings together retail and affinity operations
Ross Barrington to lead the new combined division.
Insurance Cares: 50% of financial consumers could be vulnerable
Research from the FCA’s Financial Lives report reveals scale of vulnerability as it shows vulnerable customers are less likely to have “any form of insurance”.
InsurTech Futures: Nigel Barton’s Wrisk app launches £500,000 crowdfunding round
The app looks to cover multiple types of insurance in a single plan.
Pukka’s Sam White launches Freedom Brokers
The broker will focus on motor and will be based in Cheadle, Manchester.
Zurich explores Endsleigh sale - report
Insurer hires investment bankers to look at possible sale of the specialist student insurance broker.
Arag targets HNW market adding crisis communications to legal cover
Insurer believes it has delivered a market first with new offering.
FCA survey reveals gaps in consumer insurance knowledge and take-up
Regulator publishes findings of its largest research pool with UK consumers.
Markerstudy’s Trice app available to whitelabel for brokers
The insurer said the app has been designed to help customers save time when buying insurance and will also see Markerstudy move to offer on demand motor cover.
Marmalade partners with Ignite on telematics platform
New project is now being rolled out to Marmalade's broker partners.
Turnover grows for Stackhouse Poland
The business bought Lucas Fettes in 2016.
Oak Underwriting adds cyber to HNW product
The provider is to include cyber cover automatically as part of its HNW home product and is partnering with insurer Das to offer increased cover.
HNW Forum: Raising awareness of kidnap and ransom
Giles Greenfield, CEO of Markham Private Clients, is speaking at the HNW Forum next week on crisis solutions for wealthy clients.
Pre-tax profit grows to £3.2m for Devitt in 2016
Motorcycle broker looking to buy books of business.
In-depth - High net worth: Great expectations
High net worth clients demand the very best in service. Sam Barrett explains what brokers must do to meet private client requirements
Enness enters insurance broking market
Mortgage broker targeting HNW and commercial business.
Applied Net 2017: Jeff Purdy predicts 30% UK growth for Applied in 2018
Software house close to confirming two more brokers for new Epic platform which goes live in the UK next year.
Pre-tax profit jumps at BGL for 2017
Group reports 14% rise in underlying revenues.
In-depth - Personal lines: Technological revolution
Coplus director Jason Tripp asks ’is a technology revolution in personal lines claims long overdue?’
In-depth - Personal lines: The omni-channel future
From a high street presence to mobile phones, brokers need to offer a range of possible ways to engage with new customers and hold onto existing clients
Zurich buys travel disruptor Halo
The deal to buy the car rental insurance platform was for an undisclosed sum.
Revenue at 1st Central hits £99.6m
The online motor broker also reported growth in profits.
Insurance Island Risks - Fresh Insurance's Lisa Powis
Insurance Island Risks returns and we meet the Fresh Insurance CEO and she shares her favourite records, along with revealing how she got into broking, her family connections, and charity work.