Product Hub: Small commercial combined
Welcome to Insurance Age’s Small Commercial Combined Product Hub. This page hosts all of our small commercial combined product news and insight to help the market keep abreast of latest developments and to boost their business development strategies.
Product overview: Small commercial combined
Small businesses face a variety of different risks, making insurance a valuable purchase. Providing them with a packaged product that combines all the cover they need gives them the reassurance of protection but also a more streamlined experience if they do need to make a claim that crosses over more than one business line.
Find out moreBroker satisfaction survey
In 2021 Insurance Age undertook its largest ever survey of UK brokers in order to assess the quality of insurer service across the market.
The Broker Satisfaction Survey covers 11 business lines in total and accessed more than 7,000 data points, making it one of the biggest surveys in the broker community.
The results are spread across four articles which rank insurers and highlight the best providers in the business.
The four pieces show the top ten providers in the major commercial space, across small commercial and niche players, and we also take a deep dive into the high net worth sector and commercial property markets.
The results are exclusively available to Insurance Age subscribers.
Rankings: SME
Bronze: Covea
Silver: Aviva
Gold: Arch Insurance
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Acrisure plants flag in UK with Russell Scanlan buy
US-based Acrisure has moved further into the UK market and bought Nottinghamshire-based Russell Scanlan for an undisclosed sum.
Brunel Group opens Newton Abbot office
Brunel Group has opened a branch in Newton Abbot, relocating staff from Bovey Tracey, and plans to double the size of the team in the new location.
Broking Success: Moving forward and storing up success
Greg Wildman, managing director of Basil Fry & Company, unpacks how the removals, storage and self-storage specialist broker has consistently delivered yearly double-digit organic growth in a sector that is a bellwether for the UK economy
The Stats: Q1 2022 - Cost of commercial cover continues to climb
Recent figures from the Acturis Commercial Lines Index shows business insurance remains on a relentless upward trajectory. Rachel Gordon reports
Profile: Adam Winslow - Winslow’s world
Adam Winslow has been UK and Ireland CEO for Aviva since May last year. He speaks to Siân Barton about his career, the insurer’s plans and shares his view on current market conditions.
Dirty Martini cocktail chain owner files £4m BI legal case against QIC Europe
CG Restaurant has opened a £4m business interruption legal proceeding against QIC Europe at the High Court in London.
Momentum reveals £100m GWP goal
Appointed representative network Momentum is targeting £100m in GWP in the next three to five years, according to managing director Howard Pepper.
Hug Hub to launch broker extranet service
Insurtech Hug Hub is to rollout an extranet service this summer in a move it said would save commercial brokers up to 75% of the processing cost in placing e-traded SME risks.
Aviva halfway to regional underwriter recruitment target
Aviva has added a net 20 new underwriters to its underwriting team in the regions, chief distribution officer Gareth Hemming told Insurance Age.
County Group make third deal of the year with Marsh and Co
County Group, which is part of GRP, has purchased broker Marsh and Co, and its MGA, Ginger Markets, for an undisclosed sum.
GRP buys Durham-based Castle Insurance Services
Global Risk Partners has bought 100% of the share capital of Castle Insurance Services as the consolidator targets growing its presence in the North East.
The tech toolbox: What do brokers need?
Technology has improved in leaps and bounds over the past several years, yet what exactly do brokers need in their technological toolbox in order to succeed in today’s insurance climate? Eleanore Robinson reports
In Depth: The fruits of the future: The benefits of technology
Eleanore Robinson investigates how modern technology can help the insurance industry move forward with greater flexibility by drawing parallels from other industries to educate brokers on how these technological changes can benefit them long-term
Opinion: The importance of the right chemistry for schemes and DAs
Axa UK’s Gary Head explains why the formula must be right to achieve long-term success
The Irish broker market: Consolidation and compliance
David Worsfold visits the Emerald Isle to learn more about how the broker market is developing and asks if the next wave of consolidation will be an Irish one
McClarrons opens in Hull
The independent broker has set up a branch in Hull adding to its Malton headquarters.
Aviva calls on brokers to play key role in protecting clients from cyber risk
Aviva has urged brokers to help educate customers on how to improve resilience and ensure they have taken reasonable steps to protect themselves following alerts from government agencies that the commercial world faces an increasing risk of an online…
Biba extends electric vehicle GAP scheme
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has approved an extension to its exclusive GAP scheme with Jackson Lee Underwriting to include the recently launched electric vehicle early termination cover.
Scotland a key part of Partners& strategic vision
The organisation is planning to grow its presence in the region following the deal with Macdonald Group.
AbbeyAutoline buys BMG Insurance
Portadown-based BMG Insurance is to be acquired by AbbeyAutoline for an undisclosed sum.
Konsileo grows staff to 75
Konsileo has doubled the size of the team and now controls around £25m in run rate gross written premium and is looking to grow further in 2022 with a fresh funding round set to close soon.
New RSA CEO Ken Norgrove promises to fix current “average” broker service
The insurer is keen to grow in SME in partnership with brokers but will not be targeting micro business.
In depth: Employment practices liability: getting back to business?
The disruption to working practices following the Covid-19 pandemic has also prompted major upheaval in the employment practices liability (EPL) market. Tim Evershed reports
In Depth: Legal expenses cover proves value in volatile times
The turmoil caused by pandemics and politics in the past two years has created an increasingly litigious landscape and served to highlight the value and benefit of legal expenses to businesses, says Tim Evershed
Axa granted leave to appeal Corbin & King verdict
Silence from the insurer on whether it will pursue the appeal.
Zurich appoints Will Edwards as head of SME
Edwards replaces Paul Tombs who is leaving the insurer.
