News/Management
Brunel Group opens new office in the North East following CEO relocation
Brunel Group has expanded into North East England with the opening of a new office in Stockton-on-Tees.
Broker Exchange: The former head of MI5 on crisis leadership
Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller talked delegates through leadership in a crisis and highlighted that preparing teams for uncertainty alongside humility were key steps to success.
Broker Exchange: What’s the key to harnessing entrepreneurial spirit amid Covid?
The keynote speaker on day three of Broker Exchange stresses a ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to react quickly as they key drivers of success
GRP Yorkshire hub Marshall Wooldridge buys again with RIB swoop
Marshall Wooldridge, the Yorkshire hub business for Global Risk Partners, has acquired its second broker within a month following a swoop for Rotherham-based RIB Group.
Tulsi Naidu exits as Zurich UK CEO
She leaves to head up the insurer's Asia Pacific region as provider reshuffles its executive team and makes swathe of leadership appointments.
Manchester broker launches new arm to fill gap for regional PI and D&O risks
Manchester-based broker Champion Insurance Group has launched a new financial lines arm.
UK Broker Awards: Meet the Shortlist - Personal Lines Broker of the Year
In the run up to the 2020 UK Broker Awards Insurance Age is profiling all the shortlisted firms and individuals, with today’s focus being The Personal Lines Broker of the Year.
Grumpy Old Insurance Execs: Bunker, Cooter, Hanks and Smith on trading through a hard market
For the 36th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s Covid-Cast video series we gathered together an esteemed panel of ‘grumpy old insurance execs’ to talk about how to trade through a hard market, something many might have not experienced before.
Looking to the future
Premium Finance Week: Despite coronavirus the broker space is still set to be a hive of activity for the remainder of 2020. Jonathan Swift finds out more with Close Brothers’ Paul Trail and Steve Wallis.
Supporting clients with Payment Services
Premium finance Week: How can brokers use technology (specifically Payment Services) to help and support their clients?
The Blog Spot: Ardonagh and Broker Network - will this lockdown family reunion have a happy ending?
With Broker Network returning to the fold, Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift reflects on why Ardonagh Group is looking Back to the Future as its plots post pandemic growth.
Blog: Customer vulnerability and coronavirus
Insurance Cares: The present pandemic has underlined the importance of a robust vulnerability strategy. RWA's Kirk Ford outlines how insurance brokers might prepare for an increase in incidences of vulnerability - or an exacerbation of existing cases.
Insurance Covid-Cast - episode six: From panic to practicalities, what will BI insurance look like when the Covid-19 recriminations settle down
In the latest episode of Insurance Post and Insurance Age’s new series of video casts brought to you while our journalists are in isolation lockdown we discuss how the insurance industry let the narrative over business interruption become national…
Insurance Covid Cast – episode one: How has the industry’s reputation been impacted by its handling of the coronavirus epidemic?
In the first of a new series of video casts brought to you by Insurance Age and Insurance Post whilst our journalists are in isolation lockdown we discuss the sector’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and what lasting impact it might have on its…
Blog: When is a consolidator, not a consolidator? The question Barton, Jelf and Reid’s Partners& hopes to answer
This week saw the launch of new broking business Partners&, bringing together a quintet of players to form a business which is positioning itself as distinctly anti-consolidator. Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift looks at what this means; and…
News analysis: Why do brokers need to care about the FCA focus on D&I?
A recent letter from the regulator could indicate that it wants to widen its remit to include diversity and inclusion. Should brokers be worried? Martin Friel reports.
The Blog Spot: Kicking things off
Editor, Siân Barton, considers how the insurance space has launched into 2020 and looks back to a thread from 2019 that should be picked up again this year.
Aviva board divided over Tulloch restructure plans, reports state
Tulloch has decided to run the life and GI businesses as distinct divisions within Aviva, rather than separating them in different entities.
Video: What is reverse mentoring?
Close Brothers, Sharon Bishop, explains how the management technique is helping her.
Blog: Reverse mentoring – the experiment that got me thinking
Sharon Bishop, CEO at Close Brothers Premium Finance, discusses the lessons that leaders can learn from their staff.
People Moves Round-up: 7-11 October 2019
Keep track of the past week’s market moves.
CII commits to mental health agenda with Inside Out Leadership Charter
Organisation has committed to specific principles involving mental health such as talking about mental health and well being at board meetings at least twice per annum.
CCRS selects new MD of broking
Broker says hire will give it more “management bandwidth” for continued growth.
Guy Carpenter boss fired over sexually suggestive email - reports
As well as this employment change two of the VP’s colleagues have faced severe internal penalties.