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Towergate vows to ‘drive out inefficiency’ with £40m investment
Towergate will spend the majority of the £40m it will raise through a rights offering on “driving out inefficiency”.
Towergate to receive fresh investment from shareholders
Towergate will receive £40m in additional investment through a rights offering.
Gallaghers & Co sees steep rise in broking profits for Q4
Arthur J Gallagher & Company's brokerage segment saw pre-tax profit rise to $123.9m (£98.82m) in Q4 2016, a 69% increase on the $73.3m earned over the same period last year.
JLT's Mark Wood on why brokers must keep up with insurtech
‘Insurtech´ has been a buzzword in the insurance sector for a few years now, but how many of us have truly woken up to the opportunities that exist for the insurance market within the technology sector?
PIB continues acquisition spree with York broker capture
PIB has confirmed the acquisition of York-based broker D E Ford.
SME focus more on price than scope of cover
Only four out of 10 small to medium enterprises rank scope of cover as the top deciding factor when buying insurance.
Start-up broker Cuvva launches pay-as-you-go motor insurance
Pay-as-you-go broker, Cuvva is to launch a car insurance product for people who use their vehicles infrequently.
New venture Vizion looking to attract brokers disillusioned with consolidation
Vizion founders Chris Blackham and John Sims have told Post they are looking to bring brokers disillusioned with larger consolidated firms on board.
UK boss Alan Moore hails Generali as a 'viable alternative' to corporate insurance establishment
Generali is "a sleeping giant" in terms of corporate multinational business and could position itself as a real competitor to the likes of AIG, Allianz and Zurich, says its UK head.
Former Bluefin co-founder launches Vizion Insurance Brokers
Former Bluefin co-founder Chris Blackham and ex-Chubb high net worth boss John Sims have launched a new business, Vizion Insurance Brokers.
Brokers hit by second SSP outage in less than a week
Brokers using SSP now face a second outage in the space of less than seven days.
Founder of failed broker re-enters market with on-demand start-up
Founder of failed company Belong Safe, Humphrey Bowles, has launched a new on-demand insurance start-up Guardhog with hopes of competing in the sharing economy.
Broker Direct enters partnership with Transactor
Broker Direct has joined Transactor's panel of open market rated insurers.
Venture Insurance purchases Poole Martin
Venture Insurance has purchased Poole Martin which will see the company placing premiums of £13m per year.
This Week in Post: Trump, restructuring and asparagus
One of the silver linings of my job is the fact I receive emails about a wide range of subjects, most relevant, some less so.
50 brokers on SSP in ‘advanced negotiations’ over migration to Open GI
More than fifty brokers affected by SSP outages are in advanced negotiations to switch software provider to Open GI.
SSP says latest outage due to 'routine maintenance'
SSP said the latest outage affecting its system was due to “routine maintenance” at the new data centre.
Towergate's Kay Martin on why a focus on customer service is the one thing that won't change in 2017
So it's January again and what a year 2016 was - it's hard to remember a more tumultuous 12 months.
ICO still looking to recover costs against dissolved spam text broker
The director of an insurance broker that was wound up just two days before it had to pay a £30,000 fine could be chased for the outstanding amount.
Brightside CIO James Fairhurst to leave the business
Brightside chief information officer James Fairhurst is to leave the broker.
Biba calls on the FCA to address rising regulation costs
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has called on the Financial Conduct Authority to address the cost of regulation on small brokerages.
Broker fined £30,000 by ICO is wound up a month later
A broker that was fined £30,000 for sending thousands of spam text messages has been dissolved.
Biba's Steve White on unravelling unrated insurers
I spent a large part of the last quarter of 2016 visiting the British Insurance Brokers' Association regions and talking to the advisory boards and committees as we usually do as part of our manifesto preparations.
Biba launches its 2017 manifesto
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has called for the government to commit to no further increases to Insurance Premium Tax and to negotiate for single market access in the EU exit.