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Bluefin's Reid looking forward to working with Blanc on M&A
Bluefin chief executive Stuart Reid has outlined his view that incoming Axa commercial chief executive Amanda Blanc will have a different take on M&A than the previous management.
Postscript - five years ago: Towergate to launch £50m VC arm
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
Aviva returns to pay-as-you-drive market
Aviva has returned to the pay-as-you-drive insurance market, two years after it pulled its personal lines offering, with a launch targeting the haulage industry.
Career path & CSR: Zurich director wins top Women in the City award
Zurich Insurance global underwriting technical director Jane Hayes has been named as winner of this year's insurance category at the Women in the City awards.
Fusion adds D&O and engineering
Towergate-owned underwriter Fusion is poised for a move into directors' and officers' and engineering insurance sectors in 2011.
Broking review of the year: A breakdown in momentum
2010 was a fairly low key year for the broking market, as the sector kept a low profile during the financial turmoil. Daniel Dunkley reports on the opportunities that were taken up and deals made.
Towergate reacts to deputy CEO Blanc's departure to Axa
Towergate has responded to the news that Amanda Blanc is leaving the company to join Axa.
Towergate deputy CEO Blanc returns to Axa as commercial boss
Axa UK has confirmed Amanda Blanc will return to the firm as CEO of its commercial lines business which includes its distribution arm, Bluefin Insurance.
Towergate launches ‘pay-as-you-drive’ haulage product
Towergate Insurance has unveiled a new ‘pay-as-you-drive’ insurance product for the haulage industry.
Insurers dismiss concerns over 10% discount offers
Commercial lines insurance providers promoting 'special offer' end-of-year premium rates have hit back at criticisms from the market.
Towergate swoops for IFA's healthcare business
Towergate Healthcare, the risk healthcare insurance consultancy and a trading name of Towergate Underwriting Group, has today announced that it has acquired the healthcare business of IFA Origen Financial Services.
Editor's comment: Commercially viable
The news that Iprism has secured private equity backing, which effectively values the business at £50m, is further evidence that the future of online commercial trading has finally reached its 'tipping point'.
PSTF: Sharing knowledge offers mutual benefits
The Post Strategic Technology Forum was launched last week by chairman and Post editor in chief, Anthony Gould.
Roundtable - mergers & acquisitions: Cautiously navigating the upturn
Recession and recovery, global ambition, super-mergers, market appetite, pricing, marrying business cultures and managing brokers' expectations were all topics of deeply involved discussion as a panel of industry big-hitters jousted at a recent Post and…
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny dragged her aching bones off to the world-famous Pineapple Dance Studios in London's Covent Garden for a spot of Latin dancing with the ladies of SSP and a select few from the insurance sorority.
Towergate considers legal action over staff defections
Towergate is mulling legal action over a team of former employees that have left its Hertfordshire operation to join a local rival.
Post in print - 11 November 2010
News editor Mairi MacDonald outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post.
Nicholson avoids contempt of court charge
A senior Aon broker accused of breaking terms of his gardening leave has avoided facing contempt of court charges.
Aviva joins forces with Towergate-owned Power Place
Power Place, the Towergate-owned online insurance marketplace, today announced that Aviva is joining its panel of insurers.
Novae teams up with Lloyd's broker to launch new MGA Gladstone
Lloyd's broker Besso Group has launched a managing general agent named Gladstone Underwriting, to provide an online commercial underwriting facility.
NFU sales team joins Towergate
Towergate Risk Solutions has recruited four sales executives to its Glasgow business.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Commercial Insurers: Waving - or drowning?
Insurance 360's groundbreaking survey of commercial insurers' performance reveals which ones have got their acts together and which ones need to raise their game. Peter Joy reports.
Penny Black's insurance week
It seems that while Andy Homer's son Oliver decided to follow him into the same market, their shared passions do not coincide when it comes to football.
Angel rated best for service by UK brokers
Angel Underwriting has come top in a comprehensive study of UK brokers into service delivery from commercial insurers and underwriting agencies.