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Market Moves: November
Some of the movers and shakers in the market this month
Analysis: Has the sun set on insurer-owned brokers?
As The Ardonagh Group buys Carole Nash and Mastercover, has the bell finally rung for the model?
This Week in Post: Red suns and robots
A Blade Runner mist engulfed London on Monday as storm Ophelia blew Saharan sand into the capital. Struck by the eerie atmosphere, City workers tweeted pictures of the yellow sky, which an Irish commentator promised to look at “as soon as our houses land…
Brightside's Mark Cliff on the impact of the discount rate for brokers
Insurers have been vocal about their feelings about the discount rate but Mark Cliff, executive chairman at Brightside Group, notes this has also affected brokers, who have been at the sharp end of market turmoil.
Brightside to launch MGA Kitsune in Q2 2018
Brightside’s managing general agent, Kitsune Associates, is set to launch during Q2 next year.
Brightside office relocation puts 90 jobs at risk
Brightside has revealed proposals to relocate its medical reporting business IQED from its present site in Cardiff to the group’s headquarters in Aust.
This Week in Post: Outdated and out of there
I was recently lamenting shortage of space in my toy-cluttered flat and a (childless) colleague mentioned the baby cages Victorian households used to hang out of their windows. “There were mercifully few deaths,” he joked, as I gazed at an online image…
C-Suite: Brightside's Mark Cliff on transformation
Older readers will remember Sir John Harvey-Jones, the pipe-smoking boss of iconic British company ICI. He hosted a TV programme in the 1990s called ‘Troubleshooter,” advising firms how to change and transform themselves.
Brightside targeting brokers for acquisition
Brightside is targeting commercial and personal lines brokers for acquisition.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: What brokers and insurers want from the next government
Delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference have asked the next government for some stability.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: Who would the insurance industry invite to the perfect summer BBQ and what would they serve them?
As the embers start to go out at another British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference, the #BibaFever team sought the answer to the biggest BBQ question of them all.
#BibaFever: B-B-Q: Can brokers afford to ignore insurtech to remain relevant in the connected digital world?
As British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference attendees wake up to a new day, the #BibaFever team went in search of finding out the big issues for the market.
Brightside's Mark Cliff on becoming Mr Digital
I want to be Mr Digital. Frankly, this might be a step too far for many people who know me.
Brightside sues co-founder
Brightside is suing its co-founder Paul Chase-Gardener.
Insurance Census 2017: Face of insurance
Insurance, like many financial services sectors, has a reputation for being pale, stale and male. In Post’s latest research Michèle Bacchus finds out if the description still fits and what the industry is doing to effect change
Ex-Brightside boss to ‘breathe life’ into Towergate partnerships
Towergate has hired ex-Brightside distribution boss Colin Wallace to “breathe life” back into the business’ partnerships proposition.
Post Power List 2017 – bubbling under: Mark Cliff
Executive chairman, Brightside Group
Roundtable: Talking marketing tactics
With the industry seeking to find out just how a single view of the customer can be achieved, Post, in association with Visionware, brought together specialists in a roundtable to discuss how digital is driving business
Brightside CIO James Fairhurst to leave the business
Brightside chief information officer James Fairhurst is to leave the broker.
Brightside's Mark Cliff on why chaos is needed for success
Chaos is needed for some highly successful brokers to emerge during 2017
RSM UK ordered to pay £85,000 in costs to Brightside
RSM UK has been ordered to pay £85,000 in costs to Brightside Group, within the next two weeks.
Brightside and RSM UK appear in court in ongoing audit case
Lawyers for Brightside and RSM UK attended a hearing today at the Royal Courts of Justice.
Lorega appointed loss adjuster for Brightside
Lorega will provide loss adjusting and recovery services to SME clients of Brightside.
Autonet MD Donaldson says it can now focus 110% on growth after HPS deal
Autonet Insurance Services has agreed a majority sale to an investment vehicle established by Towergate backer HPS Investment Partners.