Today at Biba we asked attendees about their reaction to commission disclosure, aggregation and technology.
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17 May 2012 |
APC Underwriting operations director Jon Bates selects his best XI for an insurance startup. Bates has snubbed the Premier League, with a team dominated by brokers and fellow underwriting agency players, including his boss as captain, with the surprise...
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28 Feb 2012
Specialist insurance schemes can offer enormous benefits for niche customers. But do they represent good business — and how can brokers make them successful?
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28 Feb 2012
The Managing General Agents Association has formed its first elected board with Reg Brown as chair.
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17 Feb 2012
Commercial underwriting agency APC has secured additional capacity from Liberty Mutual Insurance.
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19 Jan 2012
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The annual Insurance 360 Business Insurers Insight Report service rankings show some steady, some on ladders - and some on snakes.
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05 Jan 2012
A number of industry players have recently bucked the trend of rationalising, to open new regional bases. Is localism a pasing fad or here to stay?
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08 Nov 2011
Following a quiet fortnight, major players in the broking sector have actively been recruiting this week.
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11 Oct 2011
Commercial insurance underwriting agency APC has hired Towergate’s Nicholas Wesson as a business development manager to support its expanding panel of brokers in the north of England and Scotland.
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06 Oct 2011
Commercial insurance underwriting agency, APC in replacing its property owners products with new residential and commercial landlords products.
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29 Sep 2011
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Delayed since 2010, the Managing General Agents Association launched this month, with a brief to ensure the insurance industry and regulators understand exactly what role MGAs perform.
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20 Sep 2011
Commercial insurance underwriting agency, APC, is to launch a new area rated hotel and guest house product to help UK proprietors to take advantage of the expected nationwide surge in tourist numbers resulting from the Olympics.
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02 Jun 2011
The soft commercial lines market has heated up recently, as insurers accuse each other of failing to put prices up. Rachel Gordon reports on this bitter war of words.
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04 May 2011
APC is aiming to double its book of SME business in the North of England and Scotland over the next 18 months by hiring a dedicated business development manager for the region.
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13 Apr 2011
Underwriting agency APC has launched a new product aimed at shopkeepers in the SME space.
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24 Mar 2011
Horseracing-mad Dominic Burke has huge ambitions for JLT, with a firm focus on international expansion, and he scotches...
Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...
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To achieve a sustainable profit, personal lines insurers need to transform their retention rates, using modern communications techniques to engage with customers and understand their individual needs. This white paper is based on a specially commissioned study involving 42 senior managers at UK and Irish insurers.
The complex patchwork of legislation and guidance governing work equipment risks in the UK is an administrative monster that many businesses struggle to wrestle with successfully. It takes significant levels of technical expertise and resources to understand and effectively navigate the maze of legal requirements, and this problem grows increasingly unwieldy for smaller organisations with limited manpower and finances.
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Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...