Articles by Martin Croucher
Gallagher and Aston Scott settle in staff poaching case
Arthur J Gallagher and Aston Scott have agreed an out of court settlement over a staff poaching case that was heard in the High Court last week.
Major FCA outage due to data centre failure
The Financial Conduct Authority said an outage that has taken its reporting system offline was due to a “physical hardware incident in a data centre”.
FCA reporting system offline after ‘major incident’
The Financial Conduct Authority has seen a number of its systems taken offline by a “major IT incident”, the regulator said in a statement on its site.
Brokers could be responsible if SSP is unable to recover data
Brokers could be held responsible for data loss if SSP is unable to recover its document archives.
Dany Cotton becomes first female London Fire commissioner
Dany Cotton will become the first woman to take the role of London Fire commissioner.
MDP share approach could free Towergate for acquistion spree
Towergate has opened a tender to sell 23% of the business to Madison Dearborn Partners.
No further legal challenge over hiring of Bluefin staff says GRP's Bruce
There has been no threat of further legal action over the hiring of two key Bluefin employees by Global Risk Partners, according to Mike Bruce, retail broking CEO for GRP.
Aspen Risk Management acquires LSM’s regional P&C book
Aspen Risk Management has acquired the renewal rights for LSM’s UK regional property and casualty business.
GRP hires Bluefin office managers to launch new branch
Two key Bluefin employees have been hired by Global Risk Partners to head a new office, just three months after the two companies reached a settlement over staff poaching.
Ex-LV employee charged for passing information to CMC in return for bribe
An ex employee of LV has been charged with accepting a bribe from a claims management company in order to leak confidential information.
Saga sees no 'impact' from Brexit as it posts 8.5% increase in profit
Saga has seen “no discernible impact” from Brexit as it posted an 8.5% increase in pre-tax profit.
Aston Scott plans ‘vigorous’ defence over Gallagher staff poaching allegations
Aston Scott has said it will “vigorously” defend itself of allegations of staff poaching in a case brought by Arthur J Gallagher.
Gable in u-turn over plan to delist from AIM
Troubled insurer Gable has performed a u-turn on its plan to delist from the stock exchange.
SSP admits possible loss of a week’s worth of data
A week’s worth of documents may have been lost by SSP as a result of the outage that occurred 20 days ago.
CPP will spend £6.5m on own platform rather than use SSP
A credit card insurer said it will spend £6.5m to develop its own IT platform rather than use SSP as a partner.
Interview: Graham Smart, McLarens Europe
It has been three years since Graham Smart took over the role of McLarens Europe MD from Trevor Latimer. He reflects on the challenges the market has faced and what growth opportunities remain.
Towergate launches London underwriting centre
Towergate has created a specialist London underwriting centre, led by Lloyd’s veteran David Leathem.
SSP declines to say when full service will be restored
SSP has declined to put a timeframe on when document archives will be restored to brokers.
AIG former chairman Hank Greenberg trial begins
Former AIG chairman Hank Greenberg is set to go to trial today on charges of accounting fraud dating back 16 years.
Norwegian tie-up with Gable hangs over solvency concerns
One of the largest trade organisations in Norway has asked its broker for alternative cover arrangements after its insurer, Lichtenstein-insurer Gable Holdings, stopped writing new business.
Day 17: Brokers face losses of £100,000 from SSP outage
Brokers are still waiting to get access to the SSP Pure platform, with some facing shortfalls of up to £100,000.
Gable will delist from stock exchange because of 'regulatory burden'
Gable Holdings will delist its shares from the stock exchange in order to cut regulatory costs.
Post unveils 2016 winners of the Rehabilitation Awards
The winners of this year’s Rehabilitation First Awards have been announced.
Third Gable board member resigns in a month
A third member of the board of beleaguered insurer Gable Holdings has stepped down in the space of a just over a month.