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Chubb promotes Jamie Keaney to VP
Chubb has announced that Jamie Keaney has been promoted to the new role of vice president and chief underwriting officer, international personal risk services.
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.
Brokers call for standardised data format for driverless cars
Customers and brokers should have immediate and unrestricted access to all data from autonomous vehicle manufacturers in the event of a crash, the British Insurance Brokers' Association has said.
Rebranded Ed takes its name from Lloyd's roots
Newly rebranded Ed, the international broker formerly known as Cooper Gay, has revealed to Post the inspiration behind the name is Lloyd's founder Edward Lloyd.
Cooper Gay rebrands as Ed
Cooper Gay has rebranded itself to Ed as newly inducted CEO Steve Hearn continues to put his stamp on the Lloyd's wholesale broker.
Biba will arrange meeting between SSP and brokers
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association will arrange a meeting between SSP and brokers that have lost business as a result of the SSP outage.
Industry concerns are top of the agenda at party conferences
Brexit, the cost of regulation, increased spending on flood defences and uninsured drivers will be the hot topics that the insurance industry wants addressed ahead of this year's political party conferences.
Brokers ‘up to neck in accounts’ as problems at new SSP data centre resolved
Brokers who had experienced further outages this morning despite being reconnected to SSP’s Pure platform only yesterday, have seen service resumed.
Brokers restored to SSP are now offline again
The process of restoring service to brokers hit by the SSP outage has hit another hurdle after a key part of the software failed this morning.
James Gerry steps down from MGAA chair after six months
James Gerry has stepped down as chairman of the Managing General Agents Association after just six months on the job.
DAS appoint former navy commander as head of corporate
DAS UK Group has appointed David Swigciski as head of corporate.
Original outage occurred while upgrading brokers to newer site, SSP CEO claims
SSP was already in the process of moving customers to another data centre when the power outage occurred, the company’s CEO said.
Brokers push for faster transition to rival software companies after SSP outage
Brokers that were already in the process of migrating from SSP to rival software company Transactor, have asked to have the transition processed quicker following the outage on the Pure platform last week.
In the September issue of Post
The London Fire Brigade, the anniversary of the great Fire of London and the Top 30 European insurer ranking are in the September issue of Post.
More than 40 brokers back online after SSP outage
SSP has divided its brokers into four segments and is uploading the data of each in succession, Post has learned.
SSP restores limited service to handful of brokers
A handful of brokers have been given limited functionality on SSP's Pure Platform, 11 days after the service was downed by a power outage, with promises that the full service will come later.
My other life: Steve McPherson, Ignition Connect, football chairman
In his free time, director of non-standard insurance McPherson is a football chairman
Octo adds Axa and LV to telematics offering
App-based telematics provider Octo Telematics has added four insurers to its free smartphone driving app Octo U.
R&Q ‘back in the black’ after turnaround in results
Randall and Quilter has announced a pre-tax profit of £1.2m for the first half of 2016, a turnaround from a £4.5m loss in the same period last year.
Insurance Revolution joins Integro Insurance Brokers
International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers have announced the acquisition of Insurance Revolution.
SSP begins to move brokers to secondary data centre
SSP is moving brokers to a backup data centre in West London, as the power outage that stopped business last week rolls on to its 10th day.
Did the Gibraltar regulator miss the warning signs?
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission has once again fallen under scrutiny after Enterprise Insurance became the third major insurer to collapse in the tax haven in recent years.
State of the Nation: Lloyd's and the London Market: Innovation and modernisation
The London Market is keen to encourage innovation, but that will involve overturning tried and tested practices and bringing through the younger generation
Week in Post: trampolining, brokers in the dark and cake
I was reminded of the insurance industry this surprising sunny bank holiday weekend when I was required to sign a waiver to accept and acknowledge my participation in Gravity Force trampolining could entail "known and unknown risks that could result in…