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AA buys Key Care; RSA launches hub; Gallagher Re’s Melia to retire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Close Brothers partners with Hedron; Howden buys Laurie Ross; Admiral rebrands Toolbox
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is Biba right to worry about personal lines broking?
News Editor’s View: After the British Insurance Brokers' Association asked personal lines insurers to commit to the broking channel, Scott McGee looks at what has got brokers spooked, and what action needs to happen in order for a fruitful future.
RSA and Brit partner; Policy Expert expands top team; Guidewire chair joins Hyperexponential
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is the Aon–NFP deal a sign of mega broking M&A to come?
Content Director's View: Jonathan Swift reflects on the recent record broking deal between Aon and NFP, and asks whether the $13.4bn (£10.5bn) price tag will be beaten by another acquisition in 2024.
Reinsurance renewals hint at happier 2024 for insurers
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes reflects on how this year’s reinsurance renewals suggest the trying times of 2023 should result in a happier 2024 for insurers.
Aon buys NFP; ARMD launches MGA; NordVPN offers cyber cover
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Christmas is a time for insurers to give back
Editor’s View: As insurers on Santa’s nice list get ready to receive loads of presents, Emma Ann Hughes reflects on how the industry has given back to society and supported charities this Christmas.
Hiscox and Google collaborate; Axis syndicate; Biba’s 2024 conference theme
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Howden pleads for protection of climate-vulnerable countries
Speaking at the COP 28 summit, David Howden, founder and CEO of Howden emphasised the power the private sector has to protect vulnerable countries against the effects of climate change and unlock future investment opportunities.
CII’s Suzi Rackley asks if it’s enough to Build Back Better
Trade Voice: Suzi Rackley, client director at Howden Private Clients and member of the Chartered Institute of Insurers’ broking board, argues the industry needs to push beyond Build Back Better to ensure the UK is flood-ready by 2039.
Big Interview: SRG CEO Warren Downey and deputy CEO Lee Anderson
Specialist Risk Group CEO Warren Downey and deputy CEO Lee Anderson explain how Marsh snapping up JLT created a gap in the market for a "great alternative for great specialists."
Managing underinsurance risks and valuations
Analysis: As inflation continues to be an issue across all lines of insurance, Sam Barrett explores how brokers can use AI to manage underinsurance risk and valuations.
Arch takes Aon team; Gallagher expands operations; Vision Track’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Using algorithms to underwrite commercial and specialty market risks
Analysis: Harry Curtis examines the applications of algorithmic underwriting in commercial and specialty insurance, what role the approach leaves for human underwriters, and what challenges it presents.
Howden’s climate practice, Ecclesiastical and Iprism partner and WTW’s claims chief
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Howden secures £500m to turn insurtechs into MGAs
Howden’s venture will support the development of innovative insurance solutions, as well as create investment opportunities for insurtech start-ups.
Three ways to ditch insurance’s ‘Old Boy’ network image
Traditional portrayals of insurance as an exclusive stale, pale and male club were examined during iCan’s Dive In session.
Top 75 MGAs 2023: £30m - £40m
AutoProtect, Avantia, CFC Group, EGV (Holdings), Howden Group Holdings, and PIB Group achieved MGA/MGU revenues between £30m and £40 from UK-based non-life risks in 2022.
Top 75 MGAs: Howden Group
Howden Group’s MGAs - Dual and KGM Underwriting Services - generated revenue that places the business in the top 15 of this year’s Insurance Post Top 75 MGAs 2023 list.
Aon unveils operational risks solution; Admiral launches PI policy; Clear inks another deal
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
A-Plan to be replaced by Howden on high streets
The A-Plan brand is to disappear from 100 branches across the UK, replaced by the Howden brand.
Are the City’s insurers struggling to stay sober?
Analysis: Frances Stebbing explores how the City of London’s drinking culture has been challenged and whether the sector finally recognises it needs to allow people the option to wake up as fresh as a daisy if it wants to attract and retain fresh talent.
Insurance M&A volume soars but deal value falls
Data analysis: The number of UK insurance merger and acquisition deals rose from 48 in the first half of 2022 to 54 at the start of 2023 but the total publicly disclosed deal value fell from £3.8bn to £16m year-on-year.