Swinton
Growing SMEs: Room to manoeuvre
Small businesses are often subject to rapid change and growth, and it is essential that brokers and insurers understand how radically their risk profiles can evolve.
Swinton expands commercial reach with purchase of Stroud-based broker
Swinton has acquired Alexander James Commercial for an undisclosed sum in a deal designed to expand the firm's commercial reach across the UK.
Swinton unveils north east office
Swinton Group has opened its first commercial office in the north east as part of a long-term plan to extend its commercial arm across the UK.
Interview: James Reader - A time for plain sailing
After a stormy year for French insurer Covéa and its subsidiaries on these shores, James Reader, chief executive of the newly merged Covéa Insurance, tells Post why the UK arm of the company can steady the ship.
Fraud 2012: App fraudsters 'going back to basics' to beat security
The role of brokers in weeding out application fraud is to grow as improvements to online security drive fraudsters back to phones and branches, according to a panel of industry experts.
Arc Legal to expand Northern Ireland family legal business
Arc Legal has inked a deal to supply Swinton's Open + Direct Northern Ireland clients with family legal protection products.
Expert analysis: Aggregator assessment
A continuing drop in motor premiums and a rise in instalment charges are just two trends identified by the latest market analysis.
Insurer-owned brokers: An endangered species?
The insurer-owned broker has become a permanent industry fixture in recent years, but a number of sales may have put the model in doubt. Are its days numbered?
Covea's Reader makes jobs cut pledge
The merger between MMA and Provident will not result in mass redundancies, chief executive of the newly created Covea Insurance James Reader has told Post.
SMEs: Home advantage
The Olympic experience showed that flexible working is a viable option for many, but companies need to weigh up the risks as well as the benefits.
Swinton acquires Greys Insurance
Swinton has snapped up Lancashire-based broker Greys Insurance as part of a strategy to expand the reach of its commercial division.
Swinton opens first commercial office in Scotland
Swinton has its first foothold in the Scottish commercial insurance market with the acquisition of Kirkintilloch Insurance Services.
Aviva bullish 'take-two' on telematics will put consumer take-up woes to bed
Aviva has defended its decision to re-enter the private car telematics space, four years after pulling out of a market it helped pioneer only to suffer poor take-up, stressing that consumers are now ready to embrace a less intrusive form of the 'black…
Co-op and Hastings sign up to telematics aggregator Compare The Box
Co-operative Insurance, Hastings Direct and Swinton are set to go live with telematics offerings on Go Compare and Wunelli's joint aggregator offering, Compare the Box.
Axa Personal Lines and Commercial Lines brought back together under Blanc
Axa's decision to revert to structuring its UK general insurance business down distribution lines rather than business segments has been widely welcomed by brokers, but the market is awaiting clarity over the direction of its direct business.
Expert analysis: The return of motor madness
The push for volume in motor has started again, with a fall in rates for a fourth consecutive quarter, while home is proving more resilient, says Tom Cooper.
Personal Lines Broking: Challenges on the horizon
After facing multiple threats that promised doom and gloom, personal lines brokers are ready to face down further challenges coming their way
Groupama UK criticised for bid to distance itself from French parent
Groupama's UK operation has been accused of "ignoring its financial history" by attempting to distance itself from the group’s Standard & Poor's BBB- downgrade.
Ex-Swinton CEO Halpin eyes imminent market return
Former Swinton chief executive Peter Halpin has announced that he expects to plunge back into the market in the coming months alongside two former executive board colleagues.
LV Broker boss Lawrence targets 'larger players' amid restructure
LV Broker personal lines director Michael Lawrence is aiming to increase his service focus on the market's larger players following a restructure of the firm's strategic accounts team.
Engelhardt tops Sunday Times insurance Rich List
Admiral's Henry Engelhardt, pictured, was the insurance industry’s top player in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List, with a total worth of £528m, down £120m from last year. He came in at 156th place, down from 120.
Insurance bosses invited to discuss common standard for telematics
Executives from some of the UK's biggest insurance firms will sit down next month to discuss the formulation of a common standard for issues surrounding telematics data ahead of an expected boom in demand.
Ethics: Entering the moral maze
The insurance industry has a poor public perception, many believing that firms put short-term profit above long-term customer satisfaction.
My best 11: Jon Bates, APC Underwriting
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…