Initial public offering (IPO)
Top 100 Insurtech Firms 2019
The annual Insurtech 100 returns; a celebration of the innovation that is rethinking and reshaping the world of insurance as we know it. Matt Connolly, founder and CEO of Tällt Ventures, which has produced the index, outlines the methodology and what has…
Blog: Aquiline's recommitment to ERS highlights turnaround success after dark days of IAG
Jonathan Swift reflects on the turnaround at ERS and why Aquiline might have decided to wait to sell the motor insuer
Compare the Market owners see profits rise despite blow from abandoned IPO
Compare the Market owner BGL Group has seen underlying pre-tax profits soar by 16% in spite of its abandoned initial public offering.
Interview: Geoff Carter and Trevor Webb, Sabre Insurance
A self proclaimed ‘little gem’, Sabre literally went public last year with a London Stock Exchange listing. Jonathan Swift caught up with the management team to get under the bonnet of the non-standard motor insurer
Sabre backers exit business with £116.4m share sale
Sabre’s largest shareholders will sell their remaining £116.4m stake in the company, nine months after the company went public.
Blog: How will Paul Geddes' decade at Direct Line Group be remembered?
When Paul Geddes took over the role of CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland’s insurance business in July 2009, moving from the retail arm of the bank, and replacing Chris Sullivan, I cannot remember many getting too excited.
Primary and Arch back Q3 launch of McNamee's insurtech C-Quence
Insurance investment vehicle Primary Group has today been revealed as the backer for the new digital-enabled managing general agent to be launched by former AIG UK CEO Jacqueline McNamee in autumn this year.
Nexus names insurance CEO ahead of potential IPO or sale
Nexus Group has named Mike Sibthorpe as CEO of its insurance and reinsurance business as the business gears up for a potential sale in 2018.
Post Power List 2018: Geoff Carter
CEO, Sabre
Sabre's value climbs on stock market debut
Sabre Insurance’s valuation rose 9% to roughly £630m in the first hour of its London Stock Exchange debut this morning.
BGL spent £4.4m on compliance ahead of now-abandoned IPO
Exclusive: Compare the Market owner BGL spent £4.4m on compliance ahead of a planned stock market float that now will not happen.
Compare the Market owner valued at £2.2bn as investment derails IPO
BGL group has shelved plans for a stock market float for Compare the Market, after an overseas investor bought a 30% stake in the business.
Sabre sets out share price range ahead of IPO next month
Sabre Insurance has set out the share price range for its initial public offering next month.
IPO to keep Sabre on existing track, CEO says
Sabre’s plans for an initial public offering will allow the group to continue its existing broker-focused strategy, CEO Geoff Carter said.
Sabre aims to raise £213m through IPO next month
Motor insurer Sabre has confirmed its plans for an initial public offering next month, bringing to a close months of speculation.
Ex-Aviva and Suncorp CEO Patrick Snowball joins Sabre board to help oversee IPO - updated
Exclusive: Motor insurer Sabre has recruited UK insurance veteran Patrick Snowball – a man who once sold the business - to its board as it gears up for its IPO.
Zhong An IPO float opens with $550m cornerstone investment
The long-awaited initial public offering for online-only insurers Zhong An has launched.
Details emerge on £500m Sabre float
Sabre has hired Barclays and Numis Securities to oversee a listing on the stock market that could be worth £500m, according to Sky News.
Hong Kong broker sees IPO plan halted
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has halted, at least temporarily, the attempted listing of a Hong Kong corporate insurance broker.
Report: Zhong An files for IPO in Hong Kong
Chinese internet only insurer Zhong An has filed for an IPO in Hong Kong according to reports.
United India appoints chairman; outlines IPO timeline
Girija Kumar has been approved as chairman and managing director at state owned United India Insurance.
India eyes investment and IPOs for five insurers
India could launch IPOs for up to five state owned insurers this year.
Post Power List 2017: Matthew Donaldson
CEO, BGL Group
Esure CEO Stuart Vann to gain £1.5m from Go Compare demerger
Esure CEO Stuart Vann will get £1.5m and CFO Darren Ogden will get £1m as a result of the Go Compare demerger, now confirmed for Thursday.