Business

Broker News: Athora Holdings Completes on 540m Euro Generali Belgium Deal

Athora Holdings, an insurance group based in Bermuda, announced the completion of the acquisition of Generali Belgium for 540 million euros recently. Generali Belgium will be renamed Athora Belgium in June 2019 and is the third acquisition […]

News

Govt Agency Wants Cyclists & Pedestrians to Have Priority on UK Roads

There’s been another call from the Institute for Health and Care Excellence, also known as NICE, to design roads and pavements which give pedestrians and cylists priority over cars, vans, buses and motorcycles. The proposals […]

Fraud

Insurance Fraud: Another Grenfell Scammer Jailed

A woman was jailed in December after she exploited the tragic incidents of the Grenfell Tower fire, Manchester Arena Bombing and London Bridge terror attack to make several fraudulent insurance claims, amid a series of […]

News

Swinton Brand Name Kept Alive, Following Ardonagh Takeover

The Ardonagh Group, owners of Bishopsgate Insurance. Carole Nash Insurance Consultants, Geo Underwriting, Towergate and more, anoounced the formal completion of the Swinton buyout deal, with regulatory aproval granted, just as 2018 drew to a […]

Global insurance trends

Mergers & Acquisitions; Carlyle – Sedgwick Deal Gets Signed Off

Sedgwick, a global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition by The Carlyle Group of majority ownership of Sedgwick from KKR and other shareholders. Funds […]

Opinion

Opinion: Compulsory Electric Bike Insurance Misses the Bigger Problems

From the Editor’s smokin’ laptop, comes this predictable grumble about compulsory insurance for electric bicycles, due to come into law across the UK, once some type of Danegeld deal is struck with the EU in […]