Global insurance trends

US Market: Outdoorsy Teams Up With Spinnaker

Hey what better way to escape the Facebook-Insta-Whatsapp chaos than by taking an RV trip this Fall? Now if you’re thinking rental, rather than owning an RV, the whole insurance thing just got easier too.  […]

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Marine: Lockton Buys Edge Group

Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance broker, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Edge Group, with offices in Singapore, Hamburg, London, Copenhagen, Oslo and Bergen, to expand its marine broking capabilities. The acquisition, […]

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Deals: Pen Underwriting Buys MUM

It’s a big day for deals – this one just in from Pen Underwriting. Pen Underwriting today announces that it has acquired Manchester Underwriting Agencies Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary Manchester Underwriting Management Limited […]

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Zego Launches Flat Rate Commercial Product

Commercial motor insurance provider, Zego, has launched a new flat rate insurance policy, further extending its choice of policies for fleet businesses. Complementing Zego’s flagship usage-based policy, the flat rate product is targeted at fleet […]

Insurance Brokers

GRP Completes on WTW Deal in Northern Ireland

Global Risk Partners (GRP) has completed its acquisition of Willis Towers Watson’s (WTW) commercial risk and broking business in Northern Ireland. The £65m gross written premium (GWP) portfolio is now part of GRP’s Northern Ireland […]

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Heritage Sites Targeted By Smash & Grab Thieves

Ecclesiastical Insurance is encouraging brokers to speak to their heritage clients about how best to protect themselves, following a spate of smash and grab raids across the country. Within the past two years there have […]