Business

GRP Celebrates Success in 2017, Continues on Acquisition Trail

Global Risk Partners Ltd (GRP), the specialist vehicle for acquiring brokers and MGAs, has joined the list of the top 20 largest brokers in the UK, following a stream of acquisitions in 2017. The brokers […]

News

Budget 2017: Insurance Sector Reaction

Here’s a round up of the reactions from the insurance and finance sectors to the Chancellor’s Budget Statement earlier today; There’s £400 million for electric car research and a more substantial £2.5 billion for tech […]

Household Insurance

Industry Moves: Charles Foster Appointed CEO of Lycetts

Lycetts, one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers and financial services providers, has appointed Charles Foster as its new Chief Executive, subject to regulatory approval. Charles has headed up Lycetts’ rural division for the past […]

Insurance Brokers

Ascentric Upgrades Bespoke Software for Insurance & Investment Advisers

Ascentric, part of the Royal London group, is offering advisers a new enhanced client reporting service which enables advisers to create bespoke, branded client reports using detailed transactional data feeds from the Ascentric platform. Partnering […]

Insurance Brokers

Monday Briefing 13.11.17. £2000 Diesel Car Tax, Ripe Broker Expands & More

Here is your essential start-the-week round up; Insurance-Edge has learned from a source inside a leading BMW dealership that the Chancelleor is likely to introduce a new set of VED tax bands for diesel cars, […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Insurers paying fewer claims says BIBA

by Ralph Savage New research has accused insurers of becoming stricter on paying claims in the economic downturn. According to the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA), 90% of insurance brokers believe that insurers are becoming […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

Killing the joy in killjoy

If I was a broker, I wouldn’t be celebrating just yet – these conflicting statements do little more than make it clear that anything could come out of this review. The market is not out of the woods yet so I’d advise brokers to put away the party hats for now. […]