Insurance Brokers

MGA News: CLS Risk Appoints Tom O’Connor as Group CEO

CLS Risk Solutions, a leading MGA for legal indemnity and transactional property risk solutions, has announced the appointment of Tom O’Connor as CEO of the CLS group, including CLS Risk Solutions (CLS RS). Tom O’Connor […]

Insurance Brokers

Appointments: Richard Beaven is New COO at Brightside Group

Brightside Group has appointed Richard Beaven as Group Chief Operating Officer (COO). Richard began his new role on 15 April and will report to Group CEO Brendan McCafferty. The move, which was announced at the […]

Opinion

The Interview: Building Relationships Drives Cavere Group Expansion

Cavere Intermediary, officially launched in January.  Part of the Cavere Group, it’s growing rapidly, with a raft of new and innovative products and services, most recently a bespoke scheme with Age Partnership. Insurance Edge caught […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker News: SPB Acquires Loyal Insurance Services

SPB UK, subsidiary of affinity insurance specialist SPB Group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of insurtechs Loyal Insurance Services Limited and Square Pound Limited. Owners of the brands Insurance2go and Better Buy Insurance respectively, […]

InsureTech

ITRS Joins Forces With CDL on Software Solutions for Insurance Sector

ITRS Group, the leading provider of real-time monitoring and analytics, has been selected to provide ITRS Capacity Planner to CDL, a leading provider of software solutions for the insurance market. CDL work with brokers like […]

Technology

ISG Looks to Europe For Insurtech Opportunities

There is no let-up in the pace of change across the insurance industry, or the flow of investment in insurtech, as companies race each other to transform their old call centre brokerages, paper-dominated underwriting operations, […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker News: County Buy Out Swinford Insurance Consultants

The County Group has concluded the purchase of Swinford Insurance Consultants Ltd (Swinford), based in Kinver (West Midlands). This is their first deal completed in 2019 which will be a transformational year. Dave Clapp, CEO […]

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 […]