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 […]

Household Insurance

RSA and Nationwide Home Insurance Partnership Goes Live

RSA’s home insurance partnership with Nationwide Building Society,  is live for new customers as of 5th December 2017. The new partnership is expected to add more than one million new home insurance customers to RSA’s […]

Insurance Brokers

Aon Strengthens Broker Arm with Unidelta Takeover

Aon has been busy this year consolidating its position as one of the world’s biggest insurance brokers. It recently acquired the Henderson broker group in Yorkshire, bringing some 400 UK staff under the Aon Risk Solutions […]

Mobile

RAC Study Shows Fewer Drivers Caught Using Mobiles at The Wheel

Just over 1,700 fewer drivers were stopped for illegally using a handheld phone while driving in the three months after the introduction of tougher penalties in the spring, compared to the three months immediately before, […]

Business

Allianz Buys a Slice of Euler Hermes – Keen to Acquire More Shares

Insurance giant Allianz has annoucned today that it’s buying 11.34% of Euler Hermes share capital, for a price of 122 euros per share in cash, as a result of which Allianz will own 74.34% of […]

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 claims

Over 40s Adopting Telematics in Big Numbers

Traditionally favoured by younger drivers, blackbox (or telematics) insurance is now becoming increasingly popular across all demographics, especially with the over 40s. New customer research from blackbox insurance leaders, Coverbox, shows how much the demographic […]