Insurance Brokers

More Deals: Aston Lark Buys Magenta Insurance

Acquisitions continue at pace for Aston Lark, the Chartered insurance broker backed by Goldman Sachs, with an announcement today of the acquisition of inet3 Limited, trading as magenta insurance. magenta insurance is a Chartered Managing […]

Insurance Brokers

Close Brothers Calls For Common Sense Budget 2021

Any changes to business assets disposal relief (entrepreneurs tax relief) in the March Budget will accelerate the number of brokers selling up and leaving the profession, according to Paul Trail, managing director of Close Brothers […]

Insurance claims

Synetiq Invests in Hybrid/EV Dismantling Facility

A multimillion-pound investment by SYNETIQ, Britain’s largest integrated salvage and recycling company, will ready its Winsford site into the UK’s first facility with dedicated EV and Hybrid dismantling capability. The investment will provide EV-specific equipment […]

Insurance claims

Home Insurance: Don’t Let Randomers View Your House Unaccompanied

New research from Direct Line Home Insurance reveals a nation of property spies, with eight million (15 per cent) people arranging to view the homes of people they know, when they list their property for […]

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2019 Saw a Van Sales Boom; Will It Continue in 2020?

Data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) earlier this month painted a very positive picture for the van sector. Not only were 2019 registrations up by 2.4 per cent over the year, […]

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Pension Sale Regulation: FCA Dishes Out £23m Fine to The Pru

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (Prudential) £23,875,000 for failures related to non-advised sales of annuities. Between July 2008 and September 2017, Prudential’s non-advised annuity business focused on […]