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AgendaBe Wiser plans acquisitions and new AI technology to grow business
Be Wiser chairman Mark Bower-Dyke talks about his plans to return the business to growth
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Gallagher buys landlords insurance broking group
Brentford-based group claims to manage the insurance requirements of over 140,000 policyholders
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September 2019 issue
In this month’s edition: Construction PI crisis; telematics broking under pressure; what happened to Lloyd’s underpriced business?
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Succession planning: Handing over to the next generation
Tackling the skills gap is one way of improving succession planning options for smaller brokers presently in the hands of solitary and/or ageing owners
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Tesla Insurance: the beginning of the end for selling motor cover?
Car makers have the potential to cut insurers and brokers out of the process of selling motor insurance - with the launch of Tesla Insurance should the incumbents be alarmed?
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Succession planning: More than a quarter of broker bosses lack succession plans
Survey also found most respondents would prefer to sell to another broker rather than a consolidator
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September Big Question: Should companies seriously consider introducing a four-day working week?
After Simply Business took the decision earlier this year to introduce a four-day working week for some of its staff, Insurance Times asks the industry whether the time is now right to seriously consider this option
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Succession planning: The art of executing a clean exit
In February, Folkestone’s Independent Insurance Services was purchased by a local managing general agency. Outgoing business owner Ray Johnson offers a personal account of his exit strategy and explains why it was important to sell to a company with similar values
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Goldman Sachs completes Aston Lark deal
Initial private equity owner Bowmark Capital also reinvests in Aston Lark
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Ethos-owned Finch completes eighth acquisition in ‘biggest deal to date’
Finch Group’s first acquisition of this year is also described as its largest to date
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Trade body to drive insurtech recruitment through partnership
IDEX Consulting will work with Insurtech UK to drive more numbers into the country’s insurance start-ups
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Underpriced Lloyd’s business – where is it now?
Insurance Times analyses where brokers have sought to place poorly performing business expelled from Lloyd’s in the last year
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Argo syndicate to exit most hull business amid ‘unsustainable’ combined ratios
Syndicate 1200 also set to stop underwriting operations in Asia
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Ecclesiastical rings senior management changes at Ansvar
Appointments made for MD and newly created Ansvar UK executive chairman roles
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DAS UK signs deal to cover customers of lettings disruptor
A new automated claims process has been built which will communicate with landlords
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Kennedys hires four partners across professional liability practice
Hires are across firm’s offices in London, Birmingham and Taunton
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Investment house takes minority stake in Carrot owner
Telematics group promises investment in the development of new products and services with funds
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Watchstone counterclaim accuses Slater & Gordon of using ‘illicit back channel’ in £637m acquisition
Slater Gordon has since 2017 been claiming against Watchstone to recoup the whole £637m it paid for the group’s professional services division in 2015
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Brightside places medical reporting business into run-off
Costs of placing the business into run-off takes Brightside to a pre-tax loss of £10.3m for 2018
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McCafferty puts focus on broking with 18-month Brightside investment plan
McCafferty spells out which areas of the business will receive investment and how he is shaping Brightside as a ‘2020s broker’
