Broker News – Page 215
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NewsYorkshire broker secures refinancing deal
Burley Group has moved to Yorkshire as sole banker following MacQuarrie’s exit from UK
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NewsAon Risk poaches Zurich personal lines broker head
Ian McManus will head high net worth proposition team
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NewsHiscox awards Bruce Stevenson delegated authority
Edinburgh-based firm first in Scotland to partner with high net worth insurer
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NewsJelf’s Barton lays out growth battle plan in SME mid-market and corporate
To compete in mid-market brokers must have a technically and highly competent consultative claims offering - Phil Barton
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NewsTowergate strengthens Scottish operations with senior hires
Changes follow the completion of the Group’s recent recapitalisation
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NewsGoogle: We are not here to disrupt insurance
Google head of digital marketing Carolina Vicente told delegates at the Insurance Times Innovation and Disruption Conference 2015 that the search engine giant has ‘no plans’ to start offering insurance
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NewsAon broking unit suffers 7% operating profit drop in Q1
Division achieves 3% organic growth but revenues drop 5% as exchange rates bite
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NewsAgeas makes senior hires to support commercial lines expansion
Ageas is targeting organic growth in UK commercial lines, with a focus on SME and fleet
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NewsMarsh parent’s Q1 broking profit rises 8% despite revenue dip
Division reports organic growth of 3%, which is offset by foreign currency movements
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NewsAXA launches new household product for high value homes and contents
AXA Advanced created to plug gap in insurer’s offering to meet needs of brokers’ more affluent clients
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NewsMoneysupermarket insurance revenue rises 12% in first quarter
Boost driven by ‘improvements to customer journey’
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NewsNorth of England insurance job vacancies up by one-third
Shortages are most acute in mid-level posts, says recruitment consultancy
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Online onlyThe Market Digest: 29 April 2015
See our round-up of the biggest stories from around the UK, as well as the big numbers making headlines in the insurance industry
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NewsImprovement program restructuring costs Willis $31m in Q1 2015
The broker says it has also generated savings of $10m as a result of operational improvement program
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NewsRSA rolls out pop-up trading sites to get closer to brokers
Insurer has a seen an uptick in the amount of commercial business it has written from pop-up events
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NewsWillis GB underlying revenue up as broker suffers decline in Retail Networks
Group profits in Q1 2015 hit by foreign currency movements and net increase from completed acquisitions and disposals
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NewsBollington underwriting and product head Bob Gratton to retire
Paul Hughes to head wholesale distribution and Simon Rhoades to join as commercial schemes manager
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NewsAcquisition boosts South Essex Insurance Brokers' profits by 23.3%
Broker expects acquisition to add a third to turnover and premium income in 2015
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NewsEx-Gallagher duo Paul Dickson and Howard Pearson launch new broker
Innovation Broking focuses on mid-market emerging technology clients
