Clear Group Analysis
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: What are the biggest challenges set to hit brokers in H2 2024?
Insurance Times asks experts about challenges brokers face and what can be done to mitigate evolving threats
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News AnalysisRevealed: Who won at the Insurance Times Awards 2023?
With gold, silver and bronze awards across 36 categories, the winners from last night’s Insurance Times Awards have now been revealed.
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IT InterviewHoward Lickens: Clear Group ‘deliberately fussy’ about M&A targets
’This will be by far the biggest year we’ve ever had and I’d expect that to accelerate,’ says executive chairman
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News AnalysisIn Focus: The emerging protection gaps concerning commercial brokers
’It is incumbent on us all to make sure we are having conversations with customers,’ says chief executive
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IT InterviewMike Edgeley: The Clear Group aims to create ‘more efficient and structured’ business over 18 months
The broker intends to keep its ‘very people orientated’ DNA, but will continue work on ‘rationalising our IT’ and delivering ‘growth ambitions’, says group chief executive
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IT InterviewMike Edgeley: The Clear Group has ‘very healthy’ M&A pipeline that is ‘sticking to knitting’ in UK market
However, the intermediary’s group chief executive reveals he ‘will be keeping a weather eye’ on M&A opportunities around MGAs and Ireland-based businesses too
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News AnalysisBriefing: HNW insurers must work with brokers better to tackle ‘nightmare’ Range Rover cover conundrum
Following increased Range Rover thefts, HNW insurers have put the brakes on their risk appetite for policies covering these cars
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News AnalysisThe Big Question March 2023: What will the cyber insurance market look like this year?
Cyber cover is a big topic on the UK insurance industry’s lips - from changes in policy wordings to emerging threats. Insurance Times asks five leading professionals about what the market can expect in 2023
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News AnalysisOpinion: Is Europe still the next phase of UK broking M&A?
Editor Katie Scott shares broker views around whether the UK really is running out of broker consolidation targets
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News AnalysisThe Big Question November 2022: How can brokers navigate cost of living client conversations amid insurers’ inflation hit rates?
Insurers are having to increase rates as a result of inflation, but end customers may struggle to pay these prices due to the cost of living crisis. Insurance Times asks industry leaders how brokers can navigate these conversations
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AnalysisM&A in UK broking: Diversification grows in importance amid ‘diminishing supply’ of targets
Brokers looking to buy have a roster of new strategies, but are there enough UK M&A targets to satisfy their thirst for growth?
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AnalysisBriefing: Goldman Sachs’ Midas touch turns to The Clear Group
The intermediary’s ownership of a broker network creates a potential acquisition pipeline that appeals to the investment bank
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AnalysisBriefing: Broker consolidation debate set to heat up at BrokerFest 2022
Panellists prepare to discuss the pros and cons of consolidation on the broker market, exploring whether it is a ‘natural culmination point’ or a survival tool
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AnalysisThe Big Question May 2022: How can brokers and insurers improve their trading operations and relationships?
Insurance Times asks industry experts how brokers and insurers can better collaborate
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AnalysisAre usage-based policies set to disrupt the post-Covid SME insurance market?
Small business owners struggled during the pandemic amid high profile BI litigation, but brokers have also faced correlating service challenges
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AnalysisBriefing: Insurers increasingly seek to clarify risk appetite for brokers following BI confusion
But, ‘appetite’ can mean different things to different insurers and brokers, meaning that communications need to continue to be clearer than ever
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AnalysisThe Big Question March 2022: How can brokers best plan for succession amid a buoyant M&A market?
As an abundance of M&A hits headlines, Insurance Times asks the industry how brokers can best plan for succession
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AnalysisDavid Howden proven to be ‘an extraordinary operator’ following Aston Lark acquisition
Insurance Times speaks to the industry on Howden’s most recent purchase, which ‘on paper, looks great for all parties concerned’
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FeaturesBrokers embrace consolidation talent fallout
Opportunities are afoot for independent brokers to secure the cream of the crop in broking talent as consolidation tsunami leaves talent ‘deeply disenfranchised’ with new ownership
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FeaturesThe Big Question July – August 2021: With mental health in mind, what should the insurance industry consider as staff return to the office post-lockdown?
With lockdown restrictions easing, many people are no longer working from home. With employees’ mental health in mind, Insurance Times asks the sector what it should consider as staff return to the office post-pandemic
