News Analysis – Page 105
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Allianz cutting distribution costs through broker value analysis
Allianz is getting tough on brokers not providing the insurer enough value as it gets set to take action this year to cut its cost of distribution
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Hyperion spending big to ensure long-term value
Hyperion spending millions to buy back equity from ageing staff and ensure more shareholder employees of the future
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Briefing: The financials revealing why Gallagher is becoming a UK consolidating giant
Briefing by content director Saxon East What do Giles, Oval, Heath Lambert and now Stackhouse Poland all have in common? They are all major Insurance Times/IMAS Top 50 brokers swallowed up by Gallagher this decade. Thousands of staff across the UK have joined Gallagher, and those with stock have ...
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Features
Fraud Charter: No progress on the LiP Portal for months
Medco’s Susan Brown says Medco and the MIB is being held in limbo by the MoJ
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Unfair pricing and unrated insurers vex Broker50
Top brokers gather at Soho’s Groucho Club and discuss some of the biggest issues facing the industry - and what the FCA is doing to resolve them
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Regulator wants ‘name and shame’ loyalty penalty tables published on insurers and brokers
CMA recommends one of the toughest crackdowns ever seen in insurance as it vows to do whatever it takes to bring insurers and brokers in line
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Ask the Expert
December 2018 Big Question: What is coming in 2019?
The biggest names in the industry give their predictions for what lies ahead in the next 12 months
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Reports
Digital Broker Report 2018: The ever-changing role of the modern broker
It’s no longer enough to be a simple intermediary – today’s insurance broker has to fulfil several other roles, too
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GRP's Mike Bruce on consolidation, growth and commission
GRP broking chief executive Mike Bruce opens up his plans for broking group
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Video: Five minutes with... ABI head of general insurance policy, James Dalton
Fresh from the annual Motor Conference, the ABI’s James Dalton sits down with Insurance Times reporter, Scott McGee
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Ardonagh cashflow - financial analysis
The extent of the cashflow challenge facing Ardonagh is revealed today in an Insurance Times financial analysis
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Why RSA's UK personal motor is a problem child - analysis
RSA chief executive Stephen Hester says the company will be ready to expand its motor book within two years, but industry analysts do not share his optimism
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What drove insurance M&A in 2018 and what's next?
Insurance M&A boomed in 2018 for a variety of reasons, and the trend looks set to continue
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IT Interview
Five questions with: Mark Hudson, head of counter fraud at Horwich Farrelly
Mark Hudson, head of counter fraud at Horwich Farrelly speaks to head researcher at Insurance Times, Savan Shah to talk through what techniques should be adopted in the fight against fraud
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Insurtech explodes, but how do you sort the good from bad?
As more and more insurtechs are vying for investment,insurance industry experts give their views on how you sort the wheat from the chaff
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New Simply Business head eyes fresh markets and predicts aggregator disruption
Newly promoted David Summers predicts there will be a shift from the aggregator model in the next few years
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IT Interview
Q&A: Cyber education and simplifying coverage with business group leader of cyber at Barbican, Graeme King
Graeme King speaks to Insurance Times about the how the complexity of cyber insurance can be a hurdle for regional brokers, and how Barbican hopes to remedy that
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Features
The industry reacts: Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement
Industry experts have their say on the withdrawal agreement
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iGO4 boss Matt Munro – the early disruptor on breaking the Top 50 and taking telematics mainstream
iGO4 reached a milestone this year by breaking into the Insurance Times Top 50 Brokers list