Articles by Siân Barton
Insurance Cares: Tool developed for self-assessment
The tool, developed by Altus, enables firms to benchmark the work they are doing for vulnerable customers.
Ageas redundancies confirmed
Following a consultation about the closures of Port Solent and Stoke-on-Trent centres Ageas expects 430 redundancies.
Marsh reveals plan to raise €1.1bn
The money will be used to fund its JLT acquisition, related fees and expenses, and to repay JLT debts.
Broker Network and Compass-owner launches Ethos with £300m GWP target
Broker Network Partners rebrands as Ethos to separate deals from its networks as CEO Des O’Connor reiterates that the networks will remain apart.
Gallagher reveals £264.5m cost of Stackhouse Poland deal
The long-rumoured deal was finally announced in January this year.
Video: A Broking Minute
Meet IFM Insurance MD Mark Barlow.
SchemeServe develops claims tool
The feature is for delegated authority claims and available to brokers.
Premium Credit confirms another outage
Brokers and customers of the credit provider experienced problems for almost two days over Monday and Tuesday.
Sector criticised for approach to sharing economy
Report outlines the insurance risks for customers active in hosting AirBnb guests due to gaps in cover.
Axa puts 106 roles at risk
Redundancies likely as the insurer announces it is to open two trading centres in Bolton and Ipswich.
Expletive-laden broker spat court documents exposed
Gallagher vs Ardonagh: Skeleton argument alleges Simon Matson called former employee a “complicated fat arab” but Gallagher described the defence claims as a “blatant…attempt to distract”.
Dual pricing: Working group investigates loyalty penalty
The Competition & Markets Authority has set up a panel to explore how its recommendations are being implemented.
Insurance Cares: Sector commits to second Day of Giving
The Day, designed to raise funds for dementia research raised £70,000 in 2018.
Adler Group to buy Corrigans GI business
The deal is set to complete in June and is Adler’s fourth in three years.
Enterprise Ogden claims hit revealed – report
The liquidator’s report has shown that bust Gibraltar insurer Enterprise must pay out £101.4m extra in claims partly due to changes to the Ogden rate.
Brunel Insurance Brokers buys Glentworth
The deal is described as a “merger of equals”.
FCA increases Financial Ombudsman Service compensation limit to £350,000
The change will see the limit go up from £150,000 from 1 April and could keep going up annually.
Broking success: Mark Barlow, IFM Insurance
Managing director of Sheffield-based IFM Insurance, Mark Barlow, tells Insurance Age why advice is key to keeping clients and reasons to say no to the consolidators
Broker Summit 2019: FCA addresses “hideous” clone brokers
Economist Vicky Pryce also shared some insight around how the economy could perform following Brexit.
Aon pulls out of Willis talks
It was confirmed that the two brokers were in discussions but Aon has now stated it does not intend move forward with a potential deal.
Commercial Express launches broker training hub
The portal is available online and covers a variety of topics in addition to offering CPD points.
Aon confirms deal talks with Willis Towers Watson
The businesses emphasised that the talks were in a preliminary stage.
Acturis launches broker app
The native mobile application is free for Acturis brokers and available on Apple and Android systems.
Coversure partners with Fraser Edmond’s Broker Insights
Ninety-three offices went live on the data platform, designed to increase broker visibility among insurers, last month.