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UKGI News
Biba 2012: Higos's Webster wins young broker of the year
Veingard of Premiercare scoops Francis Perkins Award for longstanding commitment
Biba 2012: Deloitte to conduct strategic review of Biba
Review follows association’s merger with the IIB
Zurich invests in broker relations with 15 new hires
Team of account executives will be on the road four days a week, meeting with brokers
Biba 2012: Regulation the biggest issue facing brokers
Seventy-five per cent want Biba to lobby government of FSCS reform
Biba 2012: Biba relaunches Broker ASSESS
Online training tool upgraded with role-specific, interactive case studies
Biba 2012: QBE launches new PI combined product
Latest addition for SMEs offers up to 13 different coverage sections
Biba 2012: Manchester Underwriting goes international with London office
MGA’s new office will write liability products for London market brokers
Biba 2012: Brokers confident of growth prospects for 2012
Sterling survey finds 60% upbeat about their outlook
Biba 2012: Zurich relaunches property owners proposition
New offering to be introduced to brokers at Biba conference
Biba 2012: Galbraith warns of EU pressure for mandatory commission disclosure
Biba appoints consultants to look into ways to improve FSCS structure
Biba 2012: RK Harrison MGA Aqua enters commercial market
Products developed for engineering, plastic manufacturing and print industries
Omega GWP down 7% as it exits Bermuda third-party business
Premium income from continuing business up 9%
Towergate boss rules out IPO for foreseeable future
Chief executive Mark Hodges says growth is his main priority and he’s not setting any deadlines around divesting
Castle Personal Insurance Brokers sinks into administration
Expensive acquisitions led to Hertfordshire broker’s collapse
Aviva to focus on building CPE business
Boss David Hall aims to expand regional hubs and add to personnel
UKGI Profiles
Towergate’s Mark Hodges and Scott EganSubscription
The consolidator’s dynamic duo have a huge task ahead of them – but neither of them doubt for one moment that they will achieve their aims
Simon Lee and Adrian Brown, RSASubscription
RSA’s new chief executive Simon Lee and UK boss Adrian Brown talk about their strategy
Biba: Andy Homer interviewed
The ex-Towergate boss on why he is passionate about his role at the helm of Biba
David Hall, Aviva Subscription
It must be a rare feeling for Aviva, being the new kid on the block – or rather the kid who left the neighbourhood and came back. But that’s the position corporate risks MD Hall is in. And he’s primed to keep up with the Joneses
Toby Esser, CGSCSubscription
Having achieved his ambition of becoming boss of a global reinsurance and wholesale broking giant, Toby Esser is looking for his next big deal
Analysis
Independents vs consolidators: who is coming out on top?Subscription
The climate may still be tough for consolidators and independents, but is one group faring better?
Aviva's stormy AGM: a view from the insideSubscription
Our man at the AGM describes how a ruffled Aviva chairman and board tried to soothe angry investors over excessive pay
Broker regulation: what to watch out forSubscription
We tackle brokers’ key regulation concerns, from client money handling rules to this year’s FSCS bill
Towergate's results explainedSubscription
How Towergate performed in the five key areas we highlighted last week
Global Market Report: LondonSubscription
An in-depth focus on the London Market by our sister publication Global Reinsurance, including a special report on the spiralling costs of Solvency II
