All MGAs articles – Page 20
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Connect Underwriting secures chief commercial officer for new holding company
The new appointee will help ‘identify and capitalise on commercial and investment opportunities,’ a statement said
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Atec appoints new group distribution partnerships director
The new appointee is looking forward to ’fulfilling [the firm’s] vision and achieving its goals for 2023 and beyond’
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MGAs have a bright future in UKGI
Insurance DataLab pulls apart findings from Insurance Times’ Five Star Rating Report: MGA market 2022/23 and its own MGA performance report to uncover why MGAs are seeing so much success with brokers
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Pen Underwriting promotes for specialty division managing director
The new hire will succeed Steve Thornett, who has decided to leave the business after a near nine year tenure
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Briefing: Underwriter seeks to haul clients into tackling cargo crime with pricing incentive
MGA takes action after campaign to improve lorry safety appears to be on the road to nowhere
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Optio Group’s managing director elevated to chief executive role
The appointee has had a ‘major impact’ on the business since joining the group, says executive chairman
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BrokerFest 2023: Brokers must display understanding, communication and confidence to succeed with commercial clients
Businesses are also turning to their insurance brokers for risk management support, adds expert panel
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Travel MGU Tifgroup ‘excited’ to once again serve UK broker market after capacity loss
The MGU has revealed a new portal for brokers
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Biba calls for government intervention as SMEs face ‘very real’ cyber risks
The broker trade body and cyber underwriter CFC have teamed up to improve the cyber landscape amid reports of low penetration of cover
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Risk managers note concerns over sensitive data stored by cyber insurers
Cyber underwriter CFC is adamant that it protects client data to a sufficient degree, however
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Moonrock Drone Insurance secures new capacity to cover non-standard drone operations
New backing enables the MGA to cover sums insured up to £20m and expand into Europe
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UK government scheme Cyber Essentials insurance is ‘appalling’ for SMEs
The National Cyber Security Centre’s initiative demonstrates both opportunities and obstacles for clients, say insurance industry leaders
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Insurers make brokers’ ‘life hell’ when dealing with professional indemnity claims
Improving broker and insurer relationships in the PI market include ‘getting back to the basics’ and investing in internal claims teams, rather than insurers ‘just hiding behind the broker’
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Royal Mail hit by ‘cyber incident’ that caused disruption to international post
Royal Mail has apologised for any inconvenience caused and has also launched a full investigation alongside cyber crime experts
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GRP boosts MGA portfolio with ‘niche’ business buy
Global Risk Partners has acquired the entire issued share capital from Nucleus Underwriting.
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Brokers key in closing awareness gap for scams like iSpoof
CFC Underwriting warns that cyber criminals are unwavering in their commitment to the goal of extorting money from victims
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CFC creates dedicated fintech team
CFC has witnessed the volume of submissions from fintechs increase by more than 100% year-on-year over the past couple of years
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Parametric insurance poses ‘really compelling’ solution to climate change driven weather events
Following November’s Cop27 conference, the impact of weather events influenced by climate change has hit home – and brokers are looking outside of traditional covers to help clients
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Best of Christmas Backchats 2022
After 12 whole months of backchats, Insurance Times has rounded up the best Christmas backchats for December 2022 including a pink grizzly bear, Santa’s naughty or nice list and an epic dance-off. You heard it here first….
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Atec Group boosts revenue income by 28% in year to September 2022
The firm’s chief executive said that ‘this upward trend is set to continue, with solid plans in place to more than double the business again through organic growth over the next five years’