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NewsFCA shuts down Tifgroup’s claims handling and insurance distribution services for previous partners
The regulator specifies that ‘Tif must not carry on any insurance distribution activities in relation to any new policies for any customer resident in the UK’ with regards to the firm’s past insurer partnerships
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NewsMGA First Underwriting secures £1bn five-year capacity deal
The deal will fuel the MGA’s next phase of growth while providing capacity for new products
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NewsOptio Group buys warranty and indemnity MGA
The MGA says its latest purchase confirms financial lines as ‘a core underwriting pillar’ for the business
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NewsAviva inks five-year deal with Basildon-based MGA
The deal builds on the pair’s existing motor and non-standard home partnership
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NewsPersonal lines MGA appoints new chief underwriting officer
The new hire ‘will play a pivotal role’ in helping the business achieve ‘profitable growth’
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NewsWoodgate and Clark appoints new business development manager
The new hire aims to boost the loss adjuster’s market presence in the building defects division
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NewsSpecialist Risk Group launches new MGA
The new business aims to achieve £100m GWP within its first year of trading and will target both organic and acquisitional growth
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: MGAs ‘react to uncertainty better than other businesses in the market’ - FloodFlash
FloodFlash’s commercial director Brent Jackson speaks on the MGA’s five star rating from brokers and outlines the challenges FloodFlash aims to meet in the coming year
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: NBS Underwriting set to launch new products in response to broker feedback
NBS Underwriting’s managing director Steve Cowman tells Insurance Times why feedback is crucial for business development, especially when it comes to creating new schemes or products
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Managing director confirms Burns and Wilcox is in ‘growth mode’
Following the publication of Insurance Times’ MGA Survey results, Burns and Wilcox managing director Stuart Kilpatrick reveals the MGA’s growth strategy and discusses industry challenges
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AnalysisMachine learning ‘is part of the answer’ in improving insurance services
MGAs are leading the pack to invest in machine learning, working to ‘deploy it far quicker into their distribution and into their business than insurers will’
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: Centrix Underwriting is ‘shaking up the market’ following four star success
Centrix Underwriting managing director Mark Hands explains what is on the MGA’s agenda in the next 12 months, including the development of new products to fulfil broker needs
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NewsHSB signs acquisition deal with specialist construction group
The deal will ‘expand our core insurance offerings into the structural warranty arena’, says insurer managing director
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IT InterviewSam White: Unconscious bias barrier has led to a ‘skewer of male dominance’ in industry
Historically, it has been ‘unbelievably difficult for female founders to get funding’, says top boss
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AnalysisBriefing: Why can’t insurers innovate like MGAs?
Conversations at BrokerFest 2021 indicated that MGAs have the edge on insurers when it comes to innovation
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NewsHB Underwriting partners with insurtech to launch tenants’ contents product
The cover aims to close the insurance accessibility gap for social and affordable housing tenants
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NewsBrokerFest 2021: Harbour Underwriting partners with broker for ATE solution
Harbour Underwriting is keen to partner with engaged brokers
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NewsArrow Risk Management launches new MGA underwriting platform
Two members of its management team come from Barbican Insurance Group
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FeaturesIn Focus: Data is a ‘hygiene factor’ for MGAs, but claims handling lagging behind technological curve
The insurance industry is sitting on mountains of data – used wisely, it could be the silver bullet that makes an MGA successful
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NewsBiba and MGA launch new scheme to support the media and entertainment sector
Creating the new insurance scheme was a ‘direct result of member requests’ following a challenging 2020
