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• Gallagher grows real estate practice with broker buy

  03-04-2025 12:41
  Gallagher has purchased commercial insurance broker Bicroft Insurance Services, expanding the broking giant’s real estate practice.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Arch Insurance UK’s Janine Starkie

  23-04-2025 15:13 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Janine Starkie, regional manager for the North and Scotland at Arch Insurance UK teases a special guest for its event at the Exhibition Bar; reveals she has snagged Oasis tickets; and looks forward to promoting its ‘hub-and-spoke’ model that ensures underwriters are exactly where brokers need them.
  
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• The trouble with Danish, squared

  23-04-2025 12:31 via ft.com
  Navigating a bancassurance accounting loophole
  
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• IPT receipts surge 9% to £8.88bn in 2024/25

  23-04-2025 12:27 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Data from HMRC has confirmed receipts from Insurance Premium Tax jumped by £737m in the 2024/25 financial year reaching a new high of £8.88bn.
  
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• Ex-EY boss Tony Sault joins Oxbow Partners

  22-04-2025 15:16
  Former EY leader Tony Sault has joined management consultancy Oxbow Partners, tasked with extending the UK and Ireland general insurance practice.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Bridgehaven’s Paul Jewell

  22-04-2025 15:04
  Paul Jewell, CEO of Bridgehaven hails Mike Keating’s ability to not park the bus; looks forward to discussing the exciting opportunities presented by alternative capacity providers; and recommends delegates visit Manchester’s answer to Hogwarts.
  
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• Brokers see growth opportunities in non-standard property

  22-04-2025 12:53 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Brokers have ranked unoccupied homes as top of the key growth areas list in a Prestige Underwriting survey on the non-standard market.
  
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• Drone MGA Moonrock expands Apollo relationship with $122.5m facility

  22-04-2025 12:31
  Managing general agent Moonrock has launched a $122.5m (£91.6m) drone, eVTOL and aviation innovation insurance facility led by capacity from Apollo.
  
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• Ecclesiastical grows presence in Scotland opening office in Glasgow

  22-04-2025 11:38 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Ecclesiastical Insurance has opened an office in Glasgow after it saw a surge in new business in Scotland.
  
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• UIB responds to SFO court case decision

  22-04-2025 11:08
  United Insurance Brokers Limited has responded to the Serious Fraud Office’s decision to bring a case of failing to prevent international bribery with the charges to be heard at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 7 May.
  
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• UnitedHealth shares plunge 22% after insurer slashes profit forecast

  17-04-2025 22:44 via ft.com
  US company says it ‘did not perform to expectations’ in first quarter
  
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• Alan Boswell buys Suffolk broker

  17-04-2025 16:41
  Alan Boswell Group has bought commercial insurance broker Andrew Thompson and Associates in its first deal of the year after two purchases in 2024.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Markel’s Jo Sykes

  17-04-2025 16:03 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Jo Sykes, divisional director, broker & ATE UK at Markel, promises a partnership with an Olympic champion; expects to see another uptick in attendance at its annual hospitality event; and looks forward to putting her sore feet up and checking the iPad for action points at the end of it all.
  
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• UnitedHealth shares plunge 20% after insurer slashes profit forecast

  17-04-2025 13:24 via ft.com
  
  Health insurer says it ‘did not perform to expectations’ in first quarter
  
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• Howden partners with the Lawn Tennis Association

  17-04-2025 12:54
  Howden has served up a three-year partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association.
  
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• SFO accuses United Insurance Brokers of failing to prevent international bribery

  17-04-2025 12:25
  The Serious Fraud Office has accused United Insurance Brokers Limited of failing to prevent international bribery and representatives of the company will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 7 May to face the charges.
  
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• Axa warns brokers on criminal gangs targeting vacant commercial properties

  17-04-2025 11:56
  Axa UK has urged brokers to make sure customers are vigilant about criminal gangs targeting empty commercial properties as the insurer has seen a steep rise in the problem in recent months.
  
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• A-Plan details £3.6m rebrand spend as turnover ticks up but profits dip in 2024

  17-04-2025 11:17
  A-Plan, now rebranded as Howden, grew turnover by 2.1% to £167.3m in the year ended 30 September 2024 as investments in staff, rebrand costs and IT spend hit the bottom line.
  
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• People Moves: 14 – 17 April 2025

  17-04-2025 10:50 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Stay in the loop with the latest insurance personnel moves.
  
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• SFO charges Lloyd’s insurance broker over Ecuador bribery allegations

  17-04-2025 10:14 via ft.com
  
  United Insurance Brokers Limited charged with failure to prevent bribes being paid to officials
  
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• Policy Expert has “clear focus” on UK with plans to double the business

  16-04-2025 16:44
  Personal lines specialist Policy Expert is targeting organic growth in the UK, with plans to double the business in the next three to five years, according to CEO Steve Hardy.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Flood Re’s Kelly Ostler-Coyle

  16-04-2025 14:56
  Kelly Ostler-Coyle, head of communications & stakeholder engagement, Flood Re looks forward to sharing information about its Chelsea Flower Show medal winning Flood Resilient Garden; handing out Freddy the Flood Re ducks; and expects Oasis sound-tracked bubbles to flow.
  
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• Markel to buy London-headquartered marine MGA

  16-04-2025 13:02 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Markel has inked a deal to buy specialist marine managing general agent The MECO Group.
  
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• New owners reveal Academy and Premierline deal costs

  16-04-2025 12:01
  Academy Insurance Services’ previous owner Vmans cost £7.87m while the bill for Premierline came in at £4.12m, filings at Companies House have revealed.
  
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• Gallagher tipped to win the race for PIB

  16-04-2025 11:30
  A deal for Gallagher to buy PIB is said to be “80% done”, sister title Insurance Post has revealed.
  
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• Direct Line chasing me over dead uncle’s cancelled car insurance

  16-04-2025 08:00
  Bereaved executor questions lack of tact and why insurer was not alerted by closed bank accountMy uncle (RC) died last year and I’m his executor. When I checked his post I was surprised to find a bill from Direct Line addressed to the “executor of RC” stating a “final payment of £148 is overdue” for his cancelled car insurance. This was news to me as my uncle didn’t own a car.I was upset by this and contacted the insurer to suggest that it owed us money,
  
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• Radius Insurance MD sees “huge” opportunity to put “foot on the gas”

  15-04-2025 17:16
  Philip Thorn, Radius Insurance Solutions managing director, is eyeing up the opportunities from being a true risk advisor and broker, as he highlights possibilities to lean into the wider group’s customer base.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Commercial Express’ Duncan Pritchard

  15-04-2025 17:15
  In a month's time it will be day two of the 2025 British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference. As part of Insurance Age's countdown to the event Duncan Pritchard, managing director of Commercial Express, shares his insights.
  
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• Ceta posts turnover and profit growth in run-up to sale

  15-04-2025 12:43
  Digital niche personal lines and SME broker Ceta Insurance grew turnover by 23% in the year parent Atec Group was bought by European private equity investor Perwyn.
  
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• Marshmallow raises $90m to grow product offering and international expansion

  15-04-2025 11:38
  Fintech Marshmallow has raised $90m (£68m) of funding, a mixture of equity and debt, from Portage, BlackRock and Columbia Lake Partners to grow the business’ product offering and support plans for international expansion.
  
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