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• Top 100 UK Broker Bartlett posts growth in 2024

  04-04-2025 11:45
  Leeds-headquartered Bartlett Group grew turnover by 7.8% in the year ending 30 September 2024, building on expansion the year before.
  
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• Direct Line investors urged to reject bonus awards ahead of Aviva takeover

  25-04-2025 18:46
  
  Proxy adviser ISS questions relevance of pay packages that were set before insurer agreed sale to rival
  
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• Aviva Health boss Steve Bridger takes claims role as Waseem Malik exits

  25-04-2025 17:03
  Aviva has appointed Steve Bridger as chief claims officer for UK and Ireland general insurance, replacing Waseem Malik who has left the business.
  
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• Generali has become a little harder to shove offstage

  25-04-2025 15:42
  Solid performance deprives rebel shareholders of a good reason to upend the board at this time
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Beazley’s Sam Franks

  25-04-2025 14:59 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Sam Franks, country manager and head of partner engagement for the UK & Ireland at Beazley, promises plenty of pink and underwriters on its stand; offers advice about how brokers can differentiate themselves from their peers in the market; and looks forward to being energised and reconnected after the event.
  
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• SRG to add credit and political risk team from Tysers

  25-04-2025 11:48
  Specialist Risk Group has signed up for Tysers’ credit and political risk (re)insurance team to join the business.
  
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• The generational wealth gap and investment risks – a looming risk for brokers

  25-04-2025 11:21
  Financial constraints have led to a greater reliance among younger generations on alternative investments that pose higher risks for investors and their financial advisors. As a result Kate Albert, CEO and co-founder, Kova Professions warns brokers will need to look again at risk profiles.
  
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• People Moves: 22 – 25 April 2025

  25-04-2025 11:20 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Follow the latest personnel moves in insurance.
  
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• Insurance plans help boost growth in the healthcare industry

  25-04-2025 05:00
  Companies are keen to offer employees benefits such as fertility treatment and mental health support
  
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• UK commercial rates falling faster – Marsh

  24-04-2025 16:50 via insuranceage.co.uk
  The pace of UK commercial insurance rates dropping quickened in the first quarter of the year, outstripping the global fall.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: BluNiche UK’s Ed Mitchell

  24-04-2025 15:52
  Ed Mitchell, head of BluNiche UK points to some exciting new product developments; suggests Manchester Art Gallery for a meeting with a difference; and hopes that they leave with fewer giveaways than they came with.
  
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• Probitas CEO Bathia and MD Bacon to retire

  24-04-2025 15:26
  Probitas CEO Ash Bathia and managing director Nick Bacon will retire on 31 July 2025, a year after the £249m Aviva deal went through.
  
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• Probitas CEO Bathi and MD Bacon to retire

  24-04-2025 15:26
  Probitas CEO Ash Bathia and managing director Nick Bacon will retire on 31 July 2025, a year after the £249m Aviva deal went through.
  
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• Mediobanca scores significant victory in fight for control of Generali

  24-04-2025 13:19
  Slate of candidates backed by billionaire Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone secured just 3 board seats
  
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• Gibson and Johnson set to leave Allianz after claims merge

  24-04-2025 12:18
  Graham Gibson, chief claims officer for Allianz Commercial, and Caroline Johnson, claims director for Allianz Personal, are set to exit the insurer in Q4.
  
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• FOI: Cyber incidents reported to FCA by brokers seesaw

  24-04-2025 11:53
  A Freedom of Information request by Insurance Age to the Financial Conduct Authority has shown swings in the levels of general insurers and intermediaries reporting cyber incidents to the regulator with a general downward trend over the last three years.
  
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• Cowbell makes first move beyond standalone cyber insurance in UK with PI launch

  24-04-2025 11:30 via insuranceage.co.uk
  Cowbell, provider of cyber insurance for SMEs and middle-market businesses, has launched professional indemnity and cyber cover for technology companies with up to £1bn in annual turnover.
  
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• Axa swings back to UK underwriting profits in 2024

  23-04-2025 17:31
  Axa Insurance UK returned to underwriting profit in 2024 with a £45m result, reversing a £103m deficit in 2023.
  
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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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• MGA Ventis targets number one real estate spot with brokers following Acturis deal

  23-04-2025 12:37
  Managing general agent Ventis is launching into e-trade with Acturis, claiming it would be plugging a gap in an underserved market segment.
  
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• The trouble with Danish, squared

  23-04-2025 12:31
  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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• JMG strikes first deals of 2025 with triple swoop

  23-04-2025 11:44
  JMG Group has made a trio of acquisitions in its first deals of 2025, having been the most active consolidator last year with 16 buys.
  
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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
  US company says it ‘did not perform to expectations’ in first quarter
  
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