Insurance Age - October 2022
Articles in this issue
Editor's letter: Is the FCA living on borrowed time?
Unpopular as it is, the regulator still has market support. But for how long?
Headline Makers: October 2022
The key stories from the past month all in one place.
News analysis: Agriculture – how can brokers help the sector face up to risks, old and new?
Whether it is inflation, weather, rural criminals or staff shortages, the agricultural market has certainly borne the brunt when it comes to feeling the force of social and climate change. Martin Friel investigates how the insurance sector is helping…
News analysis: Would a merged FCA/PRA make brokers’ lives any easier?
Team Truss have financial regulation in their sights… but just how far could they go? It’s mooted there are plans to create a single super regulator by merging the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulatory Authority and the Payment Systems…
Opinion: The world of work has changed – can you?
Post-pandemic insurance brokers are still trying to get to grips with how to strike a balance when it comes to where employees work. With the battle for talent more fierce than ever, Andrew Mawson, founder of AWA, offers some advice on remaining fit for…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Introduction
Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift reflects on the 2022 UK Broker Awards.
UK Broker Awards 2022: Personal Lines Broker of the Year
In AllClear’s own words, travel wasn’t the best place to be in 2021. But the business swiftly adapted to the unique challenges of the pandemic and emerged with an incredible high triple-figure year-on-year increase in gross written premiums
UK Broker Awards 2022: Marketing and Customer Engagement Award
With ‘Will we be riding in 20 years’ time?’ SEIB took a direct approach to a threat to the popularity of horse riding – an issue the broker said required urgent action. The webinar followed reports of horse abuse at the 2021 Olympic Games, coupled with…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Deal of the Year
This high-profile deal, completed smoothly against the challenging backdrop of the pandemic, was a strong vote of confidence in UK broking
UK Broker Awards 2022: ESG Broker Champion – Diversity and inclusion
Diversity and inclusion has been at the heart of AbbeyAutoline’s culture since its inception just two years ago following the merger of Autoline and Abbey Insurance, two of Northern Ireland’s most established insurance brokers
UK Broker Awards 2022: ESG Broker Champion – Sustainability
Capsule wowed the judges with its outstanding sustainability ethos, which permeates through its entire business. The start-up launched last year to support companies strong on ESG and has already achieved a B Corp certification. It secured more than 60…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Young Broker of the Year
George Abbott has gone from a telematics broker with no insurance experience to an integral member of a start-up that has grown to £10m of gross written premium since its 2015 formation
UK Broker Awards 2022: Digital Broker Award
On course to secure 100,000 live policyholders by the end of 2022, motor brokerage Yoga Insure, which only launched in late 2019, is already being touted by our judges as the next Direct Line
UK Broker Awards 2022: Broker Start-Up of the Year
A start-up for start-ups, Capsule expects to grow exponentially by 2025. Its innovative model made Capsule the clear winner for our judges. The company launched last year after identifying a compelling opportunity to provide insurance that keeps pace…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Customer Service Award
Grow organically by more than 150% in one year? That’s the striking target Ascend Broking Group set itself, which it would achieve in part by a dedication to customer service
UK Broker Awards 2022: Claims Team of the Year
The Clegg Gifford & Co claims team impressed the judges with a stellar year, not least for their passion and ingenuity when it came to reducing spend while keeping customer service at the top of the agenda
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UK Broker Awards 2022: Training Award
‘Grow your own’ is the mantra at Somerset Bridge Group, which has improved attrition rates by more than half and promoted a quarter of staff at its insurance services arm in the past year
UK Broker Awards 2022: Schemes Broker of the year
Marsh Commercial’s schemes business hit double-digit growth last year after a huge effort to put becoming a trusted adviser at the heart of its culture. The company set out to relentlessly focus on clients and continuously develop its team and technology…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Broker Support Partner of the Year
Last year SchemeServe achieved its goal of becoming a complete end-to-end software provider for scheme brokers – a significant milestone in its more than 20-year history. An insurance platform “all about solving problems”, its offering includes product…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Commercial Lines Broker of the Year
This high-growth independent has withstood significant industry consolidation – and is determined to remain true to its Manchester roots. The past year has been good to this worker bee, with Vista achieving a record 40% for revenue growth and increasing…
UK Broker Awards 2022: Broker Personality of the Year
Sam White is on a mission to change the face of insurance and is breaking the industry mould with her message. She wants to turn around insurance’s reputation for a lack of honesty and transparency – and create a more diverse industry in the process.
UK Broker Awards 2022: Achievement Award
David Howden is at the helm of a multi-billion-dollar global business on a fast-paced consolidation spree, all the while campaigning for better self-regulation across the industry and greater disaster relief
UK Broker Awards 2022: Broker of the Year
Almost £100m in gross written premium, a long list of strategic goals achieved, and a deal to propel the business to its next phase of growth are just a few of the reasons Clegg Gifford & Co took home the trophy in possibly our most hotly contended…
Products: October 2022
Product launches including cover for electric vehicles, carbon credit insurance, the media and entertainment sector and private clients.
Market Moves – October 2022
The latest recruitment news from around the industry.
Backpage: October 2022
The lighter side of the world of insurance.
