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FCA removes Triton Insurance Brokers' right to conduct regulated business

Customers told to check the validity of their policy with their insurer.




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Be Wiser stems losses in 2019 results

Broker posted a loss of £669,000 for 2019 as it projects a return to profitability in 2020 as a result of streamlining and reorganisation.




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Covid-19: Brokers ban meetings and push remote working

Updated: The largest brokers in the UK revealed measures in place to protect staff and customers from coronavirus.




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Covid-19: Disrupters pressurise motor insurers to return premium

On demand insurtechs encourage incumbents to give back premium as it is predicted providers could save £1bn as claims plummet amid lockdown.




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CDL widens self-install telematics product availability

The software house is working with brokers to allow more customers to activate ‘pay how you drive’ insurance amid the Covid-19 lockdown.




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Car insurance premiums fall in Q1 2020

Research by Confused.com and Willis Towers Watson reveals dip in motor premiums, following a £47 rise over the last year.




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Covid-19: Stephen Catlin heads up industry steering group on pandemic response

The group, which has members including Aviva's Maurice Tulloch and RSA's Stephen Hester, is working closely with Pool Re to develop solutions to the crisis.




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Admiral becomes first UK provider to offer pandemic rebate

The business is to return £110m to car and van customers as part of Stay At Home Refunds as it becomes first to bow to pressure to give back as policyholders use vehicles less.




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Arron Banks and Elizabeth Bilney agree settlement with Electoral Commission

Commission states it accepts the National Crime Agency’s conclusions that it found no evidence that any criminal offences had been committed after it investigated loans totalling £8m provided to the Leave.EU campaign from one of Banks' other companies.




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Covid-19: FCA urges firms to consider premium reductions and payment holidays

The regulator issued a raft of measures today (1 May) for how financial services firms should behave while coronavirus grips the nation.




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LV offers premium refunds of between £20 - £50 to motor customers

The proportional refunds for customers in distress follows Admiral's flat £25 payment but broker customers are not included in the £30m LV has set aside for rebates.




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Blog: Is the pandemic a pivotal moment for insurers?

PR expert and former Allianz corporate communication lead, Mark Bishop considers how the reputation of the sector is being affected by Covid-19.




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Home premiums stable in Q1 2017 according to AA Index

However premiums are set to go up and will also be hit by a 2% IPT increase from June this year.




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The stats: June 2017 - The Acturis Premium Index

The Acturis Premium Index for the first quarter of the year has once again painted a bleak picture of significantly decreasing commercial insurance premiums.




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The stats: September 2017 - The Acturis Premium Index

Ups and downs in the Acturis Premium Index for the second quarter of 2017




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Car premiums drop in third quarter 2017

Research by the AA shows first decline since Q1 2016.




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The stats: December 2017 - The Acturis Premium Index

The third quarter saw notable increases in the Acturis stats, both by size of average premium and the number of lines rising




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Car insurance premiums rose 8% in 2017

Research finds that premiums actually fell in final quarter of the year.




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Biba research puts telematics policies at almost one million

Figures reveal a 30% uplift on 2016.




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Home insurance premiums rise 5% in 2017

Research by the AA finds yearly increases in buildings, contents and combined policies.




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The stats: March 2018 - The Acturis Premium Index

The Acturis stats show that brokers finished 2017 with their best quarter for over four years




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Car insurance premiums fall for third quarter in a row

Research reveals prices now lower than a year ago.




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Car premiums dropped in Q1 2018, AA Insurance Index shows

Reduction means insurance costs are now lower than a year ago.




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The stats: June 2018 - The Acturis Premium Index

The first set of Acturis stats for 2018 have surprised and in some cases disappointed the market




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FOS reveals “600-700” complaints on telematics insurance last year

Ombudsman gives update after highlighting growth in “black box” complaints in annual review.




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Car premiums fell in second quarter 2018, says AA

Average prices have dropped by more than 10% in a year.




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AA’s research finds home premiums on the rise in Q2 2018

Company flags insurer fears over subsidence claims.




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The stats: September 2018 - The Acturis Premium Index

The market has turned positive in all but one line, according to the latest set of Acturis stats




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Car premiums continue to drop in Q3 2018 according to AA

Customers benefiting from 10% yearly fall.




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AA reports flat home insurance premiums for Q3 2018

The cost of insuring a home “remains remarkable value for money”.




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The stats: December 2018 - The Acturis Premium Index

The stats for the third quarter of 2018 presented a mixed bag, with some star showings when compared to quarter three of 2017




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Home insurance premiums continue to creep up in Q4 2018

Analysis by The AA reveals quarterly and yearly increases.




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AA reports first rise in car premiums for nearly two years

Figures for Q4 2018 show 2.7% uptick.




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The stats: March 2019 - The Acturis Premium Index

The latest stats show that 2018 was a flat year for insurance premiums although some lines have bucked the trend with modest increases




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The stats: June 2019 - The Acturis Premium Index

The first quarter of 2019 has seen positive premium movements across the board with packages as the only exception




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Van insurance premiums shoot up

The sector continued to display big pricing disparities across age groups and experts warn Ogden will increase market volatility.




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The stats: September 2019 - The Acturis Premium Index




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Car insurance premiums dip in Q3

Research by Willis Towers Watson and Confused.com also shows continuing fluctuations in average premiums.




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The stats: December 2019 - The Acturis Premium Index

The third quarter of 2019 brought year-on-year premium growth in all classes of commercial business but one, according to the latest set of data provided by Acturis.




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Motor premiums may ‘reach the highest on record’

Willis Towers Watson and Confused warn of future increases as they publish data for Q4 2019.




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The stats: March 2020 - The Acturis Premium Index

As 2019 closed, the Acturis commercial broking index equalled its base line of Q1 2010, representing a quarter of heavy increases in premiums over the year before




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Motor premiums rise 2.8% in Q1

Consumer Intelligence warned that telematics restrictions following coronavirus may hit youngest drivers hardest.




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Blog: Open or closed - the branch dilemma facing brokers

As the first working week of self-isolation comes to a close for many, Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift looks at the stance brokers are taking in terms shutting up shop or keeping their branches open.




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Blog: Pandemic - what is covered?

Biba's executive director, Graeme Trudgill, addresses the big question around business interruption and Covid-19.




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Ethos Broking buys Compass member

The organisation purchased Hughes & King for an undisclosed sum adding £4m in GWP to its business as it presses on with pipeline amid Covid-19.




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Covid-19: MP calls for insurers to make full pay outs due to pandemic

Jonathan Edwards has signed an early day motion calling on the government to instruct all insurers to use dividends to pay Covid-19 claims.




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Hiscox Action Group appoints big-hitting legal firm to represent members in BI row

The group of companies criticising Hiscox for refusing to pay out BI claims as a result of the coronavirus says it is also in "advanced talks" with a litigation funder to underwrite its entire legal costs as dispute hots up.




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Insurance Covid-Cast episode seven: Empathetic, sympathetic and offering strategic guidance – how brokers are managing clients in lockdown

In the latest episode of Insurance Post and Insurance Age’s new series of video casts brought to you while our journalists are in isolation lockdown we discuss how brokers maintain their ‘trusted adviser’ status during these difficult time.




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CLS launches public procurement indemnity policy

CLS claims the policy will help open up a new market to brokers.




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Product review: Management liability made easy

Keeley Theron, commercial manager at SJL Insurance, reviews C-Quence's ML5 Management Liability Insurance product