Arc Legal and HB Underwriting team up to tackle employer’s liability gap

Arc Legal Group has partnered with HB Underwriting to cater for the latter’s policyholders who find themselves as employers because of their care needs. Arc Legal, specialist provider of ancillary insurance products and services in the UK, explained that although traditional home insurance provides cover for the informal employment of domestic employees such as cleaners … Read more

People Moves: 9 – 13 September 2024

Keep up to date with the latest insurance industry personnel moves. Featuring: CFC Underwriting, WTW, BMS, Bspoke Private Clients and Fidelis. CFC recruits new CPO Kathryn Herrington has joined CFC as chief people officer. With over 25 years’ experience in financial services and technology, most recently she was chief people officer at SUSE, a private … Read more

Peach Pi partners with Starpeak on micro/SME insurance

Starpeak, the specialist digital distributor of insurance to niche online markets, has partnered with commercial insurer Peach Pi to co-create products designed specifically for the micro and SME market. Launched in 2020 as a trading style of NPA Insurance, Peach Pi initially focused on the health and wellness sector and allied professions but is now … Read more

Markel raids Axa again as it builds out its senior regional UK broker team

Markel has appointed Charlotte Harrison to the role of head of UK regional broker development. The insurer said Harrison will be “instrumental in developing key broker relationships and growing Markel’s revenue streams in its specialist markets and lines of business”. Harrison joins from Axa, where she was head of SME development and proposition. Within Axa, … Read more

Broker Expo 2024 Countdown: Neil Peters of Arch Insurance

As we count down to Insurance Age’s Broker Week, we asked our Broker Expo speakers to share some insights into the event, market issues and who are the most heavy metal people in insurance. Today, we focus on Neil Peters, VP, national director, branch network at Arch Insurance. What two or three things would help constitute … Read more