Managing general agent Spring Insure has secured A-rated capacity from Bridgehaven Specialty UK to sit alongside its existing backers as it targets expansion. The financial and professional lines MGA is aiming for a 50% uplift in annual premium written across the business in the first year of the relationship. Last year Spring CEO Tristan Sargeaunt … Read more
Aviva’s strategic accounts director Michelle Taylor has been handed a wider broker-facing remit within the insurer, Insurance Age can reveal. She will take on the position of broker distribution director, reporting to Dave Martin, MD for UK commercial lines and chief distribution officer at Aviva. In her new expanded role Taylor, pictured, will assume responsibility … Read more
After weeks of negotiations, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled her new top team, giving key economic portfolios to France, Italy and Spain. If approved by the European Parliament, the bloc’s top brass will be charged with steering the EU’s industrial agenda in the face of competition from China and the US. Plus, … Read more
In a long memo sent to Amazon staff on Monday, CEO Andy Jassy told the tech giant’s corporate employees that they would no longer be allowed to work remotely so that they are “better set up to invent, collaborate, and be connected enough to each other”. Amazon had previously faced protests when reducing the number … Read more
As we countdown to Insurance Age’s Broker Week we asked our Broker Expo speakers to share some insights into the event, market issues and who the most heavy metal people in insurance are. Today we focus on Clear regional managing director, London, Nick Smallcorn. UK Broker Week aims to offer a complete week of activity … Read more