London
Blink Parametric taps MNK Re to expedite flight disruption solution rollout
CPP Group Insurtech Blink Parametric has partnered with MNK Re, a specialist Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance broker to…
AssuredPartners rolls up Nevada West Business Insurance Agency
AssuredPartners has acquired Nevada West Business Insurance Agency, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Financial details of the transaction…
Lloyd’s of London to launch electronic exchange next year
Speciality insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London has announced plans to launch electronic exchange next year as part of an overhaul…
BGL Group opens London tech hub
BGL Group, whose brands include comparethemarket.com and online life insurance provider BeagleStreet.com, has opened a new technology hub in London’s…
Legal & General to quit ABI insurance trade body
The move comes after changes in the mandate of the ABI due to the merger of its investment affairs division…
UK’s online life insurer Beagle Street taps Sabio’s web chat solution
Beagle Street is a part of the BGL Group, one of the UK's largest consumer insurance groups ,which serves more…
Skandia partners with JLT to unveil universal life product
Skandia International, which operates as a unit of Old Mutual Wealth, believes that the new move would benefit from the…
Chesnara reports rise in 2013 profit
Life and health insurer Chesnara has reported a rise in fiscal 2013 pre-tax profit, on IFRS basis, by 208% to…
Royal London announces strong performance for 2012
Financial results-EEV profit before tax and mutual dividend £336 million (+45%)1-IFRS profit before tax and mutual dividend £321 million (+111%)1Return…
Royal London to buy Co-operatives life insurance, asset management businesses
Under the transaction, Royal London will initially hold CIS and TCAM as subsidiaries and will maintain the CIS Long Term…
Scottish Life helps advisers become ‘RDR ready’
Scottish Life, a division of Royal London Group, has announced introduction of new business illustrations for advisers, in the lead…
Bright Grey revamps website to raise protection awareness
Bright Grey, a division of the UK’s Royal London Group, has redesigned its consumer-facing website as part of its new…
Code of conduct under scrutiny
LifeSearch, a UK protection intermediary, has warned against the poor industry selling practices of other distributors and the “laissez faire…
Aon migrates to the UK
In a major endorsement of London’s standing as a global financial centre, Aon has announced that it is to move…
L&G muscles in on UK property market
Last year was a busy one for Legal & General’s UK commercial property unit, Legal & General Property (LGP), with…