The Washington OIC sets minimum best-interest suitability standards in WAC 284-212-110, requiring issuers and producers to establish standards that include identifying and avoiding conflicts of interest and disclosing, on request, the scope and terms Read More
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned of two clones claiming to be Covertime and UK Insurance, part of the Direct Line Group. The regulator revealed on 2 February that fraudsters had been using the website speedysure.Read More
Stay in the loop with the latest insurance personnel moves. Featuring: Gallagher, Pen Underwriting, Liberty and HSB. Ross Mackay joins Gallagher Gallagher has recruited Ross Mackay as head of its Glasgow office, where he will Read More
Managing general agent Commercial Express has struck a capacity partnership with Fortegra, Insurance Age can reveal. Fortegra is replacing the AmTrust schemes with all existing policies now transferring to Fortegra at renewal. It has launched Read More
Nick Hobbs, chief distribution officer at Allianz UK, tells Insurance Age about the importance of the provider’s regional footprint now including broker hubs, the challenges of the soft market and its MGA appetite as Read More
Tom Draper, managing director of Coalition UK, assesses four threats that show the dynamic nature of cyber risk to brokers and their clients, highlighting cybersecurity cannot be a once-a-year questionnaire or a box-ticking exercise at Read More
The commercial insurance market in the UK softened by 7% in the final quarter of last year, in its eighth drop in a row, according to research by Marsh. The decline was the biggest measured in 2025, Read More
Niche commercial insurer Peach has partnered with insurtech managing general agent Paragon, to provide capacity for its non-standard household and residential let property products. Peach, a trading style of NPA Insurance, rebranded from Peach PI Read More
Collinson Insurance has secured a new partnership with digital bank Chase. The deal will see the specialist travel and parametric insurance provider support the JP Morgan owned firm’s entry into the UK insurance market Read More
Zurich and Beazley have reached an agreement in principle for a deal worth potentially £8bn, clearing the way for a formal bid. Under the terms of the proposal, Beazley shareholders would be entitled to receive Read More