Direct Insurance Group in Global Restructure & Rebrand

Direct Insurance, the fast growing independent International (Re)Insurance Group, has announced a global restructure and rebrand to Aventum, to position the Group for the next stage in its journey to become one of the biggest and the best global (re)insurance specialty wholesale businesses in the world. Continue reading

Andy Graham leaves Cobra for Direct Insurance Group

Direct Insurance Group has today announced the appointment of Andy Graham to Head of Specialist Liability within its Lloyd’s Broker division, Direct Insurance London Market (DILM), one of the very few remaining independent Lloyd’s Brokers serving the UK broker market. Andy was previously Managing Director of COBRA London Markets. Continue reading

Jackson Lee Underwriting launches market first Fleet GAP with temporary replacement vehicle product

Jackson Lee Underwriting has launched the market’s first Fleet GAP policy with a built-in temporary replacement vehicle solution. In a total loss situation, where there’s no recoverable asset, fleet motor policies don’t provide temporary replacement vehicles whilst the insured’s claim … Continue reading

Berkeley Alexander Reports Strong Growth

General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has reported strong growth for 2018. Results to the end of December reveal a 40% increase in new introductions in the last quarter alone, up 60% on the same period last year. The number of new brokers joining Berkeley Alexander rose too by 11% in Q4. Intermediary online quotes to its system have also continued to rise at a rate of 25% month on month.  Continue reading

SchemeServe appointed Innovation Adviser to Lloyds Lab

Press release SchemeServe, a leading cloud based provider of insurance software for intermediaries, has been appointed an Innovation Adviser to Lloyds Lab, the new Lloyds Innovation Sandbox. Launched earlier this year, the first cohort of insurtech start-ups to the Lab … Continue reading

Bikspoke launches Retail and Wholesale Specialist Bicycle Insurance Scheme on SchemeServe

  24th September 2018:  Specialist bicycle intermediary Bikspoke, has launched its bicycle insurance scheme on the SchemeServe platform.  The scheme offers flexible and bespoke cover options for all types of bicycle activity including road, mountain, competition and electric bikes.  The … Continue reading