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

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

Berkeley Alexander announces changes to Senior Management Team

Berkeley Alexander has today announced the appointment of a new Managing Director.  Mark Hutchings has returned to the business to take up the role of Managing Director.  The existing Managing Director, Geoff Hall, takes on a newly created role of Chairman. Continue reading