Press mentions

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December

• Insurance Business: Brokers halted by ‘unimpressive’ market growth 
• Global Reinsurance: Non-European broker market ramps up M&A activity 
• Insurance Business Canada: Commercial brokerage revenues pegged at $2 billion 
• JournalAuto.com: Les services associes surperforment au Canada 
• RISK SA: SA insurance market concentration trending towards European levels 
• ITIJ Review: Opportunities in developing markets  (courtesy of ITIJ)
• Il Broker: tempo di fusioni e acquisizioni per i broker assicurativi “non-vita” di Australia, Canada e Sud Africa 
• Banca&Mercati: Vorrei assicurare il mio smartphone 
• Insurance Trade: Rc professionali: perché è importante il ruolo dell'intermediario 
• UFC - Que Choisir: Assurances telephones mobiles: un vrai probleme de couverture  (page 5)
• Financial and Advisory News: Commercial non-life insurance brokers in Australia, Canada and South Africa 

November

• IFA Magazine: Run for Cover  (courtesy of IFA Magazine)
• Assinews: la Polonia il paese dove si acquistano più polizze a tutela dei pagamenti 
• Motor Finance: Vauxhall target retail, not fleet   (courtesy of MF)
• Insurance Business Canada: Car dealers aggressively selling incidental insurance 
• Asset Finance International: Australia a major F&I auto player says Finaccord  (courtesy of AFI)
• INESE: Análisis sobre seguro de vida, no vida y crédito en Bancaseguros 
• Motor Finance: UK beats car finance added value global average  (courtesy of MF)
• Assinews: Professional Indemnity in Australia, Canada e Sud Africa: forte competizione e nuove nicchie di mercato 
• Canadian Auto News: Automotive Financial Services in Australia and Canada 
• Fleet Europe: Australia and Canada top 'extra services' sales 
• Cover.za: Automotive Financial Services in Australia and Canada 
• IPMI Magazine: Consumer holdings of creditor and life protection policies are lowest in the UK and highest in Poland 
• INESE: Análisis y oportunidades de la extensión de garantía y seguros asociados a productos electrónicos 

October

• Assicura: Mobile e assicurazioni, una partnership vincente  (Courtesy of Assicura)
• International Travel Insurance Journal: An unexpected journey 
• Insurance Business Canada: Targeting your professional indemnity business 
• INESE: Fuerte potencial para el seguro de RC Profesional en Australia, Canadá y Sudáfrica 
• Canadian Insurance Top Broker: Weekly News Roundup: September 28 – October 4 
• Macro Economia: Fuerte potencial para el seguro de RC Profesional en Australia, Canadá y Sudáfrica 
• Commercial Risk Europe: Competition and demand for PI cover in Australia and Canada strong but South Africa remains niche market 
• Insurance Journal: Finaccord Analyzes Prof. Indemnity Insurance in Australia, Canada, So. Africa 
• International Travel Insurance Journal: Competition rife in PI markets 
• IPMI Magazine: Professional Indemnity Insurance in Australia, Canada and South Africa 

September

• International Travel Insurance Journal: Mobile providers lack strategy  (courtesy of ITIJ)
• Actualidad Aseguradora: JLT reta a Aon, Marsh y Willis  (Courtesy of INESE)
• Vilagjaro Magazin: Europe, fewer passengers with more revenue  (in Hungarian) 
• International Travel Insurance Journal: Market comparison, sale and distribution of travel insurance and the growth of bancassurance  (courtesy of ITIJ)

August

• Assicura: Mercato europeo, in crescita polizze viaggi e assistenza 
• Computer Magazine: Are Mobile Payments Ready to Cash in Yet?  (Courtesy of IEEE)
• POST Online: Russia and Romania travel insurance markets thrive in economic crisis 
• International Travel Insurance Journal: Finaccord reveals prosperous European markets 
• Insurance Insight: Allianz, Generali and Munich Re dominate as European travel insurance market prospers (courtesy of II) 
• Grupo Aseguranza: El negocio de seguros de Viaje y Asistencia mantiene un fuerte crecimiento en Europa 
• CORIS: Booms in the Russian, Romanian and Turkish Travel Markets 
• Biztositasiszemle.hu: Európa utasbiztosítási piaca, csökkenő utazási kedv, mégis növekvő díjbevételek 

July

• Reactions: UK brokers' revenues down 4 years in a row 
• Insurance Journal: Finaccord Survey Finds Growth in EU Commercial Non-life Brokerage Receipts 
• Insurance Age: UK brokers endure 3.9% annual revenue drop 
• Insurance Times: Brokers bear 3.9% revenue drop 
• Insurance Business: Regulations to hamper European brokers 
• Insurance Insight: Broker boom as emerging Europe embraces intermediaries (courtesy of II) 
• Grupo Aseguranza: Los ingresos de los brokers españoles de No Vida, los que más caen en Europa 
• Insurance Journal: Global Mobile Operators May Provide New Distribution Channels 
• Finextra: Telefónica and Visa Europe form mobile money partnership 
• AFP Online: Mobile Moves, Major Telcos Targeting M-Payments 
• EUROPP (LSE): A reduction in European over-consumption will be undone by any Eurozone solution 
• Grupo Aseguranza: Los operadores móviles, muy activos a la hora de vender seguros 
• Risk & Forsakring: Ökad försäljning av försäkringar via mobiloperatörer  (in Swedish)
• Biztositasiszemle.hu: Mitol no a biztositaskozvetitok jutalekbevetele   (in Hungarian)
• Grupo Aseguranza: Los grandes operadores móviles relegan el desarrollo de los servicios de seguros 
• WOC: Il mobile payment nel mercato bancario cresce ma resta frammentato 
• Communicatii:Telefónica, Visa Europe ink strategic mobile commerce partnership 
• Telecompaper: After Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica also announces partnership in mobile payments field  (courtesy of Telecompaper news)
• IPMI Magazine: Global Mobile Operators: Strategies in Payments, Banking, Insurance and Assistance 

June

• Asian Banking & Finance: Are credit card rewards gambling too high? 

May

• IFAonline: European consumer debt now a structural feature 
• Mortgage Solutions: Consumer borrowing increases across Europe 
• Your Mortgage and Remortgage: Consumer borrowing increases across Europe 
• International Private Medical Insurance Magazine: Consumers in Europe dither over repaying their debts 
• Payments Cards & Mobile: Consumer attitudes towards and usage of traditional and emerging means of payment in the UK 
• Assinews: È di 4 mld € il giro d’affari dell’assicurazione e dei servizi di assistenza legati a carte di credito e conti correnti in Europa  (in Italian)
• WOC: 4 miliardi di euro per assicurazioni e assistenza su carte e cc  (in Italian)
• Assicurazione Economica: Cresce il Business per Assicurazioni e Assistenza alle Carte di Credito  (in Italian)
• Macro Economia: Seguros y servicios de asistencia ligados a tarjetas de crédito y cuentas bancarias en Europa  (in Spanish)

April

• International Travel Insurance Journal: Healthy European market for bank accounts including insurance and assistance 
• Insurance Insight: Credit card linked insurance and assistance market worth €4bn in Europe 
• Grupo Aseguranza: Los seguros y la asistencia vinculados a tarjetas alcanzan un valor de 4.000 millones  (in Spanish)
• INESE: Seguros y servicios de asistencia ligados a tarjetas de crédito y cuentas bancarias en Europa  (in Spanish)
• Internet Retailing: Adoption of mobile payments face significant challenges 
• Insurance Business Canada: Consolidation predicted for commercial brokerages 
• FierceWireless Europe: Mobile payment market faces challenges as pioneers battle for dominance 
• IPMI Magazine: Insurance and Assistance linked to Payment Cards and Bank Accounts in Europe 

March

• Insurance Insight: Auto traders distribute over 50% of motor premiums in emerging markets 
• Assicura: Italia quarta in Europa in RC Professionale  (in Italian)
• Assinews: Concessionarie e case automobilistiche sono i principali distributori di polizze auto nei Paesi emergenti  (in Italian)
• Le Journal de l'Automobile: Explosion des services financiers dans les pays emergents  (in French)
• Insurance Journal: Survey Finds Emerging Markets’ Growth in Auto Financial Services 
• Asset Finance International: US and Europe are leapfrogged in auto finance stakes 
• Journal Auto: Des distributeurs s'accaparent le marche des assurances  (in French)
• Cards International: A window of opportunity  (Extract courtesy of CI)
• The Nation: Over 50% of motor premiums in emerging markets 
• IPMI Magazine: Consumer Automotive Financial Services in Emerging Global Markets 
• Asset Finance International: Top-10 emerging markets lead auto insurance and finance at point-of-sale 

February

• Insurance Insight: The PPI party 
• Wired.it: L'assicurazione per lo smartphone  (in Italian)
• Helping Articles: Has the rest of Europe been subjected to PPI scandals? 
• iPhone Italia: A Milano presentato il sondaggio sui consumatori italiani e le soluzioni assicurative su dispositivi mobile  (in Italian)

January

• Insurance Insight: Portugal, Spain and Turkey lead the way in European bancassurance 
• Assinews: Bancassurance in Europa: i gruppi meglio posizionati secondo Finaccord  (in Italian)
• INESE: Más de un tercio de los bancos europeos distribuye seguros de Salud o Accidentes  (in Spanish)
• Assicura: Finaccord analizza la bancassurance in Europa  (in Italian)
• Grupo Aseguranza: Portugal, España y Turquía, lideres en distribución bancoaseguradora   (in Spanish)
• Economia de hoy.com: Portugal, España y Turquía, lideres en distribución bancoaseguradora   (in Spanish)
• Business Day: Bancassurance in Europe  
• Biztositasiszemle.hu: Closer partnerships between banks and insurers  (in Hungarian)
• Insurance Insight: Bancassurance: a bright future?  
• IPMI Magazine: Bancassurance in Europe