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Tesco launch; Allianz products; Arkel new boss
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance sector reponds to 2026 Budget
John Healey has delivered his first Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer today (28 October), bringing in a range of changes for SMEs and UK businesses, but notably failed to act on Insurance Premium Tax rates.
Lloyds Bank picks Superscript for SME insurance
Lloyds Banking Group has selected digital insurance broker Superscript to provide business insurance to its small business customers.
Ardonagh merges global MGA businesses to create $3bn platform Orvia
Ardonagh Group is to merge all of its international managing general agent businesses under the Orvia Underwriting brand creating a platform that controls $3bn (£2.25bn) of gross written premium.
Diary of an Insurer: Surewise’s Stuart Bensusan
Stuart Bensusan, business development director at Surewise, on early starts, wearing every departmental hat going and the coronation chicken sandwich he hasn’t deviated from in 10 years.
Why the future of broking isn’t just about placing insurance
View from the top: Tom Danson, managing director of corporate and health & employee benefits at Brown & Brown, argues that brokers must move beyond insurance product silos and build their advice around how businesses actually experience risk.
Ghost broking is evolving and so is the IFB's response
Trade Voice: As ghost brokers scale increasingly sophisticated scams, Ursula Jallow, director of the Insurance Fraud Bureau, reveals how the insurance industry is aiming to stay ahead of the threat.
Howden’s pet launch; Brown and Brown’s grad programme; Flood Re's chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Biba chair calls on insurers to commit to signposting
Caroline Barr, chair of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, has called on insurers to commit to signposting customers to specialist providers when the market fails to meet their needs.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Hiscox and Howden's hole in one
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Jensten CEO Organ exits with Buesnel named successor
Rob Organ is to step down as CEO of Jensten Group, with Clive Buesnel appointed as his successor from 2 November 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
Howden chair steps down as listing edges closer
Howden has revealed that Dominic Collins will step down as executive chairman after 11 years in post.
Biba flood scheme pays £9m in claims over first decade
A specialist commercial flood insurance scheme from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association and Mi Specialty has paid more than £9m in claims to businesses over its first decade, with the scheme now covering £600m of assets.
Q&A: James O’Hara, AbbeyAutoline
James O’Hara, a Chartered insurance broker and senior manager at AbbeyAutoline, reveals how he achieved one of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s highest global accolades after topping the performance charts in his Fellowship examinations.
Marsh launches AI-powered broker tool
Marsh has launched Broker WorkBench, an artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to assist Marsh’s brokers operating in the London market in serving their clients.
SRG combines wholesale businesses
Specialist Risk Group has brought its wholesale businesses together under one proposition, SRG Global Risk Solutions.
KPMG’s Evans reveals US investors set to snap up UK insurers
US investors are lining up to buy mid and top-tier UK MGAs and brokers in the year ahead, according to Huw Evans, partner and head of insurance at KPMG UK.
Throwback Thursday: Biba’s talent help
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to September 1981 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the British Insurance Brokers’ Association responded to demand from members for help with “personnel matters.”
Brewis on regrets the FCA didn't go further on fair value
Former Financial Conduct Authority head of insurance Matt Brewis has said he wishes the regulator had gone “further along the journey of fixing fair value assessments”.
McGill sold to EQT for $2bn
McGill and Partners and private equity firm EQT have entered into a definitive agreement in which the latter will acquire a majority stake in the former for $2bn (£1.5m).
AI in broking: why the debate must move on
For insurance brokers, Andy Lewis, head of people proposition at Hedron Network, says the artificial intelligence debate has shifted from whether to adopt the technology to how to embed it safely, practically and strategically so it delivers lasting…