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Brokers now ‘far more serious’ about fair value
Sean Byrne, managing director of Got You Covered, believes broker woes with fair value assessments are firmly in the past.
Highest performing MGAs of 2025 revealed
NBS Underwriting has been named the best-performing MGA in the UK by market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab.
Ardonagh gets $2.5bn cash injection from Stone Point
The Ardonagh Group has secured a $2.5bn (£1.8bn) equity investment from a US-based private equity firm Stone Point Capital, a deal which was first reported earlier this year.
Carl Shuker steps down as Howden UK and Ireland CEO
Robert Kennedy has been appointed CEO of Howden UK and Ireland, replacing Carl Shuker, who is taking the role of deputy chairman.
Commercial Express targeting £100m GWP by 2029
Duncan Pritchard, founder and managing director of MGA Commercial Express, has told Insurance Post that the firm hopes to hit £100m in gross written premium by the end of 2028.
Vote for The Industry Impact winner at the 2025 British Insurance Awards
The voting is now open for you to decide who should be the recipient of the Industry Impact Award at the 2025 British Insurance Awards.
Strong innovation mindset key to MGA appeal
Research from Corin Underwriting has revealed that brokers are drawn to MGAs with a strong commitment to innovation, community engagement, and talent development.
Lockton’s Owen argues arts sponsorships outshine sports
Richard Owen, partner at Lockton, has argued the broker’s partnership with The Tate's art galleries is preferable to more commonplace sports partnerships because it encouraged creativity among the organisation's brokers and helped create a more inclusive…
Q&A: Phil Barton, Partners&
Phil Barton, CEO of Partners&, speaks to Insurance Post about the firm’s five year anniversary, it’s 2024 acquisitions, and why insurance needs more love.
What Applied’s Epic exit means for the market
After Applied Systems announced it was pulling its Epic platform from the UK, what does that mean for the UK broker e-trading market?
Aon using AI to identify insurer breaking points
Aon UK CEO Jane Kielty has revealed the broker is using artificial intelligence to identify points in the negotiation process where it may be able to extract more favourable terms from insurers.
Former Lockton CEO Nimmo exits retirement to join SRG
Specialist Risk Group has hired former Lockton CEO Neil Nimmo as CEO for the UK.
Applied Systems significantly scales back UK operations
Applied Systems has confirmed the move to pull back its UK operations, by removing its Epic product from the market.
Brown & Brown swoops for Risk Strategies parent firm
US-based broking firm Brown & Brown has agreed a deal to acquire Accession Risk Management Group, the parent company of Risk Strategies.
Liverpool’s insurance sector is still alive and kicking
As the Airmic conference lands in Liverpool, Insurance Post’s Harry Curtis takes a look at the city’s storied insurance past as well as how the industry is still quietly thriving on Merseyside.
Father and son sentenced over ghost broking scam
A father and son have been sentenced for their roles in a fraudulent car insurance scheme, following an investigation led by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.
Allianz Broker sets sights on non-standard growth
Allianz Broker’s managing director Nicola George is aiming to grow the company’s non-standard motor book, in a bid to insure “more of people’s driveways”.
C-Quence boss: ‘Change narrative’ for better customer outcomes
The insurance industry needs to “adapt, innovate and overcome” to get close to achieving the service standards and operational efficiencies that should be afforded by recent technological advancements.
How McGill is using agentic AI to make the world a smaller place
McGill and Partners have been able to speed up the submission process for international business by, in some cases, days through the deployment of agentic artificial intelligence earlier this year.
Zurich expands SME proposition to online retailers
Zurich has expanded its commercial combined offering to include coverage for SME online retailers, Insurance Post can reveal.
Decant adds embedded cover amid whisky scam surge
Following its partnership with Embri, Decant’s CEO has told Insurance Post that embedded insurance will help reassure investors amid a surge in whisky investment scams.
The insurance stories set to dominate the headlines in the second half of 2025
Content director’s view: Things might have gone quiet of late, but Jonathan Swift expects the lull to offer only a short respite before the deal-doers and headline-makers are back in force fueling the market conversation. And here are some predictions as…
Court orders repayment of commission-inflated premiums
The landlord of London’s Trocadero Centre has been told it must repay hundreds of thousands of pounds charged to a cinema in insurance rent.
Is Axiom Ince the start of a new era of SFO investigations?
The Serious Fraud Office’s crackdown in the Axiom fraud case is a key example of the agency’s statement of intent and raises the bar on insurers to self-police corporate fraud, according to Elliott Kenton, partner in the regulatory team at Weightmans and…