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Insurance industry’s most powerful players revealed
Making multi-billion-pound takeover bids for rivals and challenging political posturing is what it took to secure the top spots on Insurance Post’s 2025 Power List.
Brown & Brown buys broker; Crif and Crawford collab, Atec hire
Weekly Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
RSA confirms plans for Intact rebrand
RSA Insurance has today confirmed it will rebrand and change its trading name to Intact Insurance by the end of 2025.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Howden’s comedy; QBE’s mix-up
Penny Black shares the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences, and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector's social media posts.
Howden ‘doubles employee benefits’ business with Barnett Waddingham buy
Howden has struck a deal to buy Barnett Waddingham, a UK professional services consultancy across risk, pensions, investment and insurance.
What a softer market means for the private client market
Trade Voice: Suzi Rackley, member of the CII Broking Community board and client director at Howden Private Clients, looks at what signs of a softer market mean for insurers, brokers and customers.
Howden cyber chief blames brokers for cyber insurance adoption lag
Shay Simkin, global head of cyber at Howden, has argued that brokers are to blame for the lack of adoption of cyber insurance.
Allianz x Volvo; Howden buys broker; Clear Group’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Howden preparing for US flotation with $10bn takeover
Reports have suggested Howden is closing in on a US-based flotation with a $10bn (£7.7bn) takeover of Risk Strategies.
Howden hit with £20m negligence lawsuit
A luxury hotel group has lodged a professional negligence lawsuit against Howden, alleging oversights by the broker meant it found itself unable to claim for Covid-related business interruption losses in 2020.
Marshberry reveals the top 20 European insurance brokers
Over a quarter of Europe’s largest 20 brokers are UK domiciled with one of those businesses, Howden the second fastest growing intermediary on the continent, according to the latest European Insurance Distribution market report from Marshberry.
M&A trends in the UK insurance sector
After 2024 ended with the mega merger of Aviva and Direct Line being lined up, Insurance Post’s latest podcast examines whether more takeovers are on the cards for the UK industry in 2025.
Lyons returns to UK as Gallagher specialty CEO
Gallagher has appointed Sarah Lyons as CEO of its London-based specialty division, succeeding Jonathan Turner, who is leaving the post after five years.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Branko’s bite and Fitch’s potatoes
Penny Black is back, sharing the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector’s social media posts.
Dual brings together businesses under single UK brand
Dual has brought several of its subsidiary businesses together under a single UK brand, as part of a broader global rebrand.
Big Interview: Steve Tooze, Extinction Rebellion
Steve Tooze, spokesperson for climate pressure group Extinction Rebellion, tells Damisola Sulaiman about the group’s motivations for targeting the insurance industry, responds to questions from the companies his organisation has targeted and shares plans…
Extinction Rebellion to double protests this year
Extinction Rebellion plans to double direct actions staged against the insurance industry this year.
Howden surpasses £3bn in global revenue
Howden has surpassed the £3bn revenue mark for global operations as it celebrates its 30th birthday.
Record claims payouts signal ‘new normal’ in W&I market
Howden has reported that its clients saw a record year of warranty and indemnity claims recoveries in 2024, with the business class seeing significantly elevated notifications for a second year in a row.
Ki and QBE’s partnership; Rokstone’s leadership changes; IUAD’s milestone hit
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is there such a thing as a ‘happy ship’ in insurance?
News Editor’s View: With wholesale changes, widespread redundancies, and apparently tonnes more M&A to come, is there such a thing as a happy ship in insurance?