Pen Underwriting
Where next for cyber insurance?
After a 2025 peppered with headline-grabbing cyber attacks, Harry Curtis looks at how cyber insurers can regain control of risk, both before an incident occurs and in the critical hours and days after a breach.
Jensten buys broker; Pen's renewables product; Zurich UK's head of compliance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Winners of Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards 2025 revealed
Aviva. CFC, Charles Taylor, Crawford & Company, DWF and Markerstudy were all multiple winners at Insurance Post's Claims and Fraud Awards last night (2 October).
Insurance Post’s Top 80 MGAs of 2025 revealed
Policy Expert is the UK’s biggest MGA thanks to an 8% swell in its customer base, reaching 1.6m policies for the first time this year.
Pen Underwriting’s plan to becoming biggest MGA
After Pen Underwriting hit a five-year goal of managing around £1bn of gross written premium a year ahead of schedule, Nick Wright, chief development officer, has revealed how the MGA will achieve £1.75bn by the end of this decade.
Zurich’s fleet change; Ariel Re’s syndicate; Applied’s purchase
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Allianz x Evoke; Pen’s Bridgehaven partnership; AIG’s chief digital officer
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Monzo’s new cover; Aviva boosts renewables; Laka raises £7.7m
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Best Insurance Employers to work for in 2025 revealed
Zego and Konsileo are the UK’s best large and small to medium-sized insurance respectively to work for, according to Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers survey.
McGill’s battery cover; Aviva’s mid-market enhancement; Kennedy’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Biba attendee seeks justice after payment fraud
A delegate at last week’s British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference is seeking justice after finding out dozens of people used his bank card to pay for their parking.
Ardonagh’s rebrand; Google Cloud’s expansion; Insure Your Paws’ product
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
‘Don’t preach to us’, pleads Pen CEO
The key to a productive capacity partnership is allowing the MGA the freedom to act independently, delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s conference heard.
Michael Rea, Gallagher
Michael Rea was appointed CEO of Gallagher’s UK & Ireland broking business in January 2024 and leads more than 6000 colleagues.
Gallagher on the hook for up to £5m damages
The High Court has ruled Gallagher could owe damages of up to £5m to a housing trust due to its negligence resulting in its client missing out on data breach cover.
Big Interview: Tom Downey, Pen Underwriting
As Pen turns 10, CEO Tom Downey sits down with Harry Curtis to outline his plans to turn the MGA into the equal of the UK’s largest insurers.
Pen Underwriting sets sights on £1.75bn GWP target
Pen Underwriting has set a target of increasing gross written premiums to £1.75bn by 2030, CEO Tom Downey has told Post.
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.
Pen simplifies leadership structure ahead of MD’s retirement
Pen Underwriting has appointed Sarah Breslin as managing director of its new commercial UK & Ireland division.
Pen Underwriting and QBE agree £420m capacity deals
Pen Underwriting and QBE have announced the renewal of two UK and Ireland capacity deals, together worth £420m.
HF’s investment; Ceta x MoneySuperMarket; Pen Underwriting’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.