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MGAs Review of the Year 2025
2025 was a landmark year for MGAs, marked by record growth, major partnerships, technological innovation and expanding global reach, even as soft market conditions and pricing pressures tested resilience across the sector.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Intact Insurance
Intact Insurance, formerly known as RSA, has held firm in fourth place on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list thanks to bold investments in technology, faster claims resolution, and its One Commercial programme.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Aviva
Aviva Insurance Limited is ranked number 1 and Aviva International Insurance Limited is ranked number 2 once again on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers list.
Big Interview: Ajay Mistry, Insurance Cultural Awareness Network
Ajay Mistry, co-founder and co-chair of the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, discusses with Insurance Post the need for thenet work to evolve in the current climate, and how it intends to become a “business-critical partner” to the industry.
Architects take first step towards mutual insurer
Architects have taken the first step towards setting up an insurance mutual with a new scheme to provide professional indemnity cover to small-to-medium-sized practices.
SRG buys broker; Evolution’s office; Davies’ insurance CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Sign of the times: grad’s internship plea goes viral
Alexander Mani, an economics graduate seeking an internship, spent 10 hours standing outside the Lloyd’s building with a sign advertising himself for hire – and told Insurance Post that the industry's response was “incredibly welcoming.”
Diary of an Insurer: Ecclesiastical’s Simon McGill
Simon McGill, schemes development manager of Ecclesiastical, has the pleasure of an early GWR train into London for broker and MGA meetings, takes his terriers Ziggy and Alfie for a walk, and briefs the market on the provider’s expanding schemes…
Q&A: Dave Carey, Ecclesiastical
Dave Carey, managing director of intermediary of Ecclesiastical, wants to hear from brokers about new lines of business the provider should offer.
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.
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.
Q&A: Charlotte Koep, Root Platform
Charlotte Koep, CEO of Root Platform, discusses with Insurance Post why the insurtech sees MGAs as a “sweet spot” and how it plans to be the provider of choice for that market.
Markel’s Galjaard outlines plan to double the UK business
Markel’s UK managing director Neil Galjaard shared the business has just signed off a growth strategy that aims to double the size of the business by 2030.
NordVPN’s cyber cover; DCL’s truck product; Consilium’s claims chief
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ardonagh Advisory buys firm; NBS x Hiscox; Tokio Marine’s head of compliance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
SSP to target larger brokers ‘soon’
SSP Broker managing director Martyn Mathews has told Insurance Post the company will soon be ready to compete for the business of larger brokers, after a period of “getting the house in order”.
Big Interview: Paul Lofkin, Crawford
Paul Lofkin, president of Crawford for UK & Ireland, is going to sort out the nation’s subsidence and promises to “disrupt that market like never before”.
Big Interview: Rob Organ, Jensten Group
Shortly after taking over as group CEO of Jensten, Rob Organ sits down with Scott McGee to talk growth, gaps and how the firm is no longer the “new kid on the block”.
Cytora joins Google Cloud; PIB buys MGA; SRG’s head of corporate
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Mapfre Re x CyberCube; Specialist Risk Group buys broker; Hiscox’s chief auditor
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is broker e-trading competitive enough?
With broker e-trading set to soar, Scott McGee examines whether there is currently enough breadth and depth of software providers to ensure effective competition, innovation and resilience in the market.