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UK Broker Awards 2026: Full list of winners
Partners& was a triple winner and Everywhen’s outgoing CEO Rob Worrell was named Achievement Award winner at the UK Broker Awards last night.
Broker Expo 2026: Cyber uptake held back by lack of SME attack examples
Customers are using artificial intelligence to ask more challenging questions to brokers, as cyber attack education and examples are needed to tackle the lack of cyber insurance uptake.
Laura Walker promoted to group chief operating officer at Markerstudy
Laura Walker has been appointed group chief operating officer at Markerstudy, a newly created role at the business.
Clive Buesnel named Jensten CEO as Organ exits
Jensten Group has appointed Clive Buesnel as CEO, effective 2 November, succeeding Rob Organ.
Wholesaler launches with property and casualty binders
Wholesale broker Link2Market has launched, focusing on property and casualty, promising brokers direct and immediate access to capacity for non-standard risks that do not fit the traditional composite market.
Turnover up in Seventeen stake sale year but losses continued
Seventeen Group boosted its turnover by nearly 10% and trimmed losses in the year European mid-market private equity firm IK Partners bought a minority stake.
Aviva’s Birbeck: What two years in claims taught me that I never saw from the distribution side
Two years on from shifting roles, Ryan Birbeck, casualty and bodily injury claims director at Aviva, shares his learnings with brokers.
Markel UK looking to brokers to bridge cyber gap
Markel UK has launched its previously promised standalone cyber product for UK SMEs, and is hoping to work with brokers to address issues with selling to customers.
Biba reveals new LDI schemes provider
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has switched to Acrisure UK as the provider of its latent defects insurance scheme.
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Top 100 UK brokers report ‘crazy’ commercial rate reductions up to 50%
A number of Top 100 UK brokers have seen “crazy” rate reductions of between 40% and 50%, with savings in the hundreds of thousands of pounds during the ongoing competitive soft market, Insurance Age can reveal.
Building better brokerages – leadership, talent and technology
Broker Expo 2026 Countdown: Building a successful brokerage today requires far more than organic growth. From attracting talent and embracing new technology to developing culture and productivity, Rachel Gordon delves into this topic ahead of an Expo panel session next week.
Specialist advice, specialist value – creating a competitive advantage through expertise
Broker Expo 2026 Countdown: As clients become more diverse and risks more complex, specialist knowledge is becoming one of the industry’s greatest differentiators. Rachel Gordon argues fortune favours the niche players ahead of an Expo panel session next week.
The new shape of broking – consolidation, investment and the next generation of broker businesses
Broker Expo 2026 Countdown: New ownership models, private investment and entrepreneurial broker groups are creating different opportunities for firms to grow while maintaining their identity. Ahead of the Expo panel session next week Rachel Gordon explores this topic.
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