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Clear buys construction specialist broker
Clear Group has strengthened its construction specialism buying Blackhawk Insurance Services in Essex.
Aviva promotes Owen to widened commercial MD role after Martin exit
Aviva has promoted Ann Owen to managing director of its UK Commercial & Aviva Private Clients (APC) arms with immediate effect.
FSCS lining up first broker levy in five years
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has revealed brokers are being lined up to pay a £4.5m levy in 2027/28, the first payment in five years.
PIB co-founder Chris Giles passes away
Former Giles Insurance CEO and co-founder of PIB Chris Giles has passed away aged 62.
Blog: Go again times three – the options facing David Martin at PIB
Rosie Simms analyses the three potential routes incoming PIB CEO David Martin could take when he steps into the role next year.
Blog: When a rebuild assessment comes back lower
A lower rebuild assessment might be welcomed, but also prompt concerns over whether part of a building has been overlooked. John Pirone, business development manager at RebuildCostASSESSMENT.com asserts this is where an honest conversation between the assessment provider, broker and insurer can help.
Broker Expo Bites, Episode Three: Brokerbility’s John Dunn
At the 2026 Broker Expo in Birmingham last month, Insurance Age caught up with Brokerbility managing director John Dunn.
Marsh to buy $221bn asset manager Wilshire
Marsh has signed up to buy global investment consulting, solutions, and analytics firm Wilshire in a deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2027.
Intact to merge its UK and EU specialty businesses
Intact is bringing together its UK and European specialty lines business through Intact Insurance (Europe), seeing new and renewal specialty lines being governed by a soon-to-be-rolled-out EU terms of business agreement.
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Misinformed but engaged: How brokers will stand out among AI advice
Brokers will stand out from artificial intelligence by providing context and myth busting, as customers are increasingly using AI but trust remains the biggest barrier to uptake.
Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode 15, Paul Upton
Paul Upton, founder and principal consultant at Brookhurst Advisory, kicks off the latest wave of Insurance Age’s Double Indemnity podcast series.
Q&A: Close Brothers Premium Finance leaders Wallace and Hayes
Close Brothers Premium Finance commercial director, Colin Wallace, and sales director Elliott Hayes, stress the firm’s ‘pro-broker’ message as they tackle the changes over the past 18 months, shrinking after the partial exit from personal lines and the developments they believe will deliver growth for all parties as the business focuses in on commercial with the run-off almost complete.
Broking Success: Tim Forshaw, Tower Insurance Brokers
Fresh from its first deal and with a goal of more than doubling to £100m GWP, Tim Forshaw, CEO and founder of Tower Insurance Brokers, outlines why the business is targeting niche mutuals and the benefits of bringing global broker knowledge to local firms.
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