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Top 100: Your exclusive guide to the commercial UK market
Our in-depth market analysis explores how brokers have fared over the past 12 months and ranks them according to GWP.
NFP buys Birmingham-based broker
The US-headquartered business adds commercial broker ER Shaw to its stable.
Time to register for Broker Exchange
The countdown to our essential week-long event, Broker Exchange, is well underway. Join us virtually and pick and choose your sessions which begin on 30 November.
RSA talks value insurer at £7.2bn
Two potential bidders are circling and proposing to split the provider.
RSA confirms sale talks
The insurer stated that Canadian Intact Financial Corporation and Nordic insurer Tryg had approached the business.
Lloyd's targets £800m cost reduction in second phase of transformation programme
Market outlines its ambitions for phase two of its Future at Lloyd's strategy as it seeks to modernise.
GRP Yorkshire hub Marshall Wooldridge buys again with RIB swoop
Marshall Wooldridge, the Yorkshire hub business for Global Risk Partners, has acquired its second broker within a month following a swoop for Rotherham-based RIB Group.
Hyperion rebrands as Howden Group Holdings
CEO David Howden says move aims to bring "further simplicity and authenticity" to the Group.
Willis IRM expands into London as it launches Arden Insurance Brokers
Belfast-based broker says it expects its GWP to grow to over £55m within the next twelve months as it hires Mark Hicks to lead the new business and Jonathon de Mendonça joins from Willis Towers Watson.
Brightside shuts down MGA Kitsune
The decision puts 16 people at risk of redundancy from the organisation which launched in January 2019.
Gallagher shutters Dumfries office with three other locations under threat
Dumfries staff face redundancy as broker discusses future of Ayr, Fort William and Inverness bases as it seeks to move some locations to remote working.
Industry unites to tackle dementia
Insurers and brokers are working together to raise funds for Insurance United Against Dementia on the Insurance Day of Giving.
The Blog Spot: Taking the virtual route
Why it is right for Biba to keep things virtual at its 2021 conference, Sian Barton writes.
Hardening market and economy are brokers' top worries
Research from Aviva shows over half of brokers are expecting economic decline as a result of coronavirus restrictions.
Biba confirms virtual 2021 conference
The trade body said it was “impossible and unwise” to press ahead with an in person meeting for 2021 because of coronavirus.
Allianz expands broker training programme
Offering will provide select independent and regional brokers with access to LinkedIn Learning.
Ageas takes chief distribution officer from Aviva
Adam Beckett joins the insurer in the New Year after 20 years with Aviva.
Trireme rebrands as Oxford Insurance Group
The group includes UK-based Oxford Insurance Brokers, James Hampden International Insurance brokers and MGB Insurance Brokers.
Date set for Supreme Court BI battle
The case, brought by the FCA on behalf of policyholders, will be heard for four days from 16 November.
People Moves Round-up: 2- 6 November 2020
Keep up tp date with the latest people moves.
PIB's McManus lifts the lid on Erskine Murray lockdown deal
The CEO tells Insurance Age how the deal came about and discusses plans for the future and how the pandemic is slowing the buying process down.
MGAA seeking to “push accelerator” on membership
MD Mike Keating said the organisation will focus on its members developing broker relationships as the sector moves through a hard market.
C&C Insurance Brokers expands into the Midlands and opens Dudley office
The broker has hired Phil Caffery to head up the new branch.
Hiscox reports Q3 growth despite Covid BI case
The insurer saw GWP grow as its retail business reported an uptick in all five of its business units.