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Blog: Brokers must rethink their role as supply chain risk reaches new inflection point

The role of a broker is not simply to place insurance, but to help clients navigate uncertainty with confidence, including anticipating problems before they materialise, argues Nick Smallcorn, managing director of corporate and specialty risks at Clear Group.

By Nick Smallcorn, managing director of corporate and specialty risks at Clear Group

PwC highlights pressure on motor, home and specialty insurance from Trump’s tariffs

By Emmanuel Kenning

Blog: The impact of tariffs on the extended warranty market

By Ronan Conboy, founder and CEO of Carrow Insurance

JMG appoints two leaders in widened structure after recent PE investment

JMG Group has created two new leadership roles, naming Jake Fox CEO of underwriting and speciality, and Neil Forrest CEO of retail.

By Rosie Simms

PIB updates on progress following aborted Gallagher deal

PIB Group has revealed its M&A activity will be “exclusively centred” on Spain, Netherlands, Germany and France next year as it hailed a record 27 deals to September 2025.

By Insurance Age staff

Aviva urges brokers to educate SMEs on cyber risks

Research from Aviva has found 36% of SMEs rank cyber as their most significant risk, with the insurer urging brokers to step in as firms underestimate cyber and other disruptive risks.

By Rosie Simms

Intact enhances commercial products in first move under new brand

Intact Insurance has unveiled three enhanced commercial lines products, the first to be launched under its brand in the UK.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Cyber insurer adds Deepfake Response Endorsement to policies

Cyber insurance specialist Coalition has added a new Deepfake Response Endorsement to its policies globally, including the UK, it has announced.

By Insurance Age staff

Ex-broker/MP Tracey, CII and university team up on insurance talent pilot

Former MP Craig Tracey will lead a project for the Chartered Insurance Institute as it joins forces with Birmingham City University Business School to launch a 12-month pilot programme designed to strengthen the talent pipeline into the insurance profession.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Partners& hires managing partner to wellbeing division

Partners& has hired Tom Klinkenberg from Lockton as managing partner of wellbeing, health and protection.

By Rosie Simms

End of Year Review 2025: Peach’s Ryan Bendelow

Ryan Bendelow, director of commercial at Peach, is sad to see the RSA name consigned to the insurance brand graveyard, nominates Aviva’s Michelle Taylor as the insurance personality of the year, and is worried about an increase in IPT in 2026.

By Insurance Age staff

Insight

Q&A: Paul Anscombe, retiring CEO of Seventeen Group

After over 40 years as a broker, Paul Anscombe is retiring from Seventeen Group this month. Ahead of his exit he shares his reflections on growing businesses from scratch, leaving the group in safe hands and why he is optimistic for the sector.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Broking Success: BG Insurance group chief operating officer Uwais Patel

BG Insurance, part of Well Dunn Group, is looking to become the number one driving instructor broker, as it targets double digit GWP, according to Uwais Patel, group chief operating officer.

By Rosie Simms

What does the 2025 Budget mean for insurance brokers?

On Wednesday afternoon, after weeks of speculation (and an unprecedented early leak by the Office for Budget Responsibility), the Chancellor finally revealed her second Budget. Tom Golding, PKF Littlejohn partner considers some of the main tax changes and what these may mean for insurance brokers.

By Tom Golding, a partner in PKF Littlejohn’s Tax team

Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode four, Intact’s Ken Norgrove

Industry provocateurs Stuart Reid and Toby Clegg interview Intact Insurance CEO Ken Norgrove in the latest edition of Insurance Age’s Double Indemnity podcast series.