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Brown & Brown enters Scotland with broker deal

Brown & Brown has acquired MacKay Corporate Insurance Brokers, marking its retail entrance into Scotland.

By Rosie Simms

Broking Success: Independence is number one selling tool

By Rosie Simms

Brown & Brown buys Kent-based MGA

By Rosie Simms

Brown & Brown seals All Medical Professionals deal

By Emmanuel Kenning

Simon Hunt, CEO of HDI Global UK & Ireland

HDI gets approval for new Lloyd’s syndicate

HDI Global UK & Ireland has received approval in principle from Lloyd’s to establish a new Lloyd’s syndicate.

By Insurance Age staff

Steve McGill_Founder and CEO_McGill and Partners

McGill & Partners sells majority stake to EQT for £1.5bn

Private equity house EQT has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in McGill and Partners from Warburg Pincus for $2.0bn (£1.48bn).

By Insurance Age staff

Big losses see Amazons shares hit 12-month low

The stats: Competition continues to drive down commercial premiums in Q2 2026

Commercial lines rates remained on a negative trajectory in the second quarter of the year across all classes of business covered in the Acturis Commercial Broking Index. Ida Axling investigates.

By Ida Axling

L-R Tom O’Connell – Director C&C Insurance Brokers (Leeds), Malcolm Cooke – MD, C&C Insurance Brokers and Rob Black – Development Director, C&C Insurance Brokers

C&C named Warwickshire County Cricket Club official partner

C&C Insurance Brokers has signed a three-year agreement to become an official partner of Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

By Rosie Simms

MGA and schemes provider partner on student guarantor protection

Managing general agent Alps has teamed up with specialist schemes provider Guarantor Insure to jointly launch a student guarantor protection insurance scheme.

By Rosie Simms

People Moves: 1 – 4 September 2026

Keep up to date with the latest personnel moves in insurance.

By Rosie Simms

Partners& buys chartered broker

Partners& has bought Borehamwood-based chartered broker Chaseside Insurance Solutions.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Allianz tipped to put in £5bn bid for the AA

Allianz has been circling the roadside assistance firm and Top 100 UK broker AA, setting the scene for a potential £5bn bid, recent reports have suggested.

By Rosie Simms

Insight

Martin aims for top corporate spot with Aviva Premier

Aviva leader Dave Martin explains why after expansion in digital, SME and mid-market, targeting top of the table in the corporate insurance space is the logical next step on the journey, and how its new proposition will deliver for the changing needs of brokers and clients.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode 14, John O’Roarke and Phil Bunker

Former LV and Churchill managers John O’Roarke and Phil Bunker join Stuart Reid and Toby Clegg for the latest episode of the Double Indemnity podcast series.

By Insurance Age staff

Liquidators reveal estimated £9m hole at broker Anthony Jones

The liquidators of Kent-based Anthony Jones (UK) have released a statement of affairs estimating a £9.22m deficit, with numerous insurance businesses and HMRC facing potential losses, some as high as six figures, after the collapse of the broker.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Adler Fairways buys Mason Owen Financial Services

Adler Fairways Insurance Group has bought Liverpool-headquartered Mason Owen Financial Services expanding into the North and East of England, Insurance Age can reveal.

By Emmanuel Kenning and Jonathan Swift

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Brown & Brown has acquired MacKay Corporate Insurance Brokers, marking its retail entrance into Scotland.

Aviva leader Dave Martin explains why after expansion in digital, SME and mid-market, targeting top of the table in the corporate insurance space is the logical next step on the journey, and how its new proposition will deliver for the changing needs of brokers and clients.