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Broker Expo 2026: AI will kill off lazy brokers

Charlie Hicks, managing director of EIC Insurance Services Limited, has highlighted old-fashioned broking still has a “massive place” in today’s insurance market and can make a firm stand out compared to competitors. And added AI might benefit those brokers who do this.

By Rosie Simms

FCA review finds ‘already consumer appetite for the use of agentic AI’

By Emmanuel Kenning

Blanc urges CII to keep pace with AI developments

By Rosie Simms

Broker Expo 2026: Cyber uptake held back by lack of SME attack examples

By Rosie Simms

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.

By Insurance Age staff

Attis CEO insists it has not reached ‘end goal’ as it sets 2027 target

Top 100 insurance broker Attis has outlined plans to hit more than £20m in revenue in 2027, having revealed it is on track to exceed £16m by year-end.

By Insurance Age staff

Aviva renews MGA commercial motor partnership in £200m GWP deal

Aviva and managing general agent Q Underwriting have renewed their more than two decade long commercial motor partnership for a further five years.

By Rosie Simms

Stephen Smith, managing director of broking and placement for Gallagher's UK & Ireland retail division.

Seventeen Group recruits ex-Gallagher MD and Howden COO

Seventeen Group has appointed Stephen Smith as chief broking officer, overseeing broking and placement strategy across the group, including James Hallam and Touchstone Underwriting.

By Insurance Age staff

People Moves: 5-9 October 2026

Follow the latest personnel moves in insurance.

By Rosie Simms

Ravi Mulji, Katie Freemantle, Kathryn Moon and Scott McGee

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.

By Rosie Simms

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.

By Insurance Age staff

Clive Buesnel named Jensten CEO as Organ exits

Jensten Group has appointed Clive Buesnel as CEO, effective 2 November, succeeding Rob Organ.

By Rosie Simms

Insight

Top 100 UK Brokers 2026: Full Ranking By Revenue Band

Here is the latest Insurance Age Top 100 UK broker ranking compiled by specialist insurance consultancy Insuramore.

By Insurance Age staff

Top 100 UK Brokers 2026: Introduction

The past 12 months have been dictated by talk of consolidation slowdown and the soft market putting a brake on broker growth.

By Jonathan Swift

Top 100 UK Brokers 2026 analysis: Growth is continuing – but the drivers are changing

Insurance Age’s latest Top 100 points to a resilient UK intermediary market in which acquisition, digital distribution and genuine organic growth are playing increasingly distinct roles. John Needham, partner at PKF Littlejohn, explores these themes in more detail.

By John Needham, partner, financial services team at PKF Littlejohn

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.