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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.

By Rosie Simms

Tower eyes £100m GWP launching buy-and-build strategy with first deal

By Emmanuel Kenning

£40m GWP broker eyes first acquisition after securing growth funding

By Insurance Age staff

Top 100 Broker teams up with TMHCCI on first humanoid robot cover

Insurer Tokio Marine HCC International and broker Adrian Flux have partnered up to launch first-of-its-kind domestic humanoid robot coverage in the UK.

By Rosie Simms

Aviva calls for greater resilience to prevent downtime at SME manufacturers

More than four in five (84%) of small and mid-sized UK manufacturers are hit by unplanned downtime every month, according to new research from Aviva.

By Insurance Age staff

Biba CEO calls for IPT freeze commitment in the wake of 2026 Budget

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has welcomed the Chancellor’s decision not to change the insurance premium tax rate in today’s Budget.

By Insurance Age staff

MGA NBS launches Accelerant-backed D&O product

NBS Underwriting has expanded its commercial insurance offering as it has launched a directors’ and officers’ insurance product.

By Rosie Simms

Q&A: Michael Sicsic, managing director of Sicsic Advisory

Michael Sicsic, the founder and MD of Sicsic Advisory, tackles whether the Financial Conduct Authority is as active in the market as ever, what the regulator is pushing for on premium finance, and poses the key question brokers need to be ready to answer.

By Emmanuel Kenning

Allianz unveils new hotels and restaurants proposition

Allianz has launched a hotel and restaurants proposition under its Commercial Select policy, with cover extensions and support services around the pressures hospitality businesses face every day.

By Rosie Simms

MBP takes minority stake in £32m GWP broker

Insurance investment vehicle Minority Broker Partnerships has acquired a minority stake in Caleb Roberts Insurance Services, an independent agricultural and rural insurance broker operating across Mid Wales, Herefordshire and Shropshire.

By Insurance Age staff

Accelerating the evolution of credit decisioning and modelling

Close Brothers rolls out real-time affordability decisions

Close Brothers Premium Finance has launched a real-time affordability decisioning for Acturis, to enable customers to receive an affordability outcome at the point they arrange premium finance.

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.