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Blog: Can Biba sustain the momentum?
Biba's CEO Graeme Trudgill, has hailed the organisation’s 2025 Manifesto as “the most successful one Biba has ever undertaken”. The question now is whether the trade body can maintain this impetus amid ambitious aspirations.
Liiba lists 2026 agenda
The London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association has put accelerating growth in a softening market and reinforcing London’s position as the world’s leading specialty insurance centre at the heart of its agenda for 2026.
Hedron to support brokers on ‘talent crunch’
Hedron Network has launched Hedron People, a support framework to help independent brokers attract new talent, develop existing teams, and retain key staff.
Intact to increase access to underwriters with trading proposition roll-out
Intact Insurance has a newly launched broker proposition Intact Trading, designed to increase visibility of underwriters and create a relationships-led approach to UK regional business.
Marsh-owned MGU targets property owners business with new flexible product
Marsh-owned Victor Insurance UK has launched a flexible property owners product on its own digital platform and Acturis, bringing together three existing policies into one.
Acrisure completes UK broker rebrands
Acrisure has rebranded Russell Scanlan and WH&R McCartney, completing its programme of renaming its UK brokers.
Zurich trying to ‘bear hug’ Beazley, says investment advisory firm
“Zurich is clearly trying to ‘bear hug’ Beazley. They obviously think they are offering a price that is high enough for target shareholders to put pressure on the company to sell itself.”
Fund raising campaign for Insurance Museum launched
The Insurance Museum has launched a fundraising campaign to open a museum in London, EC3, in three years’ time dedicated to insurance.
Defaqto spends £11m snapping up pricing business
Defaqto has bought Pearson Ham Group’s market pricing business for £11m.
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Inflexion and Ascend look to build ‘home where best brokers want to be’
Dominic Clark, investment director at Inflexion has targeted building the home the best brokers want to join, after buying Ascend Broking Group.
Interview: Phil Barton and Ewan MacDonald, Partners&
Partners& leaders Phil Barton and Ewan MacDonald on phase three of the broker as it hits profitability ahead of schedule and plans to near double in the next three years.
Robins Row boss reveals details of buying liquidated broker’s renewal rights
Peter Evelyn, managing director of Robins Row, has shared how the deal to acquire MPI Brokers’ renewal rights came to be and revealed the size of the book.
The numbers that reveal the true extent of the 2025 broker deal slump
The number of UK broker deals halved in 2025 to the lowest level in the three years since Insurance Age started its interactive map series, with the fall coming despite the number of buyers remaining steady.
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