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

- John Needham, partner, financial services team at PKF Littlejohn
- 06 Oct 2026
- Indicative reading time: 2 minutes

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.

This year’s Insurance Age Top 100 depicts a UK insurance intermediary market that is still growing, but through a changing combination of acquisition, digital distribution and resilient organic performance.

Insurance rates softened during the review period and domestic M&A slowed, as the number of high-quality brokers available at sensible valuations became more constrained.

In response, several larger acquirers looked further afield – to Europe and other international markets – for

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