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Experts welcome FCA insurance rules simplification but urge further to go
Insurance specialists have endorsed the Financial Conduct Authority’s pincer movement to strip back the insurance rule book and get rid of ‘box-ticking’ exercises, but urged the regulator to go further.
Ageas teams up with Top 100 broker on home
Ageas UK has joined the Source Insurance panel, in the latest of a string of home-focused expansion moves by the provider.
Revenue growth across two Howden broking arms in the UK as staffing shifts
Howden UK and A-Plan have both reported revenue growth as the group reshuffled staff and businesses, according to Companies House filings.
FCA continues on insurance rules flexibility path with further simplification proposals
The Financial Conduct Authority has opened a consultation which it claimed will strip “overlapping and outdated requirements” from its insurance rulebook.
Ifed teams up with Nominet in battle against fake insurance websites
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, part of the City of London Police, has teamed up with UK domain registry Nominet in the fight against spoof insurance websites.
Lockton wins Law Society Scotland account for further five years
Lockton has been reappointed by the Law Society of Scotland to administer and broker its Master Policy for professional indemnity insurance for a further five years having held the account for a decade.
Talent attraction and retention number one broker priority
Forty per cent of brokers ranked talent attraction and retention as their number one priority according to a survey by Mission.
Ardonagh launches new business
The Ardonagh Group has launched Axiiem, an insurtech business designed to connect data, distribution and capacity more intelligently across specialty insurance.
People Moves: 22 – 26 June 2026
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Employee-owned Thomas Carroll posts turnover growth but investments hit profits
Thomas Carroll has confirmed pre-tax profit dropped from £1.6m in 2024 to £1.3m last year citing it was driven by a “deliberate and significant investment programme”.
Profile: Mike Dalby, Howden – One-stop shop
Mike Dalby, CEO of Howden consumer, outlines his career in insurance, how he went back to his family roots launching Health-on-Line, and his plans for increasing the broker’s offering in its branches to become a “one-stop shop”.
Biba CEO in Parliament: Brokers not an ‘endangered species’
Insurance brokers remain a “sustainable” force in the personal lines space – and not an endangered species.
Principal motored towards £7m turnover in 2025 ahead of multiple deals
Top 100 UK Broker Principal Insurance grew turnover by 4.4% and post-tax profit by 16.5% in the year-ended 31 October 2025, going on to seal three expansion deals.
Howden reveals revenue topped £3.5bn in 2025
Howden Group has posted £3.52bn of adjusted revenue for 2025, driven by organic growth and acquisitions.
Partners& co-founder Davey exits full time leadership
Partners& co-founder Lee Davey has announced he is stepping away from full-time executive leadership following medical advice.
Moorhouse founder Lyndon Wood returns to insurance market after five-year hiatus
Insurance industry veteran Lyndon Wood and his wife Raghad Wood have launched broking and managing general agent offering Ragado.
TL Dallas grew revenue by more than a quarter and profit by almost 80% in 2025
TL Dallas Group boosted turnover to £19.25m and post-tax profit to £1.46m in 2025, a filing at Companies House has revealed.
Newbie News: Digital broker Pizza to take slice of the market
Pizza Insurance co-founders Colin Sadler, Marc Meeking and Sam Baker, have outlined their plans to give premium slices back to customers and scale the product range, after the broker was unveiled in May last year, going on to launch with a motor offering.
Broking Success: Ian Evans, DPI – from TV to insurance
Ian Evans, director and co-founder of DPI Insurance, tells Emmanuel Kenning about growing the family-owned business to £10m GWP and why, having switched from a career in the television industry to work with his two brothers, he would advise his younger…
People Moves: 15 – 19 June 2026
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Howden eyeing up pet insurance and travel expansion – Mike Dalby
Howden is considering branching out into pet insurance and expanding further into travel, according to Mike Dalby, CEO of Howden consumer.
The stats: Commercial rates fall across the board in Q1 2026
Commercial lines premiums have continued to decline in the first quarter of 2026, with the value of the Acturis Commercial Broking Index dropping 3.6% compared to Q1 2025 – the largest negative movement since the inception of the index in 2010. Ida…
Morrisons launches into insurance with top 100 broker
Morrisons has partnered with Hood Group to launch a pet and travel insurance proposition, marking the retailer’s entry into insurance.
Broker boss concerned about MGAs priortising profit commission over claims
Concerns have been raised that some managing general agents might choose to protect profit commission over paying or even discussing ‘grey area’ claims in the present soft market.