Commercial
Peach and owner grow in 2025
Peach, which offers underwriting capacity to brokers, schemes and managing general agents for business insurance cover, grew in 2025 as profits at parent NPA Insurance also rose, maintaining the trends of the year before.
Aviva moves first with terrorism cover for SMEs
Aviva has become the first insurer to add terrorism cover as standard to selected digitally traded commercial products for eligible SME customers in Great Britain.
Ardonagh reveals advisory growth in year of Everywhen name switch
Ardonagh Advisory grew income by 4.7% in 2025, the year it switched name to Everywhen, a filing at Companies House has revealed.
Clear buys Lloyd’s wholesale broker
Clear Group has bought Lloyd’s wholesale broker Newman Pearce & Partners, adding to its portfolio after snapping up Lilley Plummer Risks in 2024.
Coversure launches construction-focused broker
Coversure Network has launched Elliott & Associates Risk Management led by John Elliott, focused on construction industry clients.
Allianz Commercial brings in Talbot’s Woolley as president of global specialty and UK region
Allianz Commercial has appointed Emma Woolley as president of global specialty and the UK region in a newly created role.
From transactional to tailored: rethinking insurance for the middle market
The opportunity for the market is to return to the fundamentals of insurance says Stuart Sutherland, head of UK retail at Liberty Specialty Markets, as he tackles the dangers of commoditisation for mid-market businesses and the risks of a one-size-fits…
Adler Fairways buys Mason Owen Financial Services
Adler Fairways Insurance Group has bought Liverpool-headquartered Mason Owen Financial Services expanding into the North and East of England, Insurance Age can reveal.
Meet the MGA: Lumara
Having helped set-up one MGA in Arista two decades ago, Lumara CEO David Aslin explains why he is going again, seeking to be a top three partner with its brokers through a combination of expertise, flexible products and agency exclusivity.
Jensten buys largest Coversure franchise in Midlands deal
Jensten Group has signed up to buy Coversure Midlands, the largest in its franchise network.
Gallagher partners with HSBC bank in business insurance launch
Gallagher is working with HSBC UK providing insurance services to the bank’s commercial clients, the pair have confirmed.
Simply Business adds MGA to panel expanding its landlord offering
Simply Business has partnered with Mission-backed commercial and residential property managing general agent Ventis, to expand its landlord insurance offering.
MGAs increasingly important in placing niche fleet, according to broker survey
Waste, hazardous and recycling fleets are the hardest commercial motor segment to place due to limited market capacity, according to 71% of brokers surveyed by Direct Commercial.
Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode 12, Cameron Specialty’s Tom Kirkland
MGA entrepreneur Tom Kirkland joins Stuart Reid and Toby Clegg for the latest episode of the Double Indemnity podcast series.
Jason Storah on Aviva walking away on pricing, but not from brokers
Aviva’s commercial book shrank year-on-year, but only “marginally” in the heartlands of brokers’ traditional business, UK and Ireland general insurance CEO Storah told Insurance Age.
Aviva boosts UK operating profit and trims COR in H1
Aviva has posted a more than 40% increase in UK operating profit for the first half of 2026, coming in at £603m, pointing to “maintaining disciplined trading” across its portfolio “despite areas of market softening”.
Lockton raids Howden for head as it launches Manchester real estate offering
Lockton has launched a regional real estate offering in Manchester led by former Howden head of wholesale business development Bob Birtwell.
Seventeen grows with Titan
Seventeen Group has bought Putney-based commercial broker Titan Insurance Services.
All-female MGA cyber team launches supply chain extension
Rokstone’s new Athena Cyber division has launched a customer and supplier supply chain disruption extension.
Renters’ Rights Act strengthens brokers’ role as trusted advisers to landlords – Aviva research
A survey of over 500 UK landlords has pinpointed brokers and insurers as the leading source of support as they navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment, according to Aviva.
Hiscox to boost UK retail productivity with augmented underwriting
Hiscox is seeking to double down on productivity improvements across its retail business in the UK through AI augmented underwriting.
Acrisure MGA senior trio Palmer, Read and Banks exit for Ardonagh reunion at Geo
Three bosses at Acrisure’s MGA arm AUK have handed their notices in and are heading for a reunion with Ardonagh, Insurance Age has learned.
Chubb extends PI to Acturis
Chubb has added its professional indemnity insurance product onto Acturis.
Intact confirms Fraser Edmond appointment and regional restructure
Intact has confirmed the appointment of ex-Aviva leader and Broker Insights founder Fraser Edmond and the development of a new regional structure that will lead to up to 35 job losses.