Commercial
Lange to replace Raffard as personal lines MD amid wider Allianz UK management changes
Serge Raffard, managing director of personal lines at Allianz UK, will be succeeded by chief financial officer Ulf Lange on 1 December, the insurer has revealed.
Q&A: Richard Webb on his career, retirement and advice to the next generation
Having retired from Pen Underwriting earlier this year, Richard Webb reflects on his career, gives insight on exceeding expectations with building and selling MUM, shares his belief in the importance of gut instinct and reveals the exit message that made…
CyberCube – AWS outage a ‘moderate’ incident for insurance market
CyberCube has called the Amazon Web Services outage a “moderate incident for cyber (re)insurers”.
Marsh measures UK market softening at 6% in Q3
Rates in the UK commercial insurance market softened by 6% in the third quarter, maintaining the level of decline seen throughout 2025, according to research by Marsh.
Interview: CEO Andrew Burke on the different situation at HSB and raising the volume
While newly appointed HSB UK and Ireland CEO Andrew Burke has come into a very different situation at the insurer compared to when he took over at Das, he shares how he will use the same ethos to grow the provider with brokers, and reveals his gin…
Geo Underwriting expands marine product access for brokers
Geo Underwriting has made Navigators & General’s boat club product available to all UK brokers who trade with it.
Aviva backs SRG’s MX with capacity
Aviva has signed a multi-year capacity deal with MX, the underwriting arm of Specialist Risk Group, Insurance Age can reveal.
Kelliher reveals profit jump in 2024 as turnover rose
Top 100 UK Broker Kelliher Insurance Group grew turnover by 4.3% last year with post-tax profit surging 49.8%.
Bexhill’s Takhar on record results and the regulatory environment for premium finance
With a book of broker relationships at over 100 and growing Ravi Takhar, CEO of Bexhill UK, explains how the premium finance provider is pushing ahead after its record-breaking results and his hopes for the industry.
JMG buys insurtech broker Taveo
JMG Group has snapped up the insurance broking trade and assets of Glasgow-headquartered Taveo Group.
Zurich strengthens fraud defences with AI
Zurich Insurance has partnered with Quantexa to increase the power of its real-time fraud detection via an artificial intelligence-enabled platform.
Aviva to double automatic business interruption indemnity period to 24 months
Aviva is set to double its automatic business interruption indemnity period to 24 months, in what it claims is a UK market first to tackle underinsurance, Insurance Age can reveal.
Aviva launches risk training platform for commercial clients
Aviva has unveiled Aviva Risk Training Solutions, a digital learning platform designed to help businesses strengthen their risk management capabilities with 25 courses already live and over 50 in development.
Jensten reveals five Coversure buys in roster of 10 deals over the past year
Jensten’s purchase of Martin Insurance Services, as reported by Insurance Age, was the tenth since the last set of announced deals in August 2024, the broker has confirmed.
Acrisure expands on Birmingham expansion plans
CEO of Acrisure UK, Mark McIlquham, has set out the rationale for opening an office in Birmingham which could go live next year as the firm’s 20th branch.
The rise of AI: implications for D&O insurance wordings
Jonathan Hopkins of DAC Beachcroft and Zurich’s Jack O’Neill tackle the opportunities and challenges for brokers. Clients are asking about the impact of artificial intelligence on directors’ and officers’ insurance policies in a fast-changing landscape…
Interview: John Page, CEO of DR&P Group on the journey from £3m to £32m Ebitda and the vision for £55m
“We’ve never positioned ourselves as a consolidator. We’re really keen to be the brokers’ broker,” DR&P group CEO John Page tells Insurance Age.
Arch names Cleary as Leeds branch manager
Arch Insurance UK Regional Division has appointed Martin Cleary as Leeds branch manager, joining from Bravo Network.
Brown & Brown seals All Medical Professionals deal
Brown & Brown has bought specialist digital broker All Medical Professionals which trades as All Med Pro Dental.
US consolidator buys London-based £100m GWP MGA
US-based managing general agent consolidator Bishop Street Underwriters has acquired Avid Insurance, the niche multi-disciplined MGA.
Partners& buys Midlands broker
Partners& has snapped up family run Nottingham-based commercial broker Pargeter & Associates.
Peach Q&A: White and Bendelow
Insurance Age caught up with Peach’s CEO, Russell White, and director of commercial, Ryan Bendelow, to find out what comes next from the niche commercial insurer that is hungry for broker business.
Video Q&A: Arch’s Stuart Danskin on product liability opportunities for brokers
In this video Stuart Danskin, director of underwriting, Arch Insurance UK Regional, outlines the opportunities for UK regional brokers in selling product liability.
Jensten confirms £2m GWP broker buy
Jensten has bought commercial broker Martin Insurance Services in Kent.