Insight
Regional Review: Channel Islands – small but strong
For a small jurisdiction, the Channel Islands have a strong broker market, according to regional experts, as large names have made acquisitions with capacity, appetite and recruitment key issues.
Partners& purchases Newcastle-under-Lyme broker
Partners& has bought Staffordshire-based Amica Insurance Brokers in its third deal of 2026.
Guidewire targets efficiency between brokers and insurers
Charles Clarke, Guidewire group vice president, looks to continue to support customers to create digitally enabled insurers that are good partners for brokers, as he highlighted possible products for brokers.
People Moves: 13 – 17 April 2026
Follow the latest personnel moves in insurance.
Biba 2026 Countdown: LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Tony Pinch
Tony Pinch, head of sales, broker and MGA at LexisNexis Risk Solutions for the UK and Ireland, hails Mark Cliff as a great insurance all-rounder and considers singing You Drive Me Crazy to conference closing speaker Davina McCall.
Momentum breaks £100m GWP barrier as it has strongest year start yet
Momentum Broker Solutions hit £102m gross written premiums, adding 13 appointed representatives in 2025, as the AR network made investments in technology and recruitment.
Dayinsure joins IFB
Top 100 UK broker Dayinsure has joined the Insurance Fraud Bureau as its first new member of 2026.
Gallagher buys fellow Top 100 UK broker Bridge
Gallagher has struck its first UK broker deal of the year, snapping up Bridge Insurance Brokers for an undisclosed sum.
MGA Ventis widens appetite with two non-standard property launches
MGA Ventis is set to launch a non-standard real estate proposition comprising two complementary products designed for complex risks.
Raw Group aims to be the Midlands’ preferred Lloyd’s broker after Lothbury swoop
Specialist waste and recycling broker Raw Material Cover has launched a new London market arm and is looking to diversify following the acquisition of Lloyd’s broker Lothbury UK.
Sky Protect adds Ageas to home insurance panel
Ageas UK has joined Sky Protect’s home insurance panel alongside Axa with more to come.
Biba 2026 Countdown: SSP Broker’s Martyn Mathews
Martyn Mathews, MD at SSP Broker is celebrating a big birthday during Biba week and when not hosting guests on his stand he might be spotted at the Science and Industry Museum or miming to Daft Punk.
Everywhen CEO Rob Worrell to retire at year-end
Rob Worrell, CEO of Everywhen, has decided to retire at the end of 2026, Insurance Age can reveal.
Clear buys southern broker and life business
Clear has bought Pangea Insurance Brokers and Pangea Life, taking the group back to joint-top in the most active broker M&A listing for 2026.
Saga broking profits rise as Ageas deal kicks in
Saga has reported its insurance broking arm performed “ahead of expectations” in 2025, labelling the year that the double deal with Ageas started as “transformational”.
Biba becomes pet association honorary member
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has joined the Pet and Equine Insurance Association as an honorary member to strengthen cross-sector collaboration.
Johnson out and Houghton in as PIB reshapes COO role
PIB Group has appointed Rob Houghton to the new stand-alone role of group chief operations officer.
Graham Gibson joins Sicsic
Sicsic Advisory has appointed former Allianz claims boss Graham Gibson as a senior consultant.
Biba 2026 Countdown: MGAA’s Mike Keating
Managing General Agents’ Association CEO Mike Keating advocates working more closely with clients and is looking forward to the energy, atmosphere and opportunity to network on Wednesday morning at the event.
Covéa more than doubles profit in 2025
Post-tax profit at Covéa Insurance soared to £72.4m in 2025, more than doubling from £32.9m the year before when it swung back into the black after years of losses.
Geo partners with Intact on marine capacity
Geo Underwriting has entered a capacity partnership with Intact Insurance for the next phase of the Ardonagh-owned MGA’s specialist marine trade offering.