Intact to merge its UK and EU specialty businesses
Intact is bringing together its UK and European specialty lines business through Intact Insurance (Europe), seeing new and renewal specialty lines being governed by a soon-to-be-rolled-out EU terms of business agreement.
From January 2027, the move will be supported by Intact’s new European headquarters in Paris which opened in July.
A spokesperson for Intact UK confirmed to Insurance Age that the UK specialty business will continue to be written out of the UK.
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