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People Moves: 20 – 24 October 2025
Keep up to date with the latest personnel moves in insurance.
Dalby to lead at Howden as Ogley exits
Mike Dalby has been appointed CEO of Howden consumer and local commercial to lead its UK high street business with immediate effect as Kelly Ogley leaves the business.
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…
Acrisure adds three to UK senior leadership team
Acrisure UK Retail has confirmed the recruitment of Rowanne Dicker as head of UK retail markets and placement, Rob White as chief risk and compliance officer, and David Cramp as chief revenue officer.
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.
CMC pegs JLR cyber event as UK’s ‘most economically damaging’
The Cyber Monitoring Centre has estimated the cyber incident affecting Jaguar Land Rover had a UK financial impact of £1.9bn and affected over 5,000 UK organisations.
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.
Gallagher partners with Premiership Women’s Rugby in multi-year deal
Gallagher has entered a three-year deal with Premiership Women’s Rugby, becoming its principal partner until the end of the 2027-28 season.
GTCR and Synova completes investment in JMG Group
Chicago-headquartered private equity firm GTCR has completed its investment in Leeds-headquartered JMG Group alongside existing backer PE house Synova and the broker’s leadership team.
MGA Casper launches renewable energy offering
Casper Specialty UK, a specialist casualty-focused managing general agent, has launched Tundra Specialty, focused on the renewable energy sector.
Mooney on increasing Markel’s relevance to brokers and launching new products next year
Lee Mooney, managing director of Markel UK, has targeted increasing relevance to brokers by adding new products in 2026 while keeping its specialism heritage and focusing on the regions.
Insurer service ratings jump up in Gracechurch survey
Insurer service ratings have increased to a +19 net promoter score, a survey by Gracechurch in partnership with the British Insurance Brokers’ Association has found.
JMG makes trio of family-run broker buys
JMG Group has snapped up three family run brokers, Glowsure Insurance Brokers, James Brown & Sons and R Todd Insurance Services, in its fourth hat-trick of the year.
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.
Blog: The EU–UK AI regulation gap and its implications for UK insurance brokers
As artificial intelligence regulations diverge between the UK and EU, Claud Bilbao, regional vice president for underwriting and distribution at Cowbell UK, discusses the importance of understanding AI usage to advise clients effectively, highlighting…
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%.
Asda Money launches into commercial insurance in partnership with Everywhen
Everywhen, formerly Ardonagh Advisory in the UK, has partnered with Asda Money to launch the supermarket’s first business insurance service.
Brown & Brown buys Kent-based MGA
Brown & Brown Europe has agreed to buy property owners and commercial combined specialist managing general agent Pardus Underwriting.
Axa’s Dougie Barnett to retire
Dougie Barnett, Axa Broker UK director of commercial customer risk management and sustainability, will retire at the end of December after 24 years at the insurer.
FSCS declares Scottish broker in default
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared Scottish broker Arthur Temlett, trading as Abacus Insurance Consultants, as being ‘in default’ in its latest update on the ongoing situation.
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.