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ANV buys Blink Intermediary Solutions owner
Recently formed ANV Group, owner of Arc Legal, Collegiate, Qualis and Abacus, has signed up to buy Blink Intermediary Solutions owner Iris Insurance Brokers.
Lloyd’s insurer targets SMEs with new cyber launch
Lloyd’s insurer Brit has launched C360, a new cyber product for SMEs which aims to give broker clients access to simple but broad cover.
Granite launches 25+ vehicle taxi fleet product
Granite Underwriting has launched a 25+ vehicle taxi fleet product, covering private hire and public hire vehicles.
Lloyd’s reveals ‘strong’ underwriting performance and ‘disciplined’ growth in 2025
Lloyd’s has revealed a 4.2% hike in gross written premium to £57.9bn in 2025, and a new five-year strategy, as pre-tax profit broke through the £10bn barrier.
CFC launches quality defect endorsement for product recall worldwide
CFC has launched a quality defect endorsement claiming it offers the ‘broadest version’ available worldwide.
Sodalis buys MGA Amiga Specialty
Sodalis Capital, the recently created investment venture focused on international insurance intermediaries, has snapped up managing general agent Amiga Specialty in a £1.8m deal that sees private equity house BP Marsh exit but keep a stake in the new…
Blog: The evolving role of AI in the insurance claims process
With it almost certain that AI is being used somewhere in the claims process, Simon Murray, head of insurance digital and business services at law firm DWF, tackles the upsides and the downsides, looks at what might come next and the key questions for…
MGA promotes four to new head office roles
Managing general agent NBS Underwriting has promoted four people to newly created head office roles, in a move designed to strengthen the leadership team and support ongoing growth.
Markel raids another senior hire from Axa and one from Intact
Markel Insurance has hired from Axa again appointing Joanne Foreman as head of broker change, and taken Laura Fox from Intact.
M&A expert ‘sceptical’ over Intact’s UK broker investment push
The move by the wider Intact Group to acquire a stake in a UK broker is unlikely to lead to a tide of others doing something similar.
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Allianz UK prevents almost £174m in fraud in 2025 record
Allianz UK’s fraud team detected and saved nearly £174m in fraudulent claims in 2025, a record level for the insurer.
ManyPets confirms social media clone
Pet insurance managing general agent ManyPets has confirmed a customer was contacted by an X account impersonating its brand and has issued a warning on how increasingly convincing scammers can appear.
Q&A: Pen’s Nick Wright
Nick Wright, chief business development officer at Pen Underwriting, tackles its recent M&A quietness, capacity in the market and the benefits to brokers from niche products. He updates on the goal of hitting £1.75bn GWP by 2030, streamlining its agency…
Axa updates two products
Axa UK Commercial has made enhancements to its offices and surgeries, and digital mini fleet products.
Aviva responds to Direct Line’s £10.6m fine
Aviva has confirmed it was fully aware of the ‘historical’ accounting errors that have led to the Prudent Regulation Authority hitting Direct Line Group with a £10.6m fine and stated there will be no impact on the integration or the financial benefits it…
PRA fines Direct Line underwriter £10.6m
The Prudential Regulation Authority has fined UK Insurance Limited, a subsidiary and principal underwriter of Direct Line Group and now part of Aviva, £10.625m for a miscalculation of its Solvency II balance sheet during 2023 and 2024.
Sabre ‘all in’ on broker support as CEO Carter eyes growth after profit boost in 2025
Sabre is ready to grow with brokers as the provider promised the sector it “can rely on us to provide competitive prices through our part of the market through this year’” CEO Geoff Carter told Insurance Age.
Alps enhances landlord legal expenses and rent protection product
Managing general agent Alps has updated its landlord legal expenses and rent protection product, in a move designed to support landlords as they navigate the implications of the Renters’ Rights Act.
Sabre trims GWP, but boosts profit in 2025
Motor specialist insurer Sabre grew post-tax profits by 5.3% in 2025 and kept its ‘underwriting discipline’ as gross written premium shrank 14.2%.
Zurich claims top 3 market position with Generali GI arm swoop
Italian insurance giant Generali has reached an agreement to sell its Irish and Northern Irish general insurance operations to Zurich.
Pen launches into mid-market PI
Pen Underwriting has launched into the UK mid-market professional indemnity space, Insurance Age can reveal.
Soft market a ‘critical opportunity’ for brokers to tackle underinsurance
Brokers are increasingly seeing their role as pivotal in fixing underinsurance, with 87% agreeing they should proactively address it, up from 80% last year, according to Aviva.
Allianz transfers 12 strong team after agreeing MGA deal
Allianz Commercial has entered into a strategic agreement with MGA Reel Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paragon Insurance Holdings, to create a new partnership in the global entertainment insurance market.