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Broker Expo 2025: Claims brokers and account execs should talk more, especially during soft market
The soft market should encourage greater communication between frontline account executives and claims staff within broking firms, especially as insurers give closer scrutiny to claims.
AUB UK Retail targeting 25 deals in 18 months
AUB UK Retail is looking to make 25 buys before the end of next year, with CEO Bob Pybus eyeing up building a £1bn premium business through acquisitions and organic growth, Insurance Age can reveal.
SRG to add credit and political risk team from Tysers
Specialist Risk Group has signed up for Tysers’ credit and political risk (re)insurance team to join the business.
Newbie News: Taurus Risk
Thomas Beckett, co-founder of Taurus Risk, tells Insurance Age how he started the business and how he aims to grow the broker and find its niche.
AUB reports Momentum and Movo deal costs
Sydney-headquartered AUB Group has revealed the costs of snapping up 40% of appointed representatives network Momentum Broker Solutions and 80% of fellow AR offering Movo Group last year, and promised more deals to come.
Top 100 UK Brokers 2024: Full table listing
Insurance Age is delighted to share its 2024 Top 100 UK Broker rankings supplied by Insuramore and sponsored by Open GI.
Bob Pybus named CEO of AUB UK Retail
Industry stalwart Bob Pybus has been appointed CEO of AUB UK Retail, with Tom Wilson leading wholesale broking as CEO of Tysers.
Momentum investor AUB takes 80% stake in Movo Group
Australian broking giant AUB Group has agreed to acquire an 80% equity stake in the Movo Group of Companies.
Acrisure reveals top team at Eleven Network after senior departures
US broking consolidator Acrisure has moved to put in place a new leadership team at its Eleven Network arm, following a raft of senior departures as first reported by Insurance Age.
AUB boss looks to leverage scale as it invests in Momentum
Howard Pepper, founder and managing director of Momentum Broker Solutions, is “excited” by access to the London market through Tysers, after Sydney-based owner AUB signed up to buy a 40% stake in the appointed representatives network.
AUB takes 40% stake in Momentum
Tysers owner AUB Group has signed up to buy a 40% equity stake in appointed representatives network Momentum Broker Solutions, subject to regulatory approval.
IWD 2024: “Be a self-promoter,” urges Tysers’ Nicola Leighton
For International Women’s Day Insurance Age caught up with Nicola Leighton, national sales director at Tysers Retail on how women must grasp any opportunity to develop their career.
In Depth: LEI as a proactive shield - the role of the insurance broker
The widening access gap in legal systems, exacerbated by chronic underfunding and post-pandemic pressures, presents significant difficulties for individuals and businesses seeking justice and challenges for insurance brokers in effectively serving their…
Top 100 UK Brokers 2023: Directory – £50m – £60m
One Call Insurance Services – Somerset Bridge Group (Arch Capital) – Specialist Risk Group (HGGC) – Tysers (AUB Group)
Park Insurance launches formal apprentice programme
Bristol-based Park Insurance has rolled out its first formal broker apprentice programme open to recent school leavers and those with work experience in other areas looking to move their career in a new direction.
Clive Buesnel exits Tysers following sale to AUB Group
Tysers has announced that Buesnel, who became CEO of the business in June 2020, is set to leave at the end of August.
Tysers launches division targeting global entertainment industry
Tysers has gone toe-to-toe with Howden with the launch of Tysers Live, a new division dedicated to servicing the needs of the global entertainment industry.
Tysers’ owner cancels UK joint venture
AUB Group has scrapped plans to create a joint venture for Tysers’ UK retail business with fellow Australian stock exchange listed firm PSC Insurance Group.
People Moves: 27 - 31 March 2023
Keep up to date with the latest personnel moves within the insurance industry.
M&A slips back from 2021 record to £4bn in 2022
Imas has calculated that the value of UK general insurance distribution M&A dropped to £4bn in 2022 from £5.6bn in 2021, Insurance Age can reveal.
Tysers exceeding expectations and forecasts, says AUB Group
Tysers delivered AU$18m (£10.16m) of pre-tax profit to AUB Group in the final three months of 2022, its new parent company has confirmed.