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Zurich names former financial services leader as new UK COO
Zurich UK has appointed Paul Norcott as chief operations officer, joining the executive committee with immediate effect.
End of Year Review 2025: Flood Re’s Kelly Ostler-Coyle
Kelly Ostler-Coyle, director of corporate affairs, Flood Re bemoans the fact that not enough brokers are talking to clients about Build Back Better and pays respect to “the Welsh titan of the insurance industry” Amanda Blanc.
New roles for Tonge and Grazier as Bspoke reshapes management structure
Bspoke Group has named Nick Grazier as group sales and marketing director and Wayne Tonge as group commercial managing director.
End of Year Review 2025: Open GI’s Neil Hart
Neil Hart, chief sales officer at Open GI, reflects on the ‘old chestnut’ that the cheapest cover isn’t always the best and suggests ‘His Highness’ as his darts alter ego for the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
Meet the MGA: Arrow Risk Management
Arrow Risk Management CEO Jon Godfray explains how the MGA combines decades of expertise, cutting edge technology and underwriting excellence to create what he hopes the market recognises as a ‘quality shop’.
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End of Year Review 2025: VIPR’s Paul Templar
VIPR CEO and co-founder Paul Templar is impressed by the MGAs publicly committing to modernisation and brokers championing data transparency; whilst also paying homage to British mathematician Ada Lovelace.
Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode six, Admiral’s Henry Engelhardt
For the sixth episode of Double Indemnity, Stuart Reid and Toby Clegg sit down with the Admiral CEO Emeritus Henry Engelhardt, who offers insights into why a “can do” and “think big” attitude, alongside deliberately targeting drivers paying higher…
End of Year Review 2025: Premium Credit’s Owen Thomas
Owen Thomas, chief sales officer at Premium Credit, applauds how Biba and the FCA have collaborated this year, suggests a top 5 commercial insurer might get snapped up in 2026 and predicts great things for Lee Mooney at Markel.
End of Year Review 2025: Commercial Express’ Duncan Pritchard
Commercial Express founder and managing director Duncan Pritchard bemoans inconsistent claims service and suggests ‘Rizzilience: Confidence in a Changing Market’ for the 2026 Biba Conference theme.
Non-Financial Misconduct rules and what they mean for the insurance Christmas party
Isabella Macfarlane, head of London Markets at Insurance Compliance Services, outlines how incoming NFM guidelines may work in practice as we head into the busy Christmas party season.
Howden hires from Gallagher to target $600m space insurance market
Howden has established a new dedicated space insurance capability led by industry veteran Clive Strickland.
End of Year Review 2025: Macbeth’s Paul Macbeth
Macbeth CEO Paul Macbeth is embarrassed by the behaviour of a small number of brokers and insurers in the soft market, and raises an eyebrow at a deal Gallagher didn’t close this year.
HSB launches hunt for new engineering MD as Dyson retires
Terry Dyson, the managing director of HSB’s engineering insurance business in the UK and Ireland, has decided to retire at the end of March 2026 after an insurance career spanning 40 years.
Ex-Simply Business boss joins Admiral-backed SME challenger insurance provider
Tide has appointed former Simply Business boss and ex-network leader Dan McNally as senior vice president and CEO of Tide Insurance Services.
End of Year Review 2025: Claims Consortium Group’s Rob Stewart
Rob Stewart, commercial director at Claims Consortium Group, hails the surge of tech talent joining traditional broking groups and hopes for a ‘proper summer holiday’ next year.
JMG appoints two leaders in widened structure after recent PE investment
JMG Group has created two new leadership roles, naming Jake Fox CEO of underwriting and speciality, and Neil Forrest CEO of retail.
End of Year Review 2025: Peach’s Ryan Bendelow
Ryan Bendelow, director of commercial at Peach, is sad to see the RSA name consigned to the insurance brand graveyard, nominates Aviva’s Michelle Taylor as the insurance personality of the year, and is worried about an increase in IPT in 2026.
Partners& hires managing partner to wellbeing division
Partners& has hired Tom Klinkenberg from Lockton as managing partner of wellbeing, health and protection.
Ex-broker/MP Tracey, CII and university team up on insurance talent pilot
Former MP Craig Tracey will lead a project for the Chartered Insurance Institute as it joins forces with Birmingham City University Business School to launch a 12-month pilot programme designed to strengthen the talent pipeline into the insurance…
End of Year Review 2025: nCino’s Ashleigh Gwilliam
Ashleigh Gwilliam, director of insurance at nCino calls for more to be done to make insurance careers genuinely attractive to young talent and predicts AI will be handling first-pass underwriting decisions on at least 30% of SME commercial risks by the…