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TBIG backs Deva to buy David Vaughan & Co
The Broker Investment Group-backed Deva Risk Group has bought insurance broker David Vaughan & Co, adding offices in Dolgellau and Machynlleth, North Wales.
Q&A: Criterion managing director Helena Evans
Loss-adjusting boss Helena Evans outlines the latest trends her firm is seeing among high-net-worth customers, assesses the continued prevalence of underinsurance, and suggests how brokers can help combat fraud.
People Moves: 12 – 16 May 2025
Follow the latest personnel moves in insurance.
Biba 2025: Insurance sector cautious on AI declining claims or determining liability
Artificial intelligence is going to have a greater role to play in claims, including larger ones, even if the insurance sector has reservations about it being used to decline claims and determine liability.
Biba 2025: Laura Hancock urges independents not to give up
Laura Hancock, managing director of Yutree Insurance, has urged independent brokers not to give up, as she acknowledged regulation and other factors being difficult at the moment.
Aviva grows UK GWP 11% and trims COR in Q1
Aviva grew UK gross written premiums by 11% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period of last year reaching £1.85bn.
Biba 2025: FCA hoping approach will help build confidence in firms
The Financial Conduct Authority hopes firms build confidence in their knowledge of customer service and outcomes, as opposed to undertaking a “tickbox” exercise, delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester heard…
Biba 2025: Making MGA-capacity relationships flourish
Allowing managing general agents the freedom to act independently is the key to a productive insurer-MGA partnership, according to Pen Underwriting CEO Tom Downey.
Biba 2025: Mike Keating on unrated due diligence
Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, analyses how due diligence on unrated capacity should work both ways – from broker to MGA and MGA to broker respectively.
Biba 2025: The new era for insurance broking with AI and MGAs
Artificial intelligence will not replace advisers, but will add to decision making, while managing general agents will continue to become increasingly relevant to brokers, delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference heard today.
Biba 2025: Caroline Barr named first female chair at Biba
British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Graeme Trudgill has announced Caroline Barr as the incoming chair in his welcome speech at the 2025 Biba conference, and he looks to keep the pedal pressed to the floor.
Biba 2025: Trade body launches national insurance broker advertising campaign
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has launched a national advertising campaign to promote insurance brokers to SMEs.
Biba 2025: Biba welcomes FCA proposals on paring back insurance rules
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority consulting on stripping back the insurance rulebook.
Meet the MGA: Shape Underwriting
Mandy Hunt, managing director of Shape Underwriting, explains the logic behind rebranding the Clear MGA business; outlines its holistic approach to acquisitions; and pinpoints the importance of recruiting staff who understand collaboration, integrity…
Biba seeks insurer meetings after publishing disclosure advice
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has launched cross industry guidance that it hopes will reduce misunderstandings over what should have been disclosed when cover was taken out - which in some cases will cause a claim to be repudiated or reduced.
Interview: Duncan Pritchard, CEO of Commercial Express
Last year Commercial Express garnered extensive attention from the broker community with its slew of eye-catching product launches, CEO Duncan Pritchard tells Insurance Age about the growth of the business and what is coming next.
Only 20% of brokers working with AI – Open GI warns of smaller broker ‘gulf’
Research from Open GI has found as many as 80% of insurance brokers have yet to implement AI into their business, with the software house warning of a “gulf” between the progress of national brokers and smaller regional firms when it comes to gaining an…
JMG confirms new investor
Chicago-headquartered private equity house GTCR has invested in JMG Group alongside existing backer Synova and the broker’s leadership team.
Blog: How can the industry maintain Biba fever in the new era?
Heading into another Biba conference, there will be some similarities compared to previous years, but with changes in the market through large deals, what can brokers expect as the trade body hails a new era? Rosie Simms shares her thoughts.
Commercial Express to add Axa and Carbon capacity as it unveils MGU plan
Managing general agent Commercial Express has signed capacity deals with Axa and Carbon Underwriting, Insurance Age can reveal, as it progresses to become a managing general underwriter and targets doubling in size.
Brokers closed Q1 with optimism on growth at five-year high – Aviva
Brokers’ optimism for growth reached its highest level in the past five years this March, according to Aviva’s Broker Barometer research.
Ex-Bollington boss Moors joins Broadway
Former Bollington leader Paul Moors is to become a director of Broadway Insurance Partners, subject to regulatory approval.
Interview: Bob Pybus, CEO of AUB UK Retail
Having been named CEO of AUB UK Retail last September, Bob Pybus reflects on his route to the role, tells Insurance Age about the deals struck so far and shares his plans to grow to a £1bn business.
FCA reveals fall in GI and protection appointed reps
The number of appointed representatives in the general insurance and protection space fell to 7,359 last year as the sector posted the biggest volume drop in the financial services market.