Company results
Markerstudy boosts revenue and trims post-tax loss in Atlanta deal year
Markerstudy Group Holdings has posted a reduced loss of £141.7m for 2024, as revenue grew and Ebitda turned positive in a year it took over personal lines broker Atlanta.
Lucida posts reduced turnover in year before Moorhouse sale
Top 100 UK broker Lucida has reported a 14.6% fall in turnover to £40.67m, with a mixed picture on profitability across its divisions in 2024, the year before it struck the deal to sell Moorhouse.
Ecclesiastical boosts UK and Ireland GWP in half-year with ‘strong’ underwriting profit
Ecclesiastical grew gross written premiums in the UK and Ireland by 6.9% in the first half of the year to £227.2m, as it kept the combined operating ratio below 90%.
One Call profits up but turnover down in 2024
Doncaster-headquartered One Call Insurance Services grew pre-tax profit by 2.2% in 2024 to £22.51m, despite turnover falling.
Final Das UK results show growth and losses
Arag has posted the final set of results for Das Legal Expenses Insurance Company revealing 1.5% growth in premium income in 2024 and a deterioration in the combined operating ratio to 97.1%.
Hughes reports falling turnover and a loss in year of Markerstudy deal
Northern Ireland-based Hughes Insurance has reported an 11% fall in turnover to £11.32m for 2024, the year it was snapped up by Markerstudy Group.
Lloyd’s COR jumps up as GWP hits £32.5bn in first half of the year
Lloyd’s has reported an increase in its combined ratio to 92.5% in the first half of 2025 up from 83.7% in the same period last year.
Profits slip but revenue up at Ageas Retail in 2024
Ageas Retail, the insurer’s wholly owned broking subsidiary with trading names including Ageas Direct and RIAS, saw post-tax profits fall 23% to £5.03m last year.
AUB international revenue jumped to £232.3m in ‘pivotal year’
Australian insurance broking firm AUB Group has reported that its international arm, which includes Tysers wholesale and its UK retail business, saw revenues jump 13.3% to A$465.9m (£232.3m) for the year to 30 June 2025.
Lloyd & Whyte Group grows again in 2024 with three deals and a sale
Somerset-based Lloyd & Whyte Group grew turnover by 5.9% in 2024, in a year it made three acquisitions and returned to pre-tax profit with a sale.
‘We have to keep earning the right to be number one in the market,’ says Aviva’s Storah
Jason Storah, CEO for UK and Ireland general insurance at Aviva has said it will continue to improve service levels, proposition and technology for brokers during the rest of the year, as he hailed the performance of growing premiums and profit in the…
Aviva UK operating profit soars 72% in H1 2025
Aviva achieved 9% growth in UK gross written premiums in the first half of the year to £3.87bn, with commercial lines up 15% and personal lines 3% ahead compared to the same period of 2024.
Somerset Bridge pivots to MGA-only model after reaching profit in 2024
Somerset Bridge Group swung to £14.4m post-tax profit in 2024 following years of losses after being bought by Arch Reinsurance in 2021.
Allianz UK boosts operating profit as business volume slips in half-year
Allianz UK grew operating profit by 28.4% in the first half of the year to £224.3m from £174.7m in the same period of 2024.
Doubling down on sector strategy is maintaining momentum with brokers, says Hiscox’s Musselle
Working with brokers, digital initiatives, product refreshes and brand strength helped Hiscox accelerate UK growth in the first half of the year, according to chief underwriting officer Joanne Musselle.
Hiscox maintains UK growth momentum at half year
Hiscox achieved 6% growth in UK written premiums in the first half of 2025 with rising policy numbers in commercial and in art and private client business taking the total to $463.4m (£348.6m).
Sabre reports 26.2% profit growth as GWP dips
Sabre Insurance Group reported a 26.2% increase in profit before tax to £25.5m, despite a decline in gross written premiums, according to its 2025 half-year report.
PIB tops £500m revenue as losses trimmed in run-up to ending sale talks
PIB Group has posted £514.7m of pro forma group net revenue for 2024, a year it expanded into two countries and made 25 acquisitions before walking away from sales talks in 2025.
Bullish Warburton on Konsileo moving ‘forward on all fronts’
Konsileo is “cautiously optimistic” about hiring another 50 brokers this year, building on its progress in 2024, CEO John Warburton told Insurance Age.
Konsileo grows revenue and trims losses in 2024
Konsileo’s parent company delivered a 54% increase in revenue to £10.84m as the expansive Top 100 Broker bolstered headcount, hiring 23 brokers across three cohorts in 2024.
TH March grew profits and turnover in run-up to EOT
Specialist jewellery and allied trades broker TH March boosted annual profit-after tax by 63.7% to £781,000 in the run-up to switching to an employee ownership trust.
Flood Re posts 20% policy growth to new record but profits down
Flood Re has posted a 43% fall in pre-tax profit to £13.5m as rising reinsurance costs more than outweighed lower claims costs in the year ended 31 March 2025.
Insurance revenue at Moneysupermarket slips 2% at half-year
Moneysupermarket’s insurance revenue dropped 2% to £117.7m in the first six-months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Clear boosts revenue by nearly one-quarter in 2024
Clear Group grew revenue by 24.5% to £93m in the year ended 31 October 2024, Insurance Age can reveal.