Property
Allianz mid-market boss Graham Stait’s ‘challenge us’ message to brokers
One year into the role of mid-market leader at Allianz, Graham Stait tells Insurance Age about growing the offering and his keenness for brokers to challenge the firm as it seeks to be “the easiest insurer to do business with”.
Uris Group extends capacity deal with Zurich to £275m over five years
Specialist personal lines managing general agent Uris Group has struck a £275m five-year capacity deal with long-standing partner Zurich, as it targets growth in its property insurance portfolio, trading as Midas.
Blog: Insurance isn’t keeping up with energy upgrades
Energy retrofits are widening the underinsurance gap - and brokers have a role to play in closing it, asserts Sharon Masters, surveyor and technical lead at RebuildCostASSESSMENT.com
Market Movement Index: All change
New analysis from Broker Insights reveals a shifting picture as higher premium risks move more, softer rates take hold and brokers shift to use smaller, dynamic providers over traditional markets. Rachel Gordon reports.
Allianz hires Hughes from Ageas as PL broker MD
Allianz UK has recruited Glyn Hughes from Ageas as managing director of Allianz Personal Broker.
Further fall in home premiums in August
The latest General Insurance Price Index from Pearson Ham Group has shown the average top-five premiums for home insurance fell in August 2025, extending the downward run seen through the year.
Liberty Specialty Markets continues with restructure
Liberty Specialty Markets has unveiled a new single integrated third-party division, bringing together financial and professional and casualty under one unit in its UK and MENA region.
Open GI adds Alps to provider suite
Open GI has partnered with managing general agent Alps, bringing add-on landlord legal and rent protection policies to the platform.
Davies launches specialist property and casualty wholesale broker
Davies has launched a specialist property and casualty wholesale broker Assurex Global London.
Allianz launches sustainable commercial property claims initiative
Allianz UK has partnered with Evoque Group, a supplier specialising in zero-to-landfill solutions, to help its commercial property claims team to identify items that can be salvaged, repurposed, or disposed in an environmentally responsible manner.
Insurance market urged to address subsidence claims skills gap
Claims Consortium Group has called on the insurance industry to invest in initiatives to attract and train talent now to prevent a subsidence claims skills crisis.
MGA Ventis increases line size to £70m
MGA Ventis has announced that it has increased the line size it can underwrite.
Broker Expo 2025 Countdown: Aspray’s Ian Anderson
As we count down to Broker Expo in October we caught up with Ian Anderson, business development manager at exhibitor Aspray, who explains how brokers can add more value for clients without adding to their workloads.
Coles bullish over ‘sweet spots’ as MGA Uris targets £150m post MBO
MGA and outsourced insurance administration and underwriting services provider Uris Group is on track for £150m of premium in its first year as an independent business, Insurance Age can reveal.
ABI calculates subsidence claims topped £150m in H1
Subsidence-related insurance claims totalled £153m in the first half of 2025, the Association of British Insurers has confirmed.
Peach and Yutree partner on property owners
Commercial broker and underwriting agency Yutree has partnered with niche commercial insurer Peach on the launch of a new property owners binder.
Business solutions company buys Lloyd’s broker
Liberty Blume has bought Lloyd’s broker PHL Insurance Brokers in its first strategic M&A transaction.
Ecclesiastical warns of growing subsidence risk
Ecclesiastical Insurance has urged property owners to take precautionary steps as the risk of subsidence and wildfires has increased following an extended dry spell.
Broking Success: Sector experience
Ashley Dickson, managing director of Dickson Group, explains why he never turns his phone off and how he used his family’s motorsport experience to create a scheme for the Northern Ireland headquartered broker.
Windstorm Éowyn cost the insurance market €747m – Perils
Perils, a Zurich-based organisation providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has raised its estimate for the insurance market loss from windstorm Éowyn to €747m (£650.27m), from €696m previously.
UK commercial market softening continues at 6% – Marsh
Commercial market rate softening in the UK continued at 6% in the second quarter, according to Marsh, identical to the pace at the start of the year.
W Denis launches specialist data centre insurance division
W Denis has launched a specialist division focused on insuring data centres and the integrated power generation infrastructure.
CRC signs up to buy Atrium
US firm CRC Group has signed up to buy Lloyd’s insurer Atrium, in a deal expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
Interview: JP Allcock, managing director of commercial insurance at NFP Europe
NFP’s John Paul Allcock tells Insurance Age about building the broker’s UK arm from nine staff to over 300, buying and rebranding plans as well as how the business has fared since the takeover by Aon just over a year ago.