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Brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance has ranked six UK insurers in its Top 100 report for 2026, and cited Intact as the fastest growing globally more than doubling its brand value. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/j3iQnPE

Axa Insurance UK achieved a sub-100% combined operating ratio for 2025 with gross written premium up and profits rising, a filing at Companies House has revealed. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/APCfsE1

Managing general agent Sutton Specialist Risks has launched a contractors commercial combined product, stating it was being rolled out in response to broker demand. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/XtNjbId

Nearly three quarters of brokers (72%) are currently recruiting, down from 74% last year and 94% in 2024, according to the latest Broker Barometer survey by Aviva. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/VRzNcxP

Aviva’s takeover of Direct Line is coming up less and less in the insurer’s conversations with brokers, according to its personal lines boss. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/NfO57nF

Managing general agent Commercial Express is switching from Open GI to Acturis for its back-office operating system and product launches, Insurance Age can reveal. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/U1a4OuX

Zurich UK has claimed an insurer first launching a module core cover approach on Acturis for its SME e-trade commercial combined offering, Insurance Age can reveal. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/Ou0TNXe

Markel is set to launch its cyber product in September, and Jo Sykes, divisional director for commercial lines, has outlined the insurer will continue to add to its digital offering suite. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/3l1swyI

Covéa personal lines director Sue Coffey has outlined plans to widen Covéa’s home insurance footprint and the cross-selling opportunities with the commercial business, as the insurer pinpoints profits as the lead focus going forward. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/tao1Zvu

Tovah Grosscurth, Intact UK commercial lines MD, has updated on the insurer’s migration of products and how it is the “one to watch” in its drive for top spot. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/THB7npL

Having been made CEO of newly created Axa Insurance UK in March, Jon Walker sets out his approach to the role and what the provider is doing for brokers. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/PwGJjxc

Canopius Group has launched a cyber-triggered spoilage cover designed to protect businesses when a cyber incident renders their perishable stock unsellable. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/hpFGz1m

Aviva is committed to pushing on with an “absolute focus on customer” and will continue “doubling down”, David Martin, managing director for UK commercial and chief distribution officer, told Insurance Age as he teased a “major new proposition” pencilled in for the end of the third quarter will catch brokers’ eyes. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/IYZwTr0

Brokers can expect Hiscox UK to launch more commercial product extensions in the coming months, as the insurer seeks to fill “obvious gaps”. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/CBrnEcW

Allianz UK Commercial is seeking to grab its share of a £2bn opportunity by converting manually traded sub-£10,000 premium risks to digital. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/KtHNidE

Aviva has appointed Alex McMurrough as chief underwriting officer for commercial lines. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/oGS5C3H

Ageas UK CEO Ant Middle has committed to transparency and clarity as he acknowledged the insurer’s restructure affects people’s lives with it seeking to almost halve its workforce by 2029. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/Opbj96z

Hiscox’s share price leapt by 15.2% at lunchtime on Friday 15 May after sister-title Insurance Post revealed Intact is eyeing up a potential bid. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/jBsK4Eq

Keep up to date with the latest personnel moves in insurance. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/9UaXe0C

Intact Insurance has confirmed the roll out of ‘Risk Assist’ as a core policy offering across its entire commercial lines portfolio, detailing a series of benefits in support of brokers. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/3BbYSqH

Ageas has announced plans to cut almost over half its workforce following the acquisitions of Esure and Acromas. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/JksSUzV

Insurance DataLab has released its first recommended insurers cohort with just nine achieving the status. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/YcCIa80

Adam Beckett, managing director of broker and partnerships at Ageas UK, recommends brokers should keep pushing boundaries and believes there is nothing like the moment the doors open and the conference comes alive. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/TKZuNk9

Bspoke Group has launched a white-labelled digital trading capability, designed to give brokers faster, simpler access to scheme ownership. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/qsKU6zl

Commercial Express has claimed to be the first UK managing general agent to deploy a 24/7 virtual underwriting assistant. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/X1WCuxc

Strengthening partnerships with insurers is the top priority for brokers ahead of this year’s British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s conference, according to Aviva’s latest Broker Barometer. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/kCRsizr

Moira Spencer, regional manager for the North West at Dual Underwriting, looks forward to beating everybody at shuffleboard, and recommends the Northern Quarter to switch off and trainers over heels to survive the two day event. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/x24A8Mf

In 2025 the parent company of Top 100 UK broker Adler Fairways secured financial backing from Intact Financial Corporation. Insurer investments in brokers are nothing new, but the trend over the last decade has been divestments which raise the big question: Does Intact’s move represent a one off or start of something wider? Saxon East investigates. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/9fYpyrU

The UK remains the largest European market for MGAs with gross written premium estimated at approximately £7.2bn in 2025, up around 20% year-on-year (2024: £6.3bn). from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/rYZoTyn

Wakam UK has detailed its plans for being a “strategic partner” with managing general agents as it seeks further growth in the sector. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/NXpT7HB

Aviva has hired 15 people in its regional specialty segment as it commits to increasing market visibility through deeper, face-to-face engagement with brokers across the regions. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/Ut8EaqC

Hiscox UK grew written premiums by 8.9% to £181.2m in the first quarter compared to the same period the year before, underpinned by “strong double-digit” growth in its art and private client arm. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/S9ldjbv

Allianz has signed a global deal to move its commercial cyber insurance business to Coalition. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/kuDdXgv

Covéa Insurance has promoted Stephen Long to chief operating officer in the latest of a series of personnel changes at the insurer. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/z2ciQa9

Midas, part of Uris Group, has launched a residential landlords proposition Midas Let Property. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/qwgNASE

Matt Field, partnerships director at Axa Insurance UK – retail, invites people to visit its van on the cobbled area next to the conference centre and warns against burn out by over-filling your diary with appointments. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/hDLgjVq

Clear has rebranded Accelerate Underwriting as Shape Digital and Thomond Underwriting as Shape Underwriting Ireland in further changes to its managing general agents division. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/tHMNXYk

Aviva has acquired DisasterCare Group in a move that it believes will strengthen its disaster recovery and restoration capability, as well as support a quicker end-to-end property claims process for customers, brokers and partners. from Insurer - insuranceage.co.uk https://ift.tt/0fVG89n