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• Ageas CEO Middle reassures brokers after Esure deal

  14-04-2025 17:31
  Ageas will keep its focus on growing with brokers, CEO Ant Middle committed, as the Esure takeover creates a “balanced” portfolio with 50% of business still through the broking channel.
  
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• Interview: Bob Pybus, CEO of AUB UK Retail

  09-05-2025 17:04
  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.
  
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• FCA reveals fall in GI and protection appointed reps

  09-05-2025 15:58
  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.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: FullCircl’s Ashleigh Gwilliam

  09-05-2025 15:56
  Director of insurance industry growth at FullCircl and a member of the Biba Insurance Technology and Innovation Committee, Ashleigh Gwilliam, on ‘fearlessly defending’ his most conference steps title, the case for business cards and why Oasis’ ‘Supersonic’ perfectly encapsulates the event.
  
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• UK firms underestimating cyber attack vulnerability with smallest most at risk

  09-05-2025 12:20
  Businesses in the UK and Ireland are five times more likely to be the target of a cyber attack than suffer flood damage and yet only 47% have dedicated cyber cover, according to research from Pen Underwriting.
  
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• Partners& strikes pair of deals

  09-05-2025 11:27
  Partners& has bought Glasgow-based Blackford Group and Directors & Professionals, a commercial broker in Tunbridge Wells, in its first deals of 2025.
  
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• Broking Success: Pipeline of talent

  09-05-2025 11:11
  CJ Insurance, specialists in close protection, security and defence has a pipeline of talent through the business, according to managing director James Clarke, as he targets doubling its size over the next five years.
  
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• People Moves: 6 – 9 May 2025

  09-05-2025 10:44
  Stay in the loop with the latest insurance personnel moves.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Earnix UK’s Andrew How

  09-05-2025 10:32
  As Biba 2025 approaches, Earnix UK Insurance director Andrew How recommends attendees keep an open mind, suggests how regional brokers can compete effectively in the New Era and is looking forward to tasting the delights of a local tap room.
  
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• UK retailers face 10% rises in premiums after cyber attacks

  09-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches are expected to push up rates for the sector
  
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• Retailers face 10% rises in premiums after cyber attacks

  09-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches are expected to push up rates for the sector
  
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• Retailers face 10% hikes to premiums after cyber attacks

  09-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches are expected to push up rates for the sector
  
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• Zurich ‘in force’ at Biba conference, with capacity deals on the horizon – David Nichols

  08-05-2025 17:32
  David Nichols, UK head of retail at Zurich, looks to grasp the opportunities of e-trade, highlights a “few more” capacity deals in the pipeline, and shares his key message for brokers ahead of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference next week.
  
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• Axa Commercial enhances management liability offering

  08-05-2025 15:03
  Axa Commercial has launched a revamped management liability proposition under its new ‘Prevent and Protect’ banner.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Sedgwick’s Joseph Noel

  08-05-2025 15:01
  With the Biba Conference getting ever closer, Joseph Noel, managing director for commercial claims services at Sedgwick, explains the importance of risk management, the excitement over the firm’s new branding and why you might find him at Affleck’s Palace shopping for a bucket hat.
  
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• Rokstone adds Goodearl for UK & Ireland casualty division launch

  08-05-2025 12:14
  Rokstone has recruited Lewis Goodearl from Convex as head of its new UK and Ireland casualty division.
  
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• Clear Group snaps up HNW MGA

  08-05-2025 12:12
  Shape Underwriting has acquired private client and high-net-worth specialist managing general agent Protect Underwriting.
  
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• China’s ageing population powers the insurance sector

  08-05-2025 11:48 via ft.com
  Life and health insurers are benefiting from both long-term demographic tailwinds and the AI revolution
  
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• New commercial broker Monteith launches with £1m target in first three months

  08-05-2025 11:36
  Scott McLuskey has launched Monteith Corporate Risk with offices in Glasgow and London, targeting £1m of premiums in its first three months of trading.
  
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• CFC launches ‘simplified’ IP cover

  08-05-2025 11:31
  CFC has launched a new “simplified” intellectual property product.
  
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• MGA strikes first UK deal of 2025 with PI specialist buy

  08-05-2025 11:11
  Optio Group has bought UK-based MGA Custodian Management for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval.
  
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• Q&A: Andy Talbot on Arag’s transformation

  08-05-2025 10:55
  Ahead of the 2025 British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference, Andy Talbot, director of broker, ATE & marketing, tells Insurance Age about the feedback from brokers, technology upgrades, and how Arag is positioning itself as a smarter, stronger business for the future.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Premium Credit’s Owen Thomas

  08-05-2025 10:52
  Ahead of the annual event, Owen Thomas, chief sales officer at Premium Credit, underlines the importance of growing compliantly in uncertain economic times, recommends a reliable pit stop to refuel, and nominates Arch’s Mike Bottle as good football manager material.
  
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• Ex-Aviva boss Tiernan named new CEO at Lloyd’s

  08-05-2025 10:42
  Patrick Tiernan has landed the top job at Lloyd’s being promoted to CEO, the marketplace has confirmed.
  
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• AUB UK Retail targeting 25 deals in 18 months

  07-05-2025 16:59
  AUB UK Retail is looking to make 25 buys before the end of next year, with CEO Bob Pybus eyeing up building a £1bn premium business through acquisitions and organic growth, Insurance Age can reveal.
  
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• Markel launches clinical trials product

  07-05-2025 16:57
  Markel Insurance has launched a clinical trials insurance product, which it stated has been designed to support research and product development on an international scale.
  
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• Biba 2025 Countdown: Broker Insights’ Peter Scott

  07-05-2025 16:11
  With exactly a week to go until the conference Peter Scott, CEO of Broker Insights, advocates meaningful conversations, describes Biba as ‘a marathon, not a sprint,’ and suggests delegates take a moment to reflect at the Alan Turing Memorial in Sackville Gardens.
  
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• News analysis: Does the UK broking community actually need another network?

  07-05-2025 13:21
  With Jensten becoming the latest addition to the network landscape in March, Martin Friel assesses whether the sector is over subscribed and reflects on how these operations have evolved over the last three decades.
  
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• Quarterly weather related claims top £200m for first time – ABI

  07-05-2025 13:14
  The Association of British Insurers has found claims for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions has hit £226m for the first time ever between January and April.
  
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• Start-up broker to launch in Q3 targeting motor

  07-05-2025 12:11
  Pizza, a start-up insurance broker, is set for its consumer launch in the third quarter of 2025.
  
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