The stories hitting the headlines this week ...

Response

Biba has backed the FSA clampdown on aggregators, calling for more regulation, better customer service and an end to the pre-populating of answers to questions.

Swoop

Oxygen’s 21-strong London market team has left to join Arthur J Gallagher. Oxygen announced it has agreed to release the executives from their restrictive covenants.

Prediction

UK commercial insurance could see a sudden spike in rates if there is no increase soon, Groupama Insurances UK chief executive Francois-Xavier Boisseau warned when announcing his company’s half-year results.

Price cut

Young Marmalade claims it has reduced premiums by 17% by using telematics. The specialist young driver insurer’s Intelligent Marmalade scheme uses satellite technology to track its customers’ behaviour, rewarding good driving with lower premiums.

Let down

Aviva chief executive Andrew Moss admitted that RAC did not live up to ambitions for the insurer, which planned to cross-sell home insurance to its subsidiary’s customers.

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.