Briefing

Briefing: What an unexpected pet insurance claim can reveal about Consumer Duty in practice

2026-01-22T10:00:00+00:00By Matt Scott

Is UKGI too focused on being a stickler for Consumer Duty rules, without properly considering the ethos and spirit of this outcomes centred regulation? Claims processes could be the rub here…

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Briefing: Why is Zurich so keen on acquiring Beazley – and will Beazley bite?

2026-01-21T09:00:00+00:00By James Cowen

Zurich believes the suggested deal will create a global leader in specialty insurance, but Beazley is urging its shareholders ’to take no action’ after the latest takeover proposal was submitted to the insurer

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Briefing: The Leadenhall Project – Do not let anyone say ‘AI told you so’

2026-01-15T09:00:00+00:00By James York

The artificial intelligence trouble-bubble will pop, but are UKGI firms prepared for the fallout and how it could impact their businesses?

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Briefing: Mind the toes on which you tread as trust is the real currency of UKGI

2026-01-14T09:00:00+00:00By Toby Clegg

UK insurance staffers need to stop treating networking introductions like a finite commodity and adopt a more American mindset to collaboration if they want to nurture professional allies for the long term

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Briefing: Neurodiversity could be insurance’s talent success story

2026-01-08T11:00:00+00:00By Yiannis Kotoulas

The sector should make a bigger deal of its diversity and inclusion wins

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Briefing: Overarching soft reinsurance market at 1/1 sets out insurer opportunities for 2026

2026-01-07T09:00:00+00:00By Katie Scott

Broker chief executive describes 2026 as ‘a year of enormous possibilities’, with falling reinsurance rates giving primary insurers scope to explore their strategic options

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Briefing: Unwrapping the FCA’s super complaint response

2025-12-24T09:00:00+00:00By Yiannis Kotoulas

There was nothing particularly exciting about the regulator’s statement on the home and travel insurance markets, but what did we expect?

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Top 50 Brokers: Consolidators double down on M&A integration for 2025

2025-12-18T11:00:00+00:00By Katie Scott

The big have only gotten bigger as an integration focus from UKGI brokers has hit pause on rampaging acquisitional growth, leading to static table standings for the first time in report’s history

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Opinion: Will 2026 see swathe of IPOs as the consolidation of consolidators well runs dry?

2025-12-17T07:00:00+00:00By Katie Scott

UK general insurance has broker consolidators aplenty – but what does the next stage of their growth journeys look like? Gossip in the sector’s rumour mill has a suggestion…

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Briefing: The fast and slow market of driving innovation

2025-12-11T09:00:00+00:00By James York

Innovation cycles within organisations are currently interconnected with hard and soft market conditions – but companies should take inspiration from their own body cells to treat innovation as a natural function rather than a stimulant

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Briefing: Making insurance careers a choice rather than ‘falling’ into the profession

2025-12-10T09:00:00+00:00By Adam Harper

If market participants are to futureproof UKGI, then the old adage of falling into an insurance career rather than decisively opting for this professional pathway has to be eliminated – instead, more transparent career architectures, greater sector-wide visibility and better outreach to new talent must be a priority

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Briefing: Attracting talent in the UK insurance industry – Progress, challenges and opportunities

2025-12-04T08:00:00+00:00By Mike Edgeley

A perception problem is the biggest stumbling block UK general insurance encounters when attempting to attract forward thinking talent – but how is the industry addressing such a challenge and where can it double down on positive performances to showcase UKGI as a career destination?

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