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Briefing: Is private equity taking the right approach when backing broking businesses?

By 2025-11-26T09:00:00

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Panellist notes that the private equity ‘playbook’ for investing in brokers ‘has to change’ because ‘it doesn’t fit’ today’s business models and landscape

Leading industry experts have indicated that private equity (PE) investment cycles backing UK general insurance (UKGI) brokers is too short term, with the “natural home” for broker ownership actually being “the capital markets” – where “long-term institutional investors” can weigh in to lead “effectively private initial public offerings”.

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