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Top 50 Brokers: Which brokers were flying high in 2025?

2025-12-24T08:00:00+00:00By Olly Laughton-Scott

After reviewing the top 50 brokers’ data for 2025, consulting firm MarshBerry selects its best performers over the last 12 months

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What lies ahead for UK insurance in 2026?

2025-12-23T10:00:00+00:00By

‘The pace of change today is different because of multiple forces compounding simultaneously,’ says chief executive

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What were insurance leaders’ 2025 highlights?

2025-12-22T08:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

As 2025 comes to a close, Insurance Times asks leaders across the industry what their highlights of the year were

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Nancy Bewlay: ’When I hear uninsurable, I often think the homework hasn’t been done’

2025-12-19T08:00:00+00:00By

After 33 years in the industry, Axa’s first group chief underwriting and pricing officer tells Insurance Times why excluding emerging risks like AI goes against insurance’s core purpose.

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Chasing the update on ‘hit and miss’ claims tracking tools

2025-12-18T08:00:00+00:00By

Findings from this year’s Insurance Times MGA market report have exposed claims tracking tools as an area brokers want to be held under the microscope – but what should a successful claims tracking service look like for brokers and MGAs?

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A race to the bottom – the unintended consequence of GIPP?

2025-12-17T08:00:00+00:00By

Four years after the introduction of GIPP, and with slowing premium growth finally allowing its impact to be assessed, Insurance Times investigates whether the rules spawned a worrying unintended consequence – and whether an Irish model might provide the remedy

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FCA criticised for not providing more case studies after issuing final NFM guidance

2025-12-16T08:00:00+00:00By

’This is particular cause for concern,’ says counsel

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Victoria Sutton: Howden’s claims director on bringing back leadership in the sector

2025-12-15T08:00:00+00:00By

‘There’s often a confusion in thinking that you need to be a manager to be a leader, but you don’t, you don’t necessarily need to be doing the management bit – you can just be a leader,’ says business performance director

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In Focus: Ghost portals ‘fool every police officer’ as new fraud trend undermines frontline policing

2025-12-12T08:00:00+00:00By

A fast-growing fraud trend involving fake insurer portals designed to deceive frontline police officers prompted fresh concern among counter fraud leaders attending latest quarterly roundtable

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Derek Coles: UGL Insurance’s chief executive talks ‘recalibrating’ after completing ‘three years in one’

2025-12-11T08:00:00+00:00By

’We’re like a chameleon, or a leopard that can change its spots – we can be different things to different markets and that’s what gives our business flexibility,’ chief executive tells Insurance Times

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Continental Europe primed to adopt Consumer Duty type rules as ‘alignment between regulators’ gains prominence

2025-12-10T14:00:00+00:00By

French industry leader believes the UK’s ‘regulatory focus’ for general insurance oversight is set to ‘become the new norm in Continental Europe’

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Autonomous cars could hit UK next year – but is UKGI ready?

2025-12-09T08:00:00+00:00By

‘We’re moving away from insuring the behaviours of a driver to insuring the behaviours of an algorithm,’ says director of motor underwriting

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