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Barry Reynolds: Verlingue London Markets ‘heavily focused’ on MGA market as it seeks specialist growth

2026-08-06T07:00:00+01:00By

‘We’re really focused on finding areas of business that are not mainstream, but where we know that the London market has something specialist to offer,’ says broker’s executive director

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News Analysis

Beyond the promise – what makes ESG meaningful in insurance?

2026-08-04T15:16:00+01:00By

What separates meaningful ESG from performative sustainability? As expectations rise, the industry is under growing pressure to demonstrate that commitments translate into action

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News Analysis

A third of commercial rooftops unfit for solar without remedial work

2026-08-04T07:00:00+01:00By

Data from 575 structural feasibility surveys of commercial rooftops has shown that 35% of buildings cannot safely support solar panel installations without remedial work or alterations

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IT Interview

Michelle O’Reilly: Looking over the add-on sector with a ‘lawyer’s eye’ from Alps

2026-08-03T07:00:00+01:00By

As brokers increasingly turn to add-on products to differentiate themselves in a soft market, a managing director sees an opportunity for growth via ‘expanding distribution, new business acquisition and product development’

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Stuart Heath: Tokio Marine HCC seeks to inject ‘fresh ideas’ with global distribution strategy

2026-07-31T07:00:00+01:00By

International head of distribution says specialty insurer is planning to “strike that gold” with tiered broker distribution strategy, aiming to mirror UK plan implementation in the US and Europe

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IT Interview

Gavin Lillywhite: Breaking the headcount-growth equation

2026-07-30T07:00:00+01:00By

Over the past decade, insurance technology firm Xceedance has seen its headcount scale rapidly as the business has grown, but now, says senior vice president of business development Gavin Lillywhite, the operating model needs to change

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Simon Hunt: HDI UK and Ireland is ‘central’ to overarching group strategy success

2026-07-29T07:00:00+01:00By

Newly minted chief executive describes the global insurer’s UK and Ireland arm as a ‘core hub’ that will be intrinsic to the overall success of the business’ international four-year strategy

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News Analysis

Regulatory tightening in UK M&A market ‘weeding out’ weaker distribution firms

2026-07-28T07:00:00+01:00By

As broker and MGA M&A deal volumes hit multi-year lows, a managing director believes regulatory tightening ’has materially slowed consolidation in the UK insurance distribution sector while accelerating selective market exit’

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IT Interview

Nick Linacre: How the Claims MGA of the Year brings an investigator’s mindset to claims handling

2026-07-27T07:00:00+01:00By

Winning Insurance Times’ Claims MGA of the Year award was recognition of Purbeck Insurance Services’ approach to claims, but for claims manager Nick Linacre, the real success comes long before a claim is ever paid

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Ageas UK’s Ant Middle explains thought process behind insurer’s job cuts following M&A

2026-07-24T07:00:00+01:00By

’We need to make sure we’re efficient as a business and we need to make sure we’re organising ourselves for the future to make sure we are the successful business we intend to be,’ says chief executive

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Fabricated claims have ‘overtaken’ ghost broking as sector's biggest fraud threat

2026-07-23T07:00:00+01:00By

‘We identified an increase in first party misrepresentation – people playing around with their risk criteria application stage to try and reduce the premiums – which is an indicator that perhaps the cost of living crisis is now hitting,’ says head of counter fraud

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News Analysis

Meltem Yazar: Claims Champion on how ‘every claims process can be improved’

2026-07-22T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurance Times’ Claims Champion of the Year explains why empathy, curiosity and questioning established processes are key to delivering fair customer outcomes

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