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Daily Roundup: The stories making headlines on 3/11/26
Here are the stories making headlines on 3 November 2026
Ardonagh hires new head of international placement
’Ardonagh’s scale and position as a leading independent insurance broker creates a significant opportunity to deepen relationships across global markets,’ says appointee
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 26 to 30 October 2026
Ardonagh to rebrand Geo as part of global MGA push under new chief executive
’There are many untapped opportunities to bring new and existing MGA propositions to our chosen markets,’ says chief executive
Ardonagh Group launches new specialty insurance business to strengthen digital trading environment
’The opportunity is not just to digitise existing activity, but to improve how business flows through the market attracting shares of portfolios to London that historically remained in domestic markets,’ says executive chairman
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 11 to 15 May 2026
In Focus: Are HNW individuals becoming a more ‘popular target’ for cyber criminals?
’HNW individuals are particularly attractive to these criminals,’ says art and private client business director, who also stresses the importance of cyber cover
Top 50 Brokers: Consolidation of the consolidators sees top 10 brokers stay in situ for 2025
Aggregate revenue across the top 10 brokers for 2025 was just over £13bn – an amount that summed up brokerage across the whole top 50 brokers list in 2023 – as leaders of the broker pack double down on M&A investments to solidify earnings
Revealed – the best and worst gender pay gaps at UK brokers
Insurance Times reveals the gender pay gaps at the biggest brokers listed within its annual Top 50 Brokers report
Why 2024 was a transformational year for UK M&A
The insurer and broker sectors both recorded standout acquisition volume and values last year – however, industry experts do not see the same trends for 2025, with January providing the lowest monthly M&A completion figure since 2017
Rachel Longbottom: Industry must ‘get better at spotting potential’ differently to retain diverse talent
Head of service performance and innovation says the insurance sector must be ‘more vocal’ about its diversity projects, however the nuances of hybrid working still need to ‘iron themselves out’
Scott Bennett: Broker network growing despite challenge of M&A activity
Managing director says The Ardonagh Group-owned network business has to ‘pedal hard to stand still’ in terms of maintaining member numbers amid broker consolidation landscape
Phil Bayles: Ardonagh Advisory to use ‘regular drumbeat’ of M&A to add ‘more strings to our bow’
Chief commercial officer reveals that the intermediary organisation is aiming to complete 12 acquisitions in 2023, with plenty of transactions closing in Q1 and Q2
Jaime Swindle: Effective trading versus efficiency will be a broker focus this year
As broking networks help their members combat the current climate’s challenges, the Covid-19 pandemic admittedly hasn’t been all bad, resulting in ‘a more forward-thinking industry’ says networks MD
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