Biba 2025
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NewsBiba 2025: The real challenge with MGAs is building longevity to 'reduce volatility'– Lockton’s Clarissa Franks
A ‘six-month lag’ while MGAs review broker collaboration opportunities with capacity partners is ’deeply problematic’, says broker’s head of UK P&C retail
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NewsBiba 2025: Mitigating dynamic risk with AI and data the future of insurance
‘There’s a huge opportunity to almost redefine what insurance is and brokers will lead that,’ says chief executive
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NewsBiba 2025: Commercial market is ‘changing more rapidly’ than ever before – Allianz’s Nick Hobbs
’The market is changing more rapidly than I’ve ever seen in my career. It’s moving in a different direction at a rate of knots,’ says chief distribution officer
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IT InterviewBiba 2025: Tokio Marine HCC strives to secure three facilities with brokers in 2025
The insurer’s international head of distribution believes the business needs ‘to whisper a little bit louder’ than it has done in the past to attract greater brand recognition and better promote broker partnership opportunities
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NewsBiba 2025: Hiscox UK seeking to improve ‘response times and service delivery’ for brokers
The insurer is also striving to be ‘really clear’ on its appetite in line with sector focused distribution strategy
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IT InterviewBiba 2025: Ecclesiastical sets sights on £500m GWP for UKGI arm
’There’s no specific timeframe, but we’re focusing on broadening our appetite and commerciality,’ says managing director
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NewsBiba 2025: Brokers need to balance workload in softening market – Gallagher’s Weeks
‘Four or five years ago you probably only had four or five insurers that would want to compete for a piece of business, but now you’re probably looking at 10 or 12 upwards,’ says head of regional broking
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NewsBiba 2025: Some firms will find FCA’s refocused approach ‘challenging’ to navigate
’That flexibility is beneficial, but there are challenges that come with it,’ says managing partner
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NewsBiba 2025: SSP Broker boss vows to ‘do better’ after last place eTrading score
‘It fuels my motivation to try and do better – great start, heck of a lot more to do,’ says software house managing director
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NewsBiba 2025: Brokers must prove their human value in AI-driven future
’In a world of AI, human connection is the only thing that helps broker survival,’ says chief executive
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NewsBiba 2025: Customer education key to fixing public perception of claims management
‘The FCA released a lot of claims data recently and it perhaps gave an unfair picture of what insurers are actually doing in this area,’ says managing director
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NewsBiba 2025: Gareth Southgate urges leaders to have young talent in the office
’I hate the idea of young people working from home,’ says former England manager
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NewsBiba 2025: A ‘very large uninsured opportunity’ remains for SME cyber coverage – Sam Franks
Beazley’s country manager for the UK and Ireland noted that the insurance industry had much more to do to support cyber penetration
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NewsBiba 2025: Major AI barrier for smaller brokers is ‘not knowing where to start’
‘The future is general AI, capable of human tasks and human intelligence,’ says head of research and development
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NewsBiba 2025: Reciprocity between brokers, insurers, reinsurers and MGAs key to increasing capacity
‘We sometimes get stuck on our own pathways, and we don’t solve the problem that’s in front of us,’ says chief executive
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NewsBiba 2025: Aviva leader stresses ‘no material impact’ on broker message after DLG deal
’We’re very, very committed to the broker market,’ says personal lines managing director
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NewsBiba 2025: Sompo aims to double underwriting headcount in regional presence push
’We’re here for the long term and we’re here to grow – and we’re here to make a difference,’ says head
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NewsBiba 2025: ‘Evolution’ to make eTrading ‘slicker and quicker’ key to Zurich UK’s five star score – David Nichols
Retail boss is keen for insurer to make ‘a meaningful difference to brokers’, informed by an ‘open dialogue’ and ‘transparency’ on what all parties need to secure coverage for end clients
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NewsBiba 2025: Extinction Rebellion target conference for third year
’Biba needs to decide if ‘A New Era’ means floods, fires, heat waves and climate chaos, or one where brokers refuse to cover carbon bomb projects,’ says protester
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NewsBiba 2025: Trudgill welcomes FCA decision to simplify rules in keynote
’I know our members will look forward to this new era of regulation,’ says chief executive
