Briefing
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News AnalysisOpinion: Is there an optimal size for a retail insurance broker?
Acquisitional growth has forever changed UKGI’s broking landscape, however market feedback indicates that there is a fine line between consolidation creating both customer and colleague benefits, or actually working against the industry’s best interests
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News AnalysisBriefing: Social media harm is becoming a casualty accumulation risk
That this entirely modern issue is now showing up in courts means that insurers cannot rely on historical loss experience to capture the size and scope of the associated risk
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News AnalysisBriefing: Duty of disclosure headache must be simplified to battle misunderstandings
Getting duty of disclosure details wrong can have severe ramifications for brokers’ commercial clients – although inconsistent insurer requirements here are a pain point, brokers must not let this element fly under the radar
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News AnalysisBriefing: Why are major personal lines deals popular in the soft market?
Soft market conditions have created a challenging personal lines environment, so is scale key to combat the challenges insurers are facing?
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News AnalysisBriefing: The top 10 learnings about UKGI’s talent crisis
January 2026’s one-day Destination Insurance conference was eye-opening for many reasons – but amid the insights gleaned, it is now up to UKGI to walk the talk
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News AnalysisBriefing: From Dubai with love – a room with a frontline view on a rapidly changing world
The situation in the Middle East proves that appearances can be deceiving, with the complexity of today’s risks still clearly keeping the insurance industry on its toes – or the back foot
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News AnalysisBriefing: Operation Henhouse puts the fox among the fraudster chickens
Marek Coghill, detective inspector at the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, details the unit’s latest intensification activity against ghost broking
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News AnalysisBriefing: Trump Re shows insurance is strategic again
Insurance is playing a role within US president’s chess game with Iran, as Donald Trump introduces political risk cover for maritime trade venturing into the Persian Gulf. But what can the UK learn from this?
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News AnalysisOpinion: Regional broker market poised to ‘outpace growth’ in London
More firms are planting their flags in the regional insurance market, providing a ‘beefed up’ footprint that supports a nearer to home relationship building model that is benefiting brokers
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News AnalysisBriefing: Shockwaves will be felt in London as missiles fly in the Persian Gulf
The situation around the Persian Gulf remains fluid, but insurers and their customers are likely in for a sustained period of supply chain shocks and increased costs
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NewsBriefing: What does the Q1 2026 Middle East conflict mean for travel insurance?
A warning has been issued that acts of war are typically excluded from travel insurance and coverage depends on policy wording
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is AI about to rewrite the rules of insurance distribution?
ChatGPT could be about to follow in the distribution footsteps of price comparison websites – but what are the Consumer Duty considerations that could hamper this model’s progression and uptake?
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News AnalysisBriefing: AI and commercial insurance broking – existential threat or strategic opportunity?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to define what great broking of the future looks like, with powerful use cases bolstering productivity
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News AnalysisBriefing: Using insurance to make a genuine difference to people’s lives
Mike Dalby, chief executive at Howden’s consumer and local commercial division, discusses why serving insurance customers is a privilege in his inaugural column
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News AnalysisBriefing: Specialty versus specialist insurance – and why the London market matters more than ever
Specialty insurance and specialist knowledge should not be tarred with the same brush. A successful combination of these two components in the London market, however, could benefit both brokers and insurers
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News AnalysisBriefing: Where we’re going, we’ll need more space insurance
The UK insurance market could propel the British space industry to the fore. Will we fire up those boosters, or let others take the prize while we merely insure them?
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News AnalysisBriefing: Financial versus market orientation – why ebitda can be a cruel mistress for brokers
Hitting the acquisition trail for the first time can cause quite the mindset shift for broking businesses, however catering to financial metrics should not be to the detriment of business creativity or putting the brakes on service
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News AnalysisBriefing: Brokers could be ‘on thin ice’ where commission sharing is concerned
The ground is shrinking beneath brokers and insurers still involved in the process of shafting leaseholders
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News AnalysisOpinion: The feedback disconnect – why managers are scared to talk to gen Z
Insurance business middle managers are veering away from feedback conversations with younger staffers, but learning how to deliver professional advice successfully to this generation can unlock retention and performance benefits
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News AnalysisBriefing: Soft market supports succession of MGAs and protects against ‘day of reckoning’
Market commentators predict that MGAs fare better in the current soft market cycle versus their insurer peers – but does this success have an end date or is ‘the rise of MGAs’ unstoppable?
