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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?
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News AnalysisBriefing: Rising AI uptake drives demand for sector-wide skills update
The government and independent bodies concur that AI technology should unlock a wealth of opportunity for the financial services sector – but only if market firms can satisfy skills gaps with tailored training
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News AnalysisBriefing: What an unexpected pet insurance claim can reveal about Consumer Duty in practice
Is UKGI too focused on being a stickler for Consumer Duty rules, without properly considering the ethos and spirit of this outcomes centred regulation? Claims processes could be the rub here…
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News AnalysisBriefing: Why is Zurich so keen on acquiring Beazley – and will Beazley bite?
Zurich believes the suggested deal will create a global leader in specialty insurance, but Beazley is urging its shareholders ’to take no action’ after the latest takeover proposal was submitted to the insurer
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News AnalysisBriefing: The Leadenhall Project – Do not let anyone say ‘AI told you so’
The artificial intelligence trouble-bubble will pop, but are UKGI firms prepared for the fallout and how it could impact their businesses?
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News AnalysisBriefing: Mind the toes on which you tread as trust is the real currency of UKGI
UK insurance staffers need to stop treating networking introductions like a finite commodity and adopt a more American mindset to collaboration if they want to nurture professional allies for the long term
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News AnalysisBriefing: Neurodiversity could be insurance’s talent success story
The sector should make a bigger deal of its diversity and inclusion wins
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News AnalysisBriefing: Overarching soft reinsurance market at 1/1 sets out insurer opportunities for 2026
Broker chief executive describes 2026 as ‘a year of enormous possibilities’, with falling reinsurance rates giving primary insurers scope to explore their strategic options
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News AnalysisBriefing: Unwrapping the FCA’s super complaint response
There was nothing particularly exciting about the regulator’s statement on the home and travel insurance markets, but what did we expect?
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News AnalysisTop 50 Brokers: Consolidators double down on M&A integration for 2025
The big have only gotten bigger as an integration focus from UKGI brokers has hit pause on rampaging acquisitional growth, leading to static table standings for the first time in report’s history
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News AnalysisOpinion: Will 2026 see swathe of IPOs as the consolidation of consolidators well runs dry?
UK general insurance has broker consolidators aplenty – but what does the next stage of their growth journeys look like? Gossip in the sector’s rumour mill has a suggestion…
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News AnalysisBriefing: The fast and slow market of driving innovation
Innovation cycles within organisations are currently interconnected with hard and soft market conditions – but companies should take inspiration from their own body cells to treat innovation as a natural function rather than a stimulant
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News AnalysisBriefing: Making insurance careers a choice rather than ‘falling’ into the profession
If market participants are to futureproof UKGI, then the old adage of falling into an insurance career rather than decisively opting for this professional pathway has to be eliminated – instead, more transparent career architectures, greater sector-wide visibility and better outreach to new talent must be a priority
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News AnalysisBriefing: Attracting talent in the UK insurance industry – Progress, challenges and opportunities
A perception problem is the biggest stumbling block UK general insurance encounters when attempting to attract forward thinking talent – but how is the industry addressing such a challenge and where can it double down on positive performances to showcase UKGI as a career destination?
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News AnalysisBriefing: The Europe opportunity – why is it so hard to crack?
Although many UK brokers are looking to expand into Europe, it is a mistake to treat this jurisdiction as the UK’s mirror image. It is partnerships, not just acquisitions, that will unlock European potential
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News AnalysisBriefing: Reeves treads water following Autumn Budget, cranking tax in response ‘to events out of her control’
James Dowling, founding partner at Negotient, unpicks chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget speech – for him, the Labour politician is not quite in the clear yet
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is private equity taking the right approach when backing broking businesses?
Panellist notes that the private equity ‘playbook’ for investing in brokers ‘has to change’ because ‘it doesn’t fit’ today’s business models and landscape
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AnalysisBriefing: Chancellor’s handling of upcoming Budget 'actively making' it harder to deliver
James Dowling, founding partner at Negotient, looks forward to what the upcoming Autumn Budget might bring for the sector
