Broker Analysis
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News AnalysisAttacking opportunity: Can the cyber insurance market deliver in 2026?
Record cyber attacks in 2025 exposed entrenched supply‑chain vulnerabilities and caused widespread disruption to UK businesses, yet cyber insurance penetration remains low – what opportunities does the market see to protect businesses going forward?
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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 AnalysisCyber risk takes root on the farm as agriculture goes fully connected
‘Farmers are natural risk managers. They’ve been doing this for hundreds of years – in essence, since the dawn of man,’ says managing director
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News AnalysisBrokers call out ‘devastating impact’ of claims ‘inefficiencies’ on commercial haulage clients
A lack of interim payments and email only communication is having a direct impact on haulage firms’ cash flows, argue commercial brokers – with some demanding changes to ‘one size fits all’ claims processes
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IT InterviewRenewals saw reinsurers keen to deploy capital, buyers focused on banking savings – Gallagher Re’s Kerton
Three years of strong profitability left reinsurers comfortable with their risks despite softened rates, while cedants prioritised reduced cost over additional protection
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AnalysisIs portal-only trading progress or a problem for MGAs and brokers?
As MGA portals become central to broker trading, a chief executive warns that there is a ‘danger’ in brokers shoehorning risks that require underwriter collaboration
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News AnalysisAre pet insurance claims keeping pace with customer expectations?
A disconnect between technical compliance and customer experience carries reputational risk for the sector – but is currently not being addressed
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News AnalysisIn Focus: How insurers use data to support broker schemes – and what happens when it’s limited?
’If you don’t have good data, insurers will be less interested because it makes it difficult to assess [if] the scheme works, is it fit for purpose,’ says director
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AnalysisIn Focus: Could cyber-centric broker schemes boost commercial cyber insurance penetration?
The latest Insurance Times Schemes Index, published on 15 January 2026, has typically reflected an erratic picture for commercial cyber schemes. With premiums up 12% on six months ago, do cyber-centric broker schemes have the potential to improve uptake of commercial cyber insurance?
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NewsBiba Manifesto 2026: Trade body seeks new Financial Services Bill
‘It’s not easy asking for a bill that isn’t in the King’s speech, that’s quite a challenge, but we just think it’s a necessity if we’re going to actually make these changes happen,’ says broker body chief executive
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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 AnalysisMajor shake-up of employment law raises challenges for UK businesses
As the Employment Rights Act comes into force, the insurance sector is well placed to support policyholders in adapting to the required changes
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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 AnalysisThe Big Question: What regulatory risks or opportunities would UKGI see under a Reform UK government?
Insurance Times asked industry figures to consider the risks and opportunities a Reform UK government might present if it sought to overhaul the FCA – and what such changes could mean
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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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IT InterviewRyan Gill: Steering Bspoke ‘delicately’ through a broker service transformation
With long-term investments coming to fruition, the MGA group’s recently appointed chief executive sets out how broker service improvements will promise a return to a five star rating and drive growth in 2026
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News AnalysisTop 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
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News AnalysisTop 50 Brokers: Best strategic fit will win the day in broking M&A
As overseas buyers and private equity investors continue to influence the consolidation of UK and European brokers, cultural and strategic fit may be getting lost in the translation
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News AnalysisTop 50 Brokers: Which brokers were flying high in 2025?
After reviewing the top 50 brokers’ data for 2025, consulting firm MarshBerry selects its best performers over the last 12 months
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News AnalysisWhat lies ahead for UK insurance in 2026?
‘The pace of change today is different because of multiple forces compounding simultaneously,’ says chief executive
