Broker Analysis – Page 2
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News AnalysisOpinion: Soft market set to showcase true service standards
Although soft market conditions may make it easier to place risks thanks to confident capacity, challenges remain around broker income and getting clients to trust such fluctuating premium price points
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: How can insurance firms stay competitive and differentiate themselves in a soft market?
As softening market rates proliferate, Insurance Times quizzes industry experts on how firms can stay ahead of the pack amid premium price dips
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News AnalysisBriefing: Soft market should steer commercial brokers towards growth and efficiency focused road maps
The insurance industry is often a weathervane for the UK economy – the government would be wise to listen to broker learnings from client conversations
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News AnalysisRooftop risks – how is the insurance sector tackling the proliferation of solar panels?
’Solar panels, while a valuable renewable energy source, present a number of risks that homeowners and insurers need to consider,’ says head of product
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Are brokers at risk of losing market share as embedded insurance grows?
’If distribution is moving from analogue to digital – and the brokers aren’t moving with it – that creates a vacuum,’ says director
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IT InterviewMike Edgeley: The Clear Group targets ‘a proper global proposition’ through European M&A
Group chief executive places Germany and the Netherlands in his crosshairs for buy and build expansion model that mimics ‘what we’ve done in the UK’
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News AnalysisBriefing: Sector must showcase ‘collaboration, certainty and creativity’ to bolster reputation
New Generation Programme report reveals approaches that have boosted or hampered the insurance industry in the past – the sector must make positive strides with these learnings if it is to grow trust with consumers
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News AnalysisBriefing: Musk and other tech disruptors have their eyes on insurance
The insurance industry is unpopular but profitable, while also largely reliant on legacy technology
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News AnalysisWhy 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
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News AnalysisBriefing: Continued flood risk brings possible property protection gap to the forefront
A new protection gap between insured and uninsured property losses, driven by flooding in the UK, means it is more important than ever for brokers to be proactive when supporting clients
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is underinsurance onus pushed onto policyholders to address?
Strategic planning director says it is policyholders’ ‘responsibility’ to ascertain building valuation information to avoid underinsurance, but is there an implication that brokers are not doing enough here?
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: Which regulations and data reporting should the FCA cut to boost industry growth, following letter to PM?
In January 2025, the FCA wrote to prime minister Keir Starmer about removing ’unnecessary regulation’ and reducing ’how much data some firms must provide’ – but what does the insurance industry think this could look like in practice?
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News AnalysisSurviving the soft market: The role of refinancing in broking
Refinancing is fast becoming a more central pillar of a broker’s operations, used as a tool to navigate soft market conditions, enable M&A or to facilitate strategic action plans
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News AnalysisCan the broker commission model survive regulatory headwinds?
’There’s a need for a makeover of percentage-based models where commission is unjustified, undisclosed and uncapped,’ says partner
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News AnalysisDeregulation vital if UKGI wants to remain at the forefront of UK’s growth strategy
Rachel Reeves is leading the charge for a more competitive UK economy, however is the insurance sector cutting off its nose to spite its face with regulation that hampers agile innovation?
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IT InterviewLee Anderson: SRG looks ‘east of east London’ for international focus
‘Scale, ambition and international bias’ are the ‘hallmarks of this investment cycle’, says group deputy chief executive
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News AnalysisCan younger employees unlock industry innovation?
More experience staff might be ‘set in their ways’, while younger hires typically approach new roles with ‘an open mind’, therefore spearheading innovation, says insurtech chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: The great hybrid working debate – has flexible work models made service ‘non-existent’?
Broker managing director believes ‘hybrid models do not work’ as they have driven a ‘lack of service and output’
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News AnalysisOpinion: The changing face of the broker market as firms take stock of M&A options
With the broking mid-market feeling spacious after consolidation clean up, what opportunities are afoot as UKGI heads into 2025?
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News AnalysisUS and UK private equity targets Emerald Isle for M&A opportunities
‘The difference in Ireland is how domestic brokers have recognised the value to their clients of cross-border combinations,’ says broker’s M&A managing director
