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Clear Group acquires commercial and personal specialists
’Joining Clear Group represents a highly positive outcome for both our clients and our team,’ says owner
Commercial £13m GWP broker acquired by Seventeen Group
’We’ve found a natural partner in Seventeen Group,’ says co-founder
PIB Group appoints new chief operations officer
’The team have created a fantastic company with great fundamentals and I am looking forward to partnering with everyone to deliver on 2026 growth and beyond,’ says appointee
Ex-Marsh UK chief executive takes up new role at Ardonagh
’I’m very much looking forward to working on the group strategy and helping support the next phase of its development,’ says appointee
Family-owned broker hires six into taxi team
‘Bringing in a ready made team of talented individuals is going to build on the foundations we already have in place,’ says operations director
Aon snaps up Howden leader for UK commercial c-suite role
’His experience and expertise in leading major client relationships will help take our services to new clients,’ says commercial risk chief executive
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Glasgow fire ‘wakeup call’ for historic property insurance and business interruption
’As humans, we do not naturally like going to that worst case scenario and so when an event as devastating as this occurs, it is often a wakeup call,’ says managing director
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 23 to 27 February 2026
Attacking 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?
Motor brokers turn tide on customer losses to insurers
In 2024, motor insurance brokers lost some 266,000 net policies to insurers, but in 2025 – with market forces dampening switching rates and putting the onus onto customer retention – they wrestled back the momentum
John Dunn: Brokerbility supporting independent brokers as soft market raises profile
’We like to think of ourselves as an extension of our members and service is at the heart of what do to support them,’ says managing director
Briefing: Why brokers in 2026 should be judged on quality – not just price
Opinion: Is there an optimal size for a retail insurance broker?
Crackdown on cosmetic cowboys will require underwriting and risk cover to ‘evolve’
Daniel Lloyd-John: ‘Pioneer for change’ broker designs talent-centric, geography agnostic expansion plan
Daniel Lloyd-John: ‘Pioneer for change’ broker designs talent-centric, geography agnostic expansion plan
Chief executive believes broker consolidation across UK’s northern regions is giving industry talent greater pause for career thought – and enabling joint venture partnership opportunities
Olga Collins: WBN leader says brokers must become ‘an extension’ of corporate risk management
The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) chief executive discusses the changing role of brokers, the importance of active risk management and emphasises the vital need for advisory-led relationships
Mike Joseph: Incident that saw CUO ‘an hour away from not making it’ led to career rethink
Lucida Group’s Mike Joseph says it is a ‘surreal’ feeling to retire, but that it has ’been on my mind that you never know what’s around the corner’
Renewals 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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