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Growth strategy

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Briefing: Why M&A can no longer be the default growth strategy

2025-08-21T08:00:00+01:00By

The data indicates that acquisition activity is – at last – decelerating in UKGI. However, this is no bad thing, indicating that growth strategies are increasingly considering sustainability rather than just scale

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IT Interview

Michael Rea: How AssuredPartners deal will help grow Gallagher’s UK and Ireland arm

2025-08-20T07:00:00+01:00By

’It’s probably the biggest retail transaction we’ll have done in the UK, certainly in my time here in 10 years,’ says UK and Ireland chief executive

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News Analysis

Extranets v software houses: Where are brokers handling their eTrading?

2025-08-18T06:00:00+01:00By

Insurance Times dives into the wealth of data within its Five Star Rating Report: eTrading 2025, to determine whether brokers are using insurer extranets or software house platforms for their eTrading needs

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Greater appetite around reinsurers ‘rolling the dice’ on ‘immature’ cyber market

2025-08-04T07:00:00+01:00By

Softer market conditions are encouraging diversification strategies – however, the challenge and opportunity see-saw of branching into emerging risks presents a tightrope for reinsurers to navigate

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Briefing: As AI evolves, affirmative cover is becoming ever more important

2025-07-31T06:00:00+01:00By

’It’s a very, very good thing for it to be explicit in the [policy] wording,’ says executive director

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News Analysis

Brokers reveal 2025’s best and worst insurer eTrading platforms

2025-07-30T07:00:00+01:00By

Aviva has secured a seventh consecutive five star award for eTrading service in Insurance Times’ latest research, trumping other extranet platforms such as Zurich Online, RSA Online and QBE FastFlow – but what else is the survey data saying?

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Brokers are ‘logical latecomers’ to AI use as ‘old guard’ believe in certain way of doing tasks

2025-07-25T07:00:00+01:00By

Multiple experts spoke at Insurance Times’ TechTalk Live roundtable, which focused on affirmative cover for artificial intelligence and the myriad impact this technology is having on policies and practices

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Briefing: How AI can humanise insurance

2025-07-24T08:00:00+01:00By

Insurance businesses must make a dual investment for future success – in decision-making artificial intelligence and staff training to empower employees to tap into such tools

Benjamin Verlingue - Directeur général délégué Groupe Adelaïde

IT Interview

Benjamin Verlingue: Fourth generation leader emphasises ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ underpinning UK and European operations

2025-07-24T07:00:00+01:00By

Chairman and chief executive plans to ‘respect the legacy’ of familial past leaders while steering the broker’s strategy to double business size over the next three years

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Briefing: Growth may come with risk, as Reeves looks to regulatory reset

2025-07-15T07:00:00+01:00By

If growth comes with its own deregulatory risks, the issue of how much the government is willing to accept becomes paramount

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Challenges present ‘most exciting times’ in market for brokers – Alastair Swift

2025-07-14T07:00:00+01:00By

’There are opportunities when there is a change, whether that is market hardening or softening,’ says head of specialties

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Briefing: Is pet insurance reaching a breaking point?

2025-07-10T08:00:00+01:00By

With record-level premiums and a rising number of complaints, pet insurance is facing some serious questions over Fair Value and customer outcomes

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