Broker Analysis

Talent

News Analysis

In Focus: Talent attraction versus job opportunities – Where is the biggest people pinch point?

2026-08-17T07:00:00+01:00By

While outreach programmes and work experience initiatives are helping to showcase the breadth of insurance careers available, figures show that hiring rates have fallen. So, what is the biggest issue here – attracting young talent or creating enough opportunities for them once they are interested?

Toby Clegg

News Analysis

Briefing: Spreadsheet Eeyores versus Tigger-ish storytellers

2026-08-13T08:00:00+01:00By

Insurance has been both beset and modernised by the rise of the spreadsheet, but Toby Clegg argues that the quantitative purists have lost sight of qualitative truths in their pursuit of uncompromising accuracy

Lee Anderson, SRG

News Analysis

Briefing: AI will not replace specialist brokers – but it will define the exceptional ones

2026-08-12T09:00:00+01:00By

Lee Anderson, group deputy chief executive at SRG, pinpoints the real differentiator of artificial intelligence use for brokers

etrading report 2026

News Analysis

ETrading enters ‘next phase’ as brokers demand speed and flexibility

2026-08-12T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurance Times’ latest eTrading research revealed how brokers are changing the way they trade digitally, with speed, flexibility and access to more complex risks emerging as key priorities

senior talent

News Analysis

Insurance sector needs to show that it is ‘never too late’ for a second career

2026-08-11T07:00:00+01:00By

‘There’s simply too much knowledge walking out of the door for us not to find better ways to keep it within the profession,’ says broker owner

warehouse delivery drone

News Analysis

Drones set to deliver net risk benefits – but sky-high human error claims costs must be mitigated

2026-08-10T07:00:00+01:00By

Although research demonstrates that drone usage can reduce a business’ net risk profile overall, risk professionals must think strategically about combating pilot errors as ‘the human in that chain is the weak link’ contributing to claims costs

matt-scott-profile

News Analysis

Briefing: Getting decisions right starts with trusted data

2026-08-06T08:00:00+01:00By

Major decisions are being delayed, revisited and second-guessed not because of a lack of data, but a lack of confidence in it. Insurance DataLab’s Matt Scott argues that trusted, independent insight is now becoming absolutely critical to decision-making

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IT Interview

Barry Reynolds: Verlingue London Markets ‘heavily focused’ on MGA market as it seeks specialist growth

2026-08-06T07:00:00+01:00By

‘We’re really focused on finding areas of business that are not mainstream, but where we know that the London market has something specialist to offer,’ says broker’s executive director

ESG support

News Analysis

Beyond the promise – what makes ESG meaningful in insurance?

2026-08-05T07:00:00+01:00By

What separates meaningful ESG from performative sustainability? As expectations rise, the industry is under growing pressure to demonstrate that commitments translate into action

dmsolar

News Analysis

A third of commercial rooftops unfit for solar without remedial work

2026-08-04T07:00:00+01:00By

Data from 575 structural feasibility surveys of commercial rooftops has shown that 35% of buildings cannot safely support solar panel installations without remedial work or alterations

Lucy Luckett

News Analysis

Briefing: Has the Insurance Act 2015 delivered for policyholders? A broker’s perspective

2026-07-29T08:00:00+01:00By

It is not wrong that insurers apply the act to protect themselves, but policyholders must have clarity on the reasons for major decisions

merger pending

News Analysis

Regulatory tightening in UK M&A market ‘weeding out’ weaker distribution firms

2026-07-28T07:00:00+01:00By

As broker and MGA M&A deal volumes hit multi-year lows, a managing director believes regulatory tightening ’has materially slowed consolidation in the UK insurance distribution sector while accelerating selective market exit’

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