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Revealed – the best and worst gender pay gaps at UK brokers

2025-06-25T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurance Times reveals the gender pay gaps at the biggest brokers listed within its annual Top 50 Brokers report

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News Analysis

Digital transformation – small steps, big strides

2025-06-24T06:00:00+01:00By

Brokers don’t need a big bang to begin their digital transformation. By focusing on incremental progress and avoiding common pitfalls, they can start delivering meaningful change today

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In Focus: Are brokers relying too heavily on MGAs to place niche risks and is this impacting market competitiveness?

2025-06-23T07:00:00+01:00By

The rise of MGAs has transformed the broker landscape over the past decade, with a Prestige Underwriting survey revealing that 42% of brokers turn to MGAs as their first port of call for placing non-standard risks. But what are the implications of a potential shift into overreliance on MGAs and ...

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News Analysis

Briefing: Underinsurance and the holes in our customers' safety net

2025-06-19T10:00:00+01:00By

Brokers and insurers must take note of the times and keep clients informed about the dangers of not being fully covered

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IT Interview

Trey Norman: Love Islander returns to insurance with a bombshell on the talent gap

2025-06-19T07:00:00+01:00By

’I don’t think we’ve got that flagship person doing the real hard yards – going into schools, doing forums and Q&As,’ says commercial executive

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News Analysis

Briefing: What does Applied Epic’s UK exit mean for competition?

2025-06-18T08:22:00+01:00By

Applied Systems announced last week that it would withdraw Epic from the UK after conducting a strategic review

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News Analysis

The Big Question: What steps should UKGI take to inspire young people to embrace a career in insurance?

2025-06-16T07:00:00+01:00By

Senior leaders across the sector argue that insurance must be reimagined and rebranded for young people – not as a monolithic industry of admin and jargon, but as a dynamic, meaningful and diverse career landscape

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News Analysis

Briefing: Why social mobility matters

2025-06-12T06:00:00+01:00By

Unofficial networks and nepotism are still rife in UK general insurance, however the sector is missing a trick by not embracing raw potential in those who are hungry, inquisitive and have a willingness to work

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News Analysis

Opinion: ‘Audacious’ self-confidence is vital to progress D&I agendas

2025-06-11T07:00:00+01:00By

Female delegates at Biba’s 2025 conference united like never before at the trade body’s inaugural diversity and inclusion breakfast

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Analysis

Brokers reducing panel sizes as an ‘unintended consequence’ of regulatory burden

2025-06-09T07:00:00+01:00By

’The FCA like healthy competition because it works in the interests of consumers, but if regulation is driving the opposite, then it’s time to look at it,’ says regulation director

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IT Interview

Blueprint Two benefits will take ‘quite some time’ to impact London market as project is ‘too big’

2025-06-05T07:00:00+01:00By

London market broker leader is ‘worried’ about when the digital transformation programme will deliver, noting that it should have been ‘split down into very specific areas’ from the start, rather than following a ‘big bang approach’

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News Analysis

Briefing: Is now the right opportunity to address underinsurance?

2025-06-05T06:00:00+01:00By

Brokers must make time to advise, influence and protect clients from underinsurance as softening market creates ideal moment in time to take advantage of competitive pricing

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