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Q&A: Clegg Gifford apprentice on growing talent pipelines into insurance
Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Why premium finance partnerships are key to broker resilience – Close Brothers
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Gallagher partners with MGA over parametric golf course flood protection
‘The way this product is designed to pay out on pre-agreed parameters means golf course owners can be confident they are protected from the financial risks of flooding,’ says head
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 18 to 22 May 2026
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 18 to 22 May 2026
Gallagher appoints ex-BMS leader as COO for specialty division
’He is the ideal individual to take the helm of our specialty operations,’ says chief executive
Biba 2026: Gallagher’s retail restructure opens the door to new talent – Nick Harris
UK and Ireland retail chief executive says broker has been a ‘well kept secret’ up until now, but that new customer-centric divisions clearly signpost Gallagher’s heartland
Gallagher acquires family-owned commercial broker to expand real estate capabilities
’Culturally it is clear we are a great fit with shared values and this partnership presents an incredible opportunity for our specialist teams to combine expertise and deliver even greater value to our clients,’ says chief executive
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
Briefing: Overarching soft reinsurance market at 1/1 sets out insurer opportunities for 2026
Broker chief executive describes 2026 as ‘a year of enormous possibilities’, with falling reinsurance rates giving primary insurers scope to explore their strategic options
Top 50 Brokers: Consolidation of the consolidators sees top 10 brokers stay in situ for 2025
Aggregate revenue across the top 10 brokers for 2025 was just over £13bn – an amount that summed up brokerage across the whole top 50 brokers list in 2023 – as leaders of the broker pack double down on M&A investments to solidify earnings
As sharks circle, who gets swallowed in insurance consolidation?
‘If you’re an insurer without scale and not a specialist, that middle ground is a difficult place to inhabit. I suspect some of those insurers will get squeezed in a soft market,’ says chief broking officer
In Focus: The impending ‘peril’ of underinvesting in reinsurance talent
Michael Rea: How AssuredPartners deal will help grow Gallagher’s UK and Ireland arm
TechTalk: Directors face ‘real risk’ of liability in wake of cyber attacks
Greater appetite around reinsurers ‘rolling the dice’ on ‘immature’ cyber market
Revealed – the best and worst gender pay gaps at UK brokers
In Focus: Are brokers relying too heavily on MGAs to place niche risks and is this impacting market competitiveness?
The Big Question: What were the most unexpected takeaways from the Biba Conference 2025?
Top 50 Brokers: Which brokers were 2024’s high flyers?
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
Michael Rea: How AssuredPartners deal will help grow Gallagher’s UK and Ireland arm
’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
Tom Downey: Pen Underwriting plans to use M&A to build ‘a much more specialist, niche business’
Chief executive strives for MGA to be ‘magic in the middle’ between capacity partners and brokers as it looks to hit £1bn GWP by year-end
Johnty Mongan: Cyber insurance harder to secure after shift in market
The cyber insurance market has transformed from ’a bit of a wild west to the smart cyber insurance race,’ says global head of cyber risk management
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