Commercial Lines related articles – Page 2
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News Analysis
Broker schemes data shows overarching commission growth stutter
‘The latest set of data presents a mixed bag,’ says SchemeServe chief executive
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Revealed: Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards finalists 2025
The awards are designed to recognise the best and brightest in the UK insurance claims sector
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Full Five Star Rating Report: Commercial and Personal Lines 2024/25 is now available
Insurance Times reveals full insurer rankings on service across both commercial and personal lines, with 16 insurers included in 2025’s final report
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Leeds-based duo launch new broker
’I now have the opportunity to work closely with my childhood friend and it’s a dream come true,’ says co-founder
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News Analysis
Solicitors secure premium benefits as professional indemnity market stabilises
Although the majority of legal professionals are now enjoying ‘favourable’ PI premiums, ‘smaller firms and firms doing property work still face challenges’ finding affordable cover
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IT Interview
Alex Jomaa: Brokers ‘have been let down by insurers’ on customer cyber education
’What you have to keep in mind about the cyber crime industry is that it is an industry, that it is hugely lucrative and is dependent upon skilled technicians to deliver the various stages of an attack with different skill sets,’ says CUO
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Axa XL shakes up UK and Lloyd’s specialty team with leadership hires
The appointees ’will play a key role in supercharging our entire specialty function,’ says chief underwriting officer
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Cyber MGA expands into mid-market
’Our aim is to make it easier for brokers to provide clients with access to insurance without getting bogged down with lengthy exchanges,’ says chief underwriting officer
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Agricultural broker launches new account executive academy
The programme allows participants to engage directly with insurer partners
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WATCH: Palestine Action protestors target Allianz City office in latest protest
Activists from protest group Palestine Action have climbed and occupied Allianz’s Gracechurch Street location in the latest of a string of protests aimed at the insurer
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News Analysis
Briefing: Soft market should steer commercial brokers towards growth and efficiency focused road maps
The insurance industry is often a weathervane for the UK economy – the government would be wise to listen to broker learnings from client conversations
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Aviva hopes to create ‘standout specialty market’ in 2025 using Probitas purchase
Last year’s M&A transaction has enabled the united company to write ‘accounts that neither Aviva nor Probitas on their own would have written prior to [the] deal’, says UKGI chief executive
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IT Interview
Mike Edgeley: The Clear Group targets ‘a proper global proposition’ through European M&A
Group chief executive places Germany and the Netherlands in his crosshairs for buy and build expansion model that mimics ‘what we’ve done in the UK’
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IT Interview
Jason Storah: Aviva ‘ruthlessly consistent’ and ‘ruthlessly boring’ in delivering service promises
UK general insurance chief executive defined the insurer’s 2024 growth journey as ‘appropriate, consistent and disciplined’
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Sponsored Content
Q&A: Hiscox on supporting technology companies that are looking to grow
Sponsored Content: Adam Atkins, head of technology underwriting at Hiscox UK, discusses the challenges startups in the UK technology sector face and how insurance can support them on their growth journey
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IT Interview
Mark Plews: ‘Proactive’ risk management is ‘an increasing part’ of Markel UK’s service for care sector
Insurer is determined ‘to highlight that it is [a] false saving to reduce investment [on] risk management’, says underwriting director
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Cyber insurance growth brings range of challenges for insurers
’Cyber insurance is unlike other lines, such as household, where insurers would limit the number of insured properties in high-risk areas,’ says senior insurance analyst
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IT Interview
Gareth Hemming: Hiscox carrying ‘positive momentum’ on broker sentiment into 2025
’We’re clear on where we want to go in terms of strategy and growth, but we’re going to do it in a way that’s informed by broker feedback and input,’ says specialist insurer’s head of distribution
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Cyber MGA inks deal with RSA to launch new London market facility
President says deal ’will help our clients and broker partners build insurance towers efficiently’
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‘Watch this space’ – Aventum-owned MGA hints at further Lloyd’s expansion
’As we onboard new teams and expand our underwriting capabilities, our need for additional box space at Lloyd’s will naturally grow,’ says managing director