GRP Analysis
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News AnalysisTop 50 Brokers: Which brokers were flying high in 2025?
After reviewing the top 50 brokers’ data for 2025, consulting firm MarshBerry selects its best performers over the last 12 months
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News AnalysisTop 50 Brokers: Consolidators double down on M&A integration for 2025
The big have only gotten bigger as an integration focus from UKGI brokers has hit pause on rampaging acquisitional growth, leading to static table standings for the first time in report’s history
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News AnalysisOpinion: Will 2026 see swathe of IPOs as the consolidation of consolidators well runs dry?
UK general insurance has broker consolidators aplenty – but what does the next stage of their growth journeys look like? Gossip in the sector’s rumour mill has a suggestion…
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News AnalysisBriefing: As AI evolves, affirmative cover is becoming ever more important
’It’s a very, very good thing for it to be explicit in the [policy] wording,’ says executive director
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IT InterviewCarolyn Callan: ‘Walking the talk’ with ‘integrity’ at Brown and Brown
Intermediary’s UK retail chief executive explains why she is ‘loving life’ after the ‘best 12 months of my career’
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: Following M&A, how do leadership changes impact company culture and staff retention?
With M&A still a prominent feature of the insurance market, firms must take people considerations into account within these processes because senior staff exits post-acquisition can have organisational ramifications
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IT InterviewChris Haggart: ‘Clarity of purpose’ around supporting partner brokers at Hedron Network
’Networks across the market have a part to play in making sure that the general quality of brokers in the UK is as robust as it can be,’ says broker network chief executive
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News AnalysisWhat’s driving more UK brokers to sell up?
’The sentence we hear most often is ‘this world is not mine anymore’,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisUK dubbed ‘Wall Street of insurance’ as international interest in acquisitions grows
’I would not be surprised if there [were] more internationals coming into the UK,’ says co-chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: American dominance of the broker market only set to grow
’In the next five years, there will be more transformative change than there has been in the last 25,’ says chief executive
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IT InterviewChris Haggart: Networks have ‘prominent’ role to play in supporting insurance intermediaries
’There are a huge amount of competing pressures and it’s important to have a partner who can support you through that,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is mid-market consolidation coming to an end?
It is surely too soon to sound the death knell for broking M&A just yet, based on recent activity
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News AnalysisStrong dollar provides no shortage of US M&A interest in UK insurance firms
Acquisitive brokers were asked if a strengthening dollar would see more US firms snap up companies in the UK
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News AnalysisBriefing: M&A ‘hyperactivity’ could signal future consolidation play
Brokers investing in a quantity of M&A deals could be looking to up their value ahead of consolidation conversations
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News AnalysisThe Big Question November 2022: How can brokers navigate cost of living client conversations amid insurers’ inflation hit rates?
Insurers are having to increase rates as a result of inflation, but end customers may struggle to pay these prices due to the cost of living crisis. Insurance Times asks industry leaders how brokers can navigate these conversations
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AnalysisM&A in UK broking: Diversification grows in importance amid ‘diminishing supply’ of targets
Brokers looking to buy have a roster of new strategies, but are there enough UK M&A targets to satisfy their thirst for growth?
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Have commercial lines brokers been slow to pursue digital transformation and what progress has been made in 2022?
Three industry experts discuss the progress of digital transformation in the commercial lines broking space
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AnalysisBriefing: Consolidating the consolidators in UK broking is on the cards
The strength of the dollar could be a further motivation for American firms to invest to UK brokers
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AnalysisMike Bruce: ‘We were in a great position before, but we’re in a better position now’
GRP’s recent purchase by American broker Brown and Brown will open the door for fresh M&A targets that the broker has not ’historically been able to make the maths work on in the past’
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AnalysisBriefing: Commercial lines digitalisation now ‘accelerating’ after slow start
Easy to digest personal lines data led to this part of the market taking the lead when it came to digital transformation. However, industry commentators tell me that commercial lines is now quickly playing catch up
