Hardy Underwriting Group has reported a 55.8% take up of its open offer offer which closed yesterday.

The group had announced a placing and open offer of 17,095,146 new ordinary shares at 146.25p per share on 22 April.

Of these, Hardy announced it has received valid acceptances from qualifying shareholders in respect of 9,544,707 new ordinary shares.

Under the placing and open offer, Numis conditionally placed all of the new ordinary shares subject to clawback to satisfy valid applications made by qualifying shareholders under the open offer.

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.