High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 6 October to 10 October 2025
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, promotions and leadership changes from 6 to 10 October 2025
Ex-AIG and Beazley leader appointed head of business solutions at Arch
‘This appointment further strengthens our operating model and positions us to capitalise on the rapidly evolving digital, AI and technology landscape across our market,’ says chief operating officer
Dive In: Challenging generation ‘myths’ is key to busting age bias
’Don’t go out of your way to reinforce the stereotypes – bring the actual individuals and their personalities together,’ says director of client operations
MGA moves to full independence as it announces buyback of Arch’s minority shareholding
’Full independence will further enhance our ability to attract market-leading underwriters who share our long-term vision of building a specialist, diversified global marine MGA,’ says chief executive
Arch Insurance International promotes for new chief information officer
’His strategic mindset is invaluable in fostering an agile and scalable environment to drive our business forward,’ says deputy chief operating officer
Top 50 Insurers: HCC International tops 2025 Underwriting Gold Awards
Insurance DataLab has done the number crunching to reveal which underwriters have excelled in the UK, Gibraltar and Lloyd’s marketplaces – with Insurance Times exclusively revealing the findings
Gender pay gaps at UK insurers revealed – the best and worst performers
Insurance Times investigates the gender pay gaps at the biggest insurers listed within its annual Top 50 Insurers report
Brokers reveal 2025’s best and worst commercial lines insurers
Markel UK has topped brokers’ commercial lines ranking for the second year running and a third time in five years, according to exclusive research from Insurance Times
Mike Bottle: Arch’s UK regional MD on bringing international scale to bear
’You’ve got to be committed to the proposition because if you lose sight of what the broker wants, then you very quickly lose momentum,’ says recently promoted leader
Mike Bottle: Arch’s UK regional MD on bringing international scale to bear
’You’ve got to be committed to the proposition because if you lose sight of what the broker wants, then you very quickly lose momentum,’ says recently promoted leader
Steve Bashford: Arch’s strategy is bringing ‘London expertise to the regions’
’Our message is that we deal with brokers the way they want – we’re not going to force anybody to take an optimised trading route irrespective of premium size,’ says chief executive for UK regions
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