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The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 20 to 24 April 2026
Markel strengthens London fine art and specie team with new hire
The appointee’s ’impressive experience in handling international fine art and specie portfolios’ will be ’critical to ensure we continue providing exceptional standards to our brokers and clients’, says director of marine
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 6 to 10 April 2026
Markel appoints new UK chief operations officer
’This appointment reflects Markel’s commitment to hiring great people, empowering them, listening to them and investing in their ideas,’ says managing director
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 16 to 20 March 2026
Markel makes two senior hires to boost UK distribution capability
’Their experience will sharpen Markel’s approach to broker partnerships and support our profitable growth ambitions,’ says broker divisional director
The ‘biggest competitor’ to the equine market is self-insurance
‘We’re seeing an increasing number of horse owners choosing to self-insure, however, this approach carries significant financial risk,’ says equestrian schemes underwriting specialist
Claims performance comes into sharper focus as brokers seek placement certainty
A new survey from Insurance DataLab sheds light on how claims experience is shaping broker behaviour – and why it is becoming a critical tool in navigating an increasingly complex placement landscape
Standout schemes deliver strong six-monthly earnings, but new business sees mixed momentum
Drawing on exclusive data from broker schemes software provider SchemeServe, the Insurance Times Schemes Index pinpoints where brokers are delivering strong earnings, which schemes are gaining momentum and which may face challenges in the year ahead
IWD: Promoting more women requires the sector to ‘shine a light’ on invisible barriers
‘It’s not about relying on people to be ‘brave enough’ to ask – managers should be given the tools to cultivate their team culture in a way that provides psychological safety,’ says head of diversity, inclusion and community engagement.
TechTalk: Insurance sector an ‘active partner’ in the nuclear renaissance
Why Aviva, Ageas UK and Markel were named insurers of the year at 2025’s Insurance Times Awards
The Big Question: What will industry innovation for UKGI look like in 2026?
Retroactive reckoning: Construction PI faces its 30-year shadow
Top 50 Insurers 2025: Insurers warn against losing human judgment in AI race
Top 50 Insurers: HCC International tops 2025 Underwriting Gold Awards
In Focus: Should insurers give brokers more ownership of coverage points when eTrading?
Opinion: Are micro firms buying commercial covers like a personal lines customer?
Lee Mooney: New UK boss gearing up to ‘change the pace’ at Markel
Rather than ‘reinvent the wheel’, managing director plans to tap into global group expertise to increase insurer’s ‘share of wallet’ with brokers and ‘dial up the pace’ on product and people volume
Jo Sykes: Markel UK devises five pillar plan to become ‘more relevant’ for brokers
Among the insurer’s key focuses for the next five years is developing further schemes propositions, building out its eTrading strategy and improving its regional distribution network
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
Jo Sykes: Markel UK set ‘to invest in future growth’ for 2025
In particular, schemes with brokers will be a ‘focus’ for the ‘end-to-end’ insurer next year, says divisional director
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