October 2025 Edition

Insurance Times October 2025 Edition Cover

In this month’s edition: Jensten Group leader reveals impact of private equity backing, exclusive data confirms most profitable lines of business for broker schemes, incoming fraud regulation gives insurers more to do and technology is seemingly stepping up to the plate in support of vulnerable customers.

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Cover story

Rob Organ

Rob Organ: Jensten Group ‘not asleep at the wheel’ over M&A and what’s next after Bain deal

’We’ve been very active still and the M&A team are looking forward to working with Bain Capital and making more announcements,’ says chief executive

Leader

nepotism

Opinion: Is nepotism inherently bad or an underutilised talent attraction tool?

Nepotism can provide a ‘base level understanding of the opportunities’ within insurance, with career conversations at home potentially attracting a cohort of the next generation of talent to the Square Mile

The Market

financial regulation consumer duty

Solvency ratios strengthen as UK and Gibraltar insurers rebuild profitability

Insurance DataLab analysis of the latest solvency and financial condition reports (SFCRs) reveals rising solvency coverage and improving underwriting results across both markets

In Focus

technology, key

In Focus: How technology is being used to help vulnerable customers – and a plea to the FCA

’Every insurer will have a slightly different philosophy and may have responded to the regulations and their best practices in slightly different ways,’ says chief technology officer

The People

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Paul Dilley: Bridgehaven has not yet ‘scratched the surface’ of its growth ambitions

Chief underwriting officer explains ‘twofold’ strategy for 2026, which will see the hybrid fronting firm add new UK MGAs to its roster alongside a European expansion