Markel has developed a new social welfare insurance policy.

The product covers three key risk areas for the social welfare sector: responsibility to third parties, responsibility as an employer and protection of assets.

Steve Carroll, Markel UK managing director, said: “Markel has extensive experience of dealing with the needs of the social welfare sector. Markel Insurance Company, one of our sister companies in the US, dominates the US market in this sector and Markel UK has a long history of providing products for the charity sector.

“We appreciate that the extreme diversity of this sector - consisting of private, public and voluntary (‘not for profit') organisations that cater for the young, elderly, vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our society – results in a real need for an understanding of individual circumstances and the ability to look at each risk individually to tailor our offering to clients needs.”

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.