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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 10 November to 14 November 2025
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, promotions and leadership changes from 10 to 14 November 2025
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, promotions and leadership changes from 3 to 7 November 2025
Gallagher adds new non-executive director to UK board
’The appointment reflects our goal of bringing further independent, external perspectives and expertise to our board,’ says chief executive
Gallagher secures multiyear partnership with Premiership Women’s Rugby
’I am thrilled to welcome Gallagher into the PWR family at such a pivotal time for the growth of women’s rugby,’ says executive chair
Lloyd’s of London is ‘a highly compelling platform for third party capital’
The marketplace’s London Bridge 2 model ‘complements’ reinsurance’s alternative capital tools, such as catastrophe bonds, says Lloyd’s and London market leader
As sharks circle, who gets swallowed in insurance consolidation?
‘If you’re an insurer without scale and not a specialist, that middle ground is a difficult place to inhabit. I suspect some of those insurers will get squeezed in a soft market,’ says chief broking officer
In Focus: The impending ‘peril’ of underinvesting in reinsurance talent
‘The real issue isn’t that reinsurance is too niche – it’s that we’ve failed to communicate its relevance and impact,’ says chief commercial officer
Michael Rea: How AssuredPartners deal will help grow Gallagher’s UK and Ireland arm
’It’s probably the biggest retail transaction we’ll have done in the UK, certainly in my time here in 10 years,’ says UK and Ireland chief executive
TechTalk: Directors face ‘real risk’ of liability in wake of cyber attacks
‘There should be no assumption that cyber risks are covered under a D&O policy,’ says law firm partner
Greater appetite around reinsurers ‘rolling the dice’ on ‘immature’ cyber market
Revealed – the best and worst gender pay gaps at UK brokers
In Focus: Are brokers relying too heavily on MGAs to place niche risks and is this impacting market competitiveness?
The Big Question: What were the most unexpected takeaways from the Biba Conference 2025?
Michael Rea: How AssuredPartners deal will help grow Gallagher’s UK and Ireland arm
’It’s probably the biggest retail transaction we’ll have done in the UK, certainly in my time here in 10 years,’ says UK and Ireland chief executive
Tom Downey: Pen Underwriting plans to use M&A to build ‘a much more specialist, niche business’
Chief executive strives for MGA to be ‘magic in the middle’ between capacity partners and brokers as it looks to hit £1bn GWP by year-end
Johnty Mongan: Cyber insurance harder to secure after shift in market
The cyber insurance market has transformed from ’a bit of a wild west to the smart cyber insurance race,’ says global head of cyber risk management
Simon Collings: Market in transition as underwriters become more aggressive
The insurance sector is seeing signs that point towards ‘a market in transition’, says managing director
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