Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 25 to 29 May 2026
This week’s top story among Insurance Times readers followed the news that Birmingham-based Adler Fairways has acquired the insurance broker arm of W B Baxter.
Adler said that the deal strengthens its proposition and broadens its regional presence, while ”reinforcing the UKGI group’s focus on sustainable, high quality growth”.
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Susbcribers were also excited to read the news that Aon has appointed Christian Hoffman, who currently serves as the broker’s global specialty and financial products leader and head of M&A for North America, as its new global chief executive of commercial risk.
Gallagher’s foray into golf course insurance proved this week’s third most popular story. The broker has partnered with MGA FloodFlash to offer parametric protection for the flooding of courses.
Next, readers followed the news that MGA Amiga Specialty has secured $25m (£18.6m) of A-rated Lloyd’s capacity for its yachts division as the MGA looks to expand its presence across international marine markets.
This week’s top five most read stories were completed by the news that members of the International Underwriting Association (IUA) have taken part in a live stress testing exercise run by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), designed to assess how insurers would respond to a fast moving systemic crisis.
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