High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 12 to 16 January 2026
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, departures and leadership changes from 12 to 16 January 2026
PIB Group renews long-term relationship with premium finance provider across the UK and Ireland
’PIB is an important partner for us and we are excited to be part of the next phase of their growth journey,’ says chief sales officer
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, promotions and leadership changes from 11 to 15 August 2025.
PIB Group ends Gallagher sale talks and reveals £400m debt raise
’This finance provides PIB Group with significant capacity to fuel our planned growth as an insurance broker focused on European markets,’ says chief executive
PIB Group marks ‘exciting milestone’ with acquisition of London-based MGA
The move enables ’our MGA division to enter the next phase of growth’, says chief executive
Revealed – the best and worst gender pay gaps at UK brokers
Insurance Times reveals the gender pay gaps at the biggest brokers listed within its annual Top 50 Brokers report
In Focus: Are brokers relying too heavily on MGAs to place niche risks and is this impacting market competitiveness?
The rise of MGAs has transformed the broker landscape over the past decade, with a Prestige Underwriting survey revealing that 42% of brokers turn to MGAs as their first port of call for placing non-standard risks. But what are the implications of a potential shift into overreliance on MGAs and ...
Top 50 Brokers: Which brokers were 2024’s high flyers?
After reviewing the top 50 brokers data for 2024, MarshBerry selects its best performers over the last 12 months
Acquisitive brokers facing M&A supply shortages
As the supply of sizeable UK commercial brokerages is dramatically shrinking, acquisitors are being forced to seek targets overseas, or look at MGAs and wholesale brokers.
Trillion wide trade finance gap causes ‘challenging environment’ for insurers and SMEs
Opinion: Is Europe still the next phase of UK broking M&A?
AI presents opportunity to show customers that insurance ‘values’ their data
M&A in UK broking: Diversification grows in importance amid ‘diminishing supply’ of targets
PIB targets M&A in Europe because it is ‘just running out of opportunities in the UK’
Although not aiming for world domination, PIB Group does want to ‘build a volume business right across Europe’, says chief executive
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