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Stuart Reid
Stuart Reid has been the driving force behind some of the UK’s leading insurance businesses, including Stuart Alexander, Arthur J Gallagher as chief executive of UK retail broking and Bluefin as both chief executive and latterly executive chairman.
He has served as vice president of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), chair of the CII Broking Faculty, deputy chair of the British Insurance Brokers Association (Biba), and chair of Biba’s Large Brokers Committee, demonstrating his commitment to quality standards.
He is currently chairman of insurance broker Partners& and of sharing economy insurance specialist Pikl, as well as a non-executive director at Harbour Underwriting Limited and claims handling specialist MGA Qlaims.
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Briefing: What are the Labour party’s plans for insurance?
A new party leader is occupying Number 10 and change is afoot in the UK as the new prime minister reviews regulation and shares streamlining plans
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Briefing: Brokers and MGAs will vote with their feet if insurers continue to fail on claims service
Poor claims service must be rectified to avoid doing serious damage to the insurance industry, as policy T&Cs and premiums still lag behind prominent claims trend findings
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Briefing: Next generation has opportunity to furnish broker mid-market as firm numbers dwindle
Despite Biba’s 2024 manifesto confirming that UKGI broker numbers are decreasing, demand for this service is still prevalent – future leaders must seize this opportunity
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Briefing: Are brokers forgetting a fundamental issue?
We can blame insurers for some of the ills we suffer, but to blame them for a client’s underinsurance is weak
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Briefing: Where has all the capacity gone?
The capacity conundrum is causing insurers to exit lines of business – leaving the door wide open for MGAs to get cosy with brokers to better serve end clients
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Briefing: Tempting the broker leaders of tomorrow
Setting up shop as a broker has its challenges – however, fortune favours the bold and there are plenty of reasons why tomorrow’s leaders should consider our sector
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Briefing: Who are the valuable organisations in our industry?
The benefits of the industry’s trade bodies are all too great to take for granted, says Stuart Reid
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Briefing: Where does the industry stand on the biggest insurance stories of the year?
Contributor Stuart Reid highlights where progress has been made and where more needs to be done
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Briefing: Broking sector all the stronger for getting together every now and then
The benefits of top level collaboration are never clearer than when the sector comes together with a common purpose, says Stuart Reid
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Briefing: Insurer service concerns continue to rage
The overall picture of insurer service concerns is one of exhausted staff at both ends of the chain, missed deadlines and a distinct lack of autonomy and empowerment
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Briefing: Is the commission model of remuneration under threat?
The insurance industry finds itself in a defining moment, says Stuart Reid
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Briefing: M&A opportunities exist for those mid-market firms willing to align on culture
Firms of middling size in the broker market can take advantage of M&A deals that the bigger players may ignore, says Stuart Reid
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Briefing: Office-based working essential in people business of insurance
In the first of his new monthly columns for Insurance Times, Stuart Reid says the insurance industry should return to an office-first working model