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Q&A: Clegg Gifford apprentice on growing talent pipelines into insurance
Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Why premium finance partnerships are key to broker resilience – Close Brothers
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Video: Empower Development’s Hannah Judge looks back at Biba 2026
As the 2026 Biba Conference came to a close, Hannah Judge, client support specialist at Empower Development, discussed her highlights from the event.
Coversure expands in Hertfordshire with new Watford office
’Her 20 plus years of experience, combined with her natural ability to build trust and rapport with clients, perfectly reflects what modern broking should be about,’ says network director
Brokers prioritising professional development above pay to solve talent retention
‘It’s brilliant that brokers value professional development so highly,’ says director
Acorn Group-owned motor specialist reveals new brand identity
’This new look brand marks an exciting new chapter,’ says customer and marketing director
Aon promotes for global chief executive of commercial risk
’His deep specialty experience and understanding of how to connect risk with the right forms of capital position him exceptionally well to lead commercial risk at a time when clients need greater clarity, flexibility and innovation,’ says chief executive of risk capital
Cyber insurers warn AI is accelerating phishing and business email compromise attacks
’There’s not so much the deep fake element of it, but the speed and process in which somebody can complete a cyber attack,’ says claims director
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Simply Business partners with Allianz to expand small business insurance offering
’Together, we’re making it simpler for SMEs to access protection that meets their needs as they grow and evolve,’ says director of digital trading
Biba 2026: Intact eyes new commercial lines ‘opportunities’ in eTrade – Becky Henry
Following a dip in the insurer’s extranet score in Insurance Times’ Five Star eTrading report 2026, the insurer’s vice president of eTrade says it is focused on revitalising ‘stagnant’ products to keep pace with broker service needs
Glasgow fire ‘wakeup call’ for historic property insurance and business interruption
’As humans, we do not naturally like going to that worst case scenario and so when an event as devastating as this occurs, it is often a wakeup call,’ says managing director
Green shoots in packages and specialist segments amid commercial lines premium slump
Insurance Times’ Commercial Lines Premium Index – released in association with Open GI – reveals that while a 7.7% year-on-year fall in commercial lines GWP has reaffirmed persistent soft market conditions, a small number of lines have bucked the trend
Briefing: The contrarian’s guide to nepotism
While nepotism is often maligned as a traditional blocker to building a modern insurance industry, Toby Clegg argues that there are many benefits to recruiting those who are already sold on the insurance industry’s value
Briefing: The industry needs to stop treating cyber insurance as optional
Briefing: The power of gratitude in recognising continuity
Lea Cheesbrough: From nurse to networker and becoming a ‘one woman crusade for independent broking’
Briefing: Cyber debate must be top of conference agenda as regulation looms
Lea Cheesbrough: From nurse to networker and becoming a ‘one woman crusade for independent broking’
Broker network leader reflects on her career journey so far and identifies that 2026 will see the business focus on new staff, services and broker investments supporting succession planning
Graeme Trudgill: Potential ‘future PM’ and the FCA – why to attend first session of 26 Biba Conference
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham will take to the stage during the opening session of this year’s Biba Conference
Daniel Lloyd-John: ‘Pioneer for change’ broker designs talent-centric, geography agnostic expansion plan
Chief executive believes broker consolidation across UK’s northern regions is giving industry talent greater pause for career thought – and enabling joint venture partnership opportunities
Olga Collins: WBN leader says brokers must become ‘an extension’ of corporate risk management
The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) chief executive discusses the changing role of brokers, the importance of active risk management and emphasises the vital need for advisory-led relationships
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