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End of Year Review 2025: Iprism’s Bradley Harmer

Bradley Harmer, chief commercial officer at Iprism, notes an influx of new capacity providers and MGAs entering an already saturated space and hails the promotion of Georgina Davis as a Zurich regional head at 28.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:19:43 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

Start-up broker Pelican’s MD praises ‘transformative’ Aviva support programme

Chris Braniff, managing director of Pelican Insured, has made changes to all of the broker’s processes following taking part in Aviva’s Future Leaders Programme.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:29:03 +0000
By Rosie Simms

People Moves: 1 – 5 December 2025

Keep up to date with the latest personnel moves in insurance.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:32:50 +0000
By Rosie Simms

End of Year Review 2025: Granite Underwriting’s Jay Rennie

Jay Rennie, head of specialist products at Granite Underwriting, calls out the withholding of claims histories in the fleet space and dusts off the bucket hat, cagoule and samba trainers to spend an evening with Liam Gallagher.

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:06:20 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

Commercial transformation boss Flynn to leave Intact UK

Intact UK’s commercial lines chief transformation director Rob Flynn is set to become the latest senior figure to leave the business in the wake of integration with NIG, Insurance Age has learned.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:23:54 +0000
By Jonathan Swift

First Central confirms job cut plans

Insurer First Central has confirmed proposed plans to cut staff numbers by around 160, with most taking effect in late January 2026.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:11:09 +0000
By Rosie Simms

Bridgehaven completes on first deal as it eyes European expansion

Bridgehaven Europ, has completed its acquisition of SureStone Insurance DAC, following receipt of all required regulatory approvals.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:29:22 +0000
By Rosie Simms

End of Year Review 2025: Ecclesiastical’s David Carey

David Carey, managing director of Ecclesiastical’s intermediary business applauds the £10m landmark reached by Insurance United Against Dementia, cautions against a one dimensional approach to risk pricing; and gets misty eyed about ‘Madchester’.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:02:59 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

MGA Addept expands motor insurance portfolio

Addept Insurance Services has expanded its motor-related solutions, launching a legal recovery insurance for motorists, ‘Drive’.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:05:52 +0000
By Rosie Simms

South African insurance giant gets Lloyd’s green light to trade from 1/1

Santam, Africa’s largest short-term insurer, has been granted Lloyd’s final permission to underwrite for business incepting from 1 January 2026.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:39:21 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

Donaldson steps down at Prima as Axa sale completes

Ex-BGL CEO Matthew Donaldson is exiting his roles of chairman of Milan-based Prima Group and non-executive director of Prima UK, following Axa taking a 51% stake in the motor insurance specialist.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:22:32 +0000
By Emmanuel Kenning

Pool Re: terrorism cover should be standard commercial feature

A gathering of experts at Pool Re’s annual Market Event has called for the reinstatement of terrorism cover as a standard feature of commercial property insurance.

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:15:17 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

Zurich’s Brumpton looks to build on ‘best job nobody’s heard of’

Zurich’s head of engineering, Iain Brumpton, highlights the impact of its engineers finding 400,000 faults a year in the “best job nobody’s heard of”, and the opportunities to work with the wider insurer’s group.

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:40:53 +0000
By Rosie Simms

Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode four, Intact’s Ken Norgrove

Industry provocateurs Stuart Reid and Toby Clegg interview Intact Insurance CEO Ken Norgrove in the latest edition of Insurance Age’s Double Indemnity podcast series.

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:06:42 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

CFC aims to open up new cyber income streams for brokers with launch

Specialist insurance provider CFC has unveiled a new tool it claims will help make cyber insurance more appealing to a broker’s SME clients.

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:29:31 +0000
By Insurance Age staff

Allianz hails mini-fleet progress as NCD conversion returns to Acturis

Allianz will be rolling out mini-fleet through Bravo Digital Trader next year, Insurance Age can reveal, following on from reinstalling an NCD conversion service on Acturis via imarket business this month.

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:42:56 +0000
By Emmanuel Kenning

HNW brokers risk relationships turning “transactional” due to workloads

Many high net worth brokers are failing to engage with clients as much as they should because they are over-stretched, lack confidence and time poor, creating relationships that are merely transactional.

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:08:35 +0000
By Jonathan Swift

Neal to be paid $2.7m by AIG despite not joining the insurer

John Neal is set to receive a $2.7m (£2.06m) payout by AIG according to an SEC filing, following his employment at the insurer being cancelled before he came on board.

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:45:00 +0000
By Rosie Simms

People Moves: 17 – 21 November 2025

Stay in the loop with the latest insurance personnel moves.

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:55:55 +0000
By Rosie Simms

FCA updates on Premier Insurance Company administration

The joint administrators of Premier Insurance Company Limited plan to end policies on 1 December 2025, meaning customers must arrange alternative valid insurance cover for their vehicles, the Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed.

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:02:08 +0000
By Emmanuel Kenning

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