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Clear has rebranded Accelerate Underwriting as Shape Digital and Thomond Underwriting as Shape Underwriting Ireland in further changes to its managing general agents division.
Price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has added home and pet insurance products directly in its ChatGPT app.
Aviva has acquired DisasterCare Group in a move that it believes will strengthen its disaster recovery and restoration capability, as well as support a quicker end-to-end property claims process for customers, brokers and partners.
The average motor premium held steady in the first quarter of 2026 at £560, just 0.2% up on Q4 2025, the Association of British Insurers has calculated.
Specialty managing general agent Optio Group has struck a capacity deal for its real estate product, increasing its total sum insured binding authority from £60m to £100m.
Brokers are increasingly optimistic about growth, with regional players leading the way according to a survey by Aviva.
Covéa Insurance has created two new roles, adding Jamie McCann as head of personal lines and promoting Jade Midgley to head of trading for personal lines.
Nick Hobbs is to leave Allianz UK after 25 years with the insurer, stepping down from his roles as chief distribution officer and chairman of Allianz Engineering Inspection Services.
This year, Top 100 UK brokers Jensten, Lloyd & Whyte and Clear have all joined amii, a trade body representing intermediaries advising on health insurance, protection and wellbeing services, while others have acquired in this space. Sam Barrett looks at why firms more closely associated with general insurance broking are branching out to capitalise on opportunities in the employee benefits market.
Complaints about insurance and protection rose 10.1% in the second half of last year, the only product group to post an increase.
Janine Bowler, Manchester interim head of trading at QBE, recommends Salut wine bar for an external catch up and is looking forward to the buzz when the event opens on Wednesday 13 May.
Managing general agent Qlaims has launched household loss recovery insurance on Acturis, in a move it claimed gives brokers easy access to its product.
Allianz has reversed its plans to shift away from the LV brand and has struck a new multi-year deal to continue using it for home, car and pet insurance.
Beazley shareholders have given the green light for the £8.1bn Zurich deal, with 99.9% of votes cast in favour clearing the way for the transaction to go ahead.
Keep up to date with the latest personnel moves in insurance.
Derek Coles, CEO of UGL, suggests Biba is often a tale of two breakfasts, compares Brendan McManus to Ben Stokes and recommends a watering hole for some downtime away from the conference centre.
Ageas UK and Saga have launched a home insurance proposition for the over-50s, labelling the move as a “milestone”.
Bspoke Group has rolled out quote-and-buy portal Bspoke Online, stressing it has been developed specifically for brokers to simplify and speed up trading and policy management.
Hiscox has revealed that a full‑cycle digital portal for its high net worth home insurance proposition is now live.
Rate softening in the UK commercial market has hit a new record since the run started just over two years ago, according to the latest figures from Marsh.
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