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The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 13 to 17 April 2026
Everywhen chief executive to retire at end of 2026
’Leading this business has been one of the great privileges of my career,’ says departing boss
Ex-Marsh UK chief executive takes up new role at Ardonagh
’I’m very much looking forward to working on the group strategy and helping support the next phase of its development,’ says appointee
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 16 to 20 March 2026
Brokerslink announces change to Ardonagh representative on board of directors
‘I am delighted to join the Brokerslink board of directors and to represent the Ardonagh Group within such a highly regarded global broking business,’ says new appointee
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 2 to 6 March 2026
Top 50 Brokers: Consolidation of the consolidators sees top 10 brokers stay in situ for 2025
Aggregate revenue across the top 10 brokers for 2025 was just over £13bn – an amount that summed up brokerage across the whole top 50 brokers list in 2023 – as leaders of the broker pack double down on M&A investments to solidify earnings
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
Why 2024 was a transformational year for UK M&A
The insurer and broker sectors both recorded standout acquisition volume and values last year – however, industry experts do not see the same trends for 2025, with January providing the lowest monthly M&A completion figure since 2017
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.
Rachel Longbottom: Industry must ‘get better at spotting potential’ differently to retain diverse talent
Head of service performance and innovation says the insurance sector must be ‘more vocal’ about its diversity projects, however the nuances of hybrid working still need to ‘iron themselves out’
Scott Bennett: Broker network growing despite challenge of M&A activity
Managing director says The Ardonagh Group-owned network business has to ‘pedal hard to stand still’ in terms of maintaining member numbers amid broker consolidation landscape
Phil Bayles: Ardonagh Advisory to use ‘regular drumbeat’ of M&A to add ‘more strings to our bow’
Chief commercial officer reveals that the intermediary organisation is aiming to complete 12 acquisitions in 2023, with plenty of transactions closing in Q1 and Q2
Jaime Swindle: Effective trading versus efficiency will be a broker focus this year
As broking networks help their members combat the current climate’s challenges, the Covid-19 pandemic admittedly hasn’t been all bad, resulting in ‘a more forward-thinking industry’ says networks MD
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