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Lee Mooney, August 2025

SME firms are ‘the sector that needs the most advice’ – Lee Mooney

2026-02-09T08:00:00+00:00By

’We need to provide advice throughout that cycle so, if an SME is paying that premium and needs advice, we can be there to help and mitigate risk before it happens,’ says UK managing director

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Insurance Times confirms 2026’s five star insurers for commercial and personal lines

2026-02-04T07:00:00+00:00By

More than 850 UK general insurance brokers responded to Insurance Times’ survey to rate their commercial and personal lines insurer partners

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The biggest people moves this week

2026-01-16T14:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, departures and leadership changes from 12 to 16 January 2026

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Markel eyes UK life sciences growth with new combined proposition

2026-01-13T13:10:00+00:00By

‘Life Science Combined is a key addition to our proposition suite. It will enable us to grow our presence in the sector and support our ambitious plans for 2026 and beyond,’ says managing director

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Backchat: December 2025

2025-12-15T13:00:00+00:00By

A classy rebranding party with rugby theme, a special scent for new office digs, advent adverts land and market personality reveals second Santa linked job. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

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Insurance Times Awards 2025: Finalists for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award

2025-12-03T14:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Six firms are competing for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award at this year’s Insurance Times Awards

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TechTalk: Insurance sector an ‘active partner’ in the nuclear renaissance

2026-01-27T08:00:00+00:00By

As momentum builds around the need for more nuclear power generation, the insurance industry must grasp an opportunity to support and facilitate new projects

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Why Aviva, Ageas UK and Markel were named insurers of the year at 2025’s Insurance Times Awards

2025-12-08T08:00:00+00:00By

Insurance DataLabs provides the facts and figures behind the biggest insurer trophies at the Insurance Times Awards 2025

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The Big Question: What will industry innovation for UKGI look like in 2026?

2025-11-26T08:00:00+00:00By

During 2025, artificial intelligence has quickly reshaped roles, processes and risk exposures – but what innovations and new technologies are UK general insurance participants expecting to land next year and what impact could they have on market practices?

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Retroactive reckoning: Construction PI faces its 30-year shadow

2025-11-04T08:00:00+00:00By

‘Developers thought projects from 20 years ago were long tail – now they’re live liabilities again,’ says managing partner

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