Jo Sykes, Markel’s divisional director for broker and ATE in the UK, talks about the company’s submission for the Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year category
Deborah Nicholson, partner, crime and regulatory at Markel Law, talks about the company’s submission for the Claims Partner of the Year category
Martin Parker, head of construction at Markel, talks about the company’s submission for the Challenger of the Year category
Sykes speaks to Insurance Times as brokers share their views on the performance of their insurer partners for the 2025/26 Insurance Times Broker Service Survey
‘Your price should be the right price for that customer, risk and exposure – not a reaction to market conditions,’ says managing director
’The structural changes we’ve announced today are about setting Markel International up for long-term success,’ says president
‘Developers thought projects from 20 years ago were long tail – now they’re live liabilities again,’ says managing partner
‘AI isn’t going to replace the talents of underwriters anytime soon – having a human in the loop is essential,’ says chief underwriting officer
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Rather than ‘reinvent the wheel’, managing director plans to tap into global group expertise to increase insurer’s ‘share of wallet’ with brokers and ‘dial up the pace’ on product and people volume
Among the insurer’s key focuses for the next five years is developing further schemes propositions, building out its eTrading strategy and improving its regional distribution network
Insurer is determined ‘to highlight that it is [a] false saving to reduce investment [on] risk management’, says underwriting director
In particular, schemes with brokers will be a ‘focus’ for the ‘end-to-end’ insurer next year, says divisional director