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Fantasy Football: Allianz Commercial's Darragh Kennedy

2026-02-06T14:00:00+00:00By

Allianz Commercial’s property and casualty new business underwriter Darragh Kennedy talks to Insurance Times about his strong performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league

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Compare Insurance acquires book of clients from Insure My Business

2026-02-06T07:00:00+00:00By

’While our primary focus is always on organic growth, when the right opportunity arises, we love acquiring high-quality books of business and onboarding them into our digital platform,’ says chief executive

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Zurich’s anticipated acquisition of Beazley could ‘accelerate market consolidation’

2026-02-05T07:00:00+00:00By

’A combined Zurich–Beazley could prompt competitive responses from other global carriers and Lloyd’s participants,’ says analyst

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Insurance’s AI adoption revealing ‘striking paradox’ – Earnix

2026-02-04T15:00:00+00:00By

Insurance Times analyses the themes from an exclusive outlook on Earnix’s upcoming insurance industry trends report

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QBE cuts UK gender pay gap again

2026-02-04T13:00:00+00:00By

People director says insurer is seeing ‘meaningful progress towards reducing our gender pay gaps’

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Chase Bank enters UK insurance market

2026-02-04T12:00:00+00:00By

’By bringing together essential insurance coverage in one easy-to-manage bundle, we’re helping make protection more convenient and better,’ says head

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Zurich agrees £8bn takeover terms for Beazley

2026-02-04T11:00:00+00:00By

’Zurich looks forward to commencing its confirmatory due diligence on Beazley and working with Beazley towards a binding offer announcement,’ says insurer

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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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FOS commits to sharing learnings from industry complaints data

2026-02-03T14:04:00+00:00By

’There’s a real opportunity for us to make a step change through our thematic reviews,’ says managing director

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FCA not planning any market-wide action on premium finance as policyholders save £157m

2026-02-03T12:00:00+00:00By

’While we’re not planning any market-wide changes, we won’t hesitate to act if firms fall short of our expectations as we continue to monitor fair value,’ says director

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Aviva expands minifleet cover to 20 vehicles at new business

2026-02-03T11:00:00+00:00By

‘Brokers told us their SME clients want a minifleet policy that grows with them,’ says managing director

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Insurance law firm acquires loss adjuster’s legal services arm

2026-02-02T13:04:00+00:00By

’For our people, this opportunity represents the chance to lead and focus on the legal sector innovation,’ says president

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