All Manchester Underwriting Managment (MUM) articles
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Sponsored ContentNavigating risks and challenges in the waste management and recycling sector – MUM
Patrick Wood, joint managing director of casualty at Manchester Underwriting Management, part of Pen Underwriting, explores how to create better risk outcomes for the waste and recycling sector
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NewsBiba names replacement as Charles Manchester retires from advisory boards
New board member ’will bring a wealth of experience and insight to help direct our activities,’ says chief executive
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NewsManchester retires from MGA – and hints at next career move
’I expect to cut down the amount of work that I do, but I don’t expect to stop working,’ Manchester says
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Sponsored ContentReadying recruiters for further risk shifts – Pen Underwriting
Sponsored Content: Nick Kernaghan-Andrews, senior underwriter for recruitment insurance at Pen Underwriting, talks about the challenges the recruiting sector is facing
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ResearchRevealed: Eight MGAs awarded five stars in Insurance Times’ 2023/24 MGA survey
The survey polled 1,850 UK-based brokers
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News AnalysisInsurers make brokers’ ‘life hell’ when dealing with professional indemnity claims
Improving broker and insurer relationships in the PI market include ‘getting back to the basics’ and investing in internal claims teams, rather than insurers ‘just hiding behind the broker’
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Sponsored ContentSoft market in current climate would be chaos – Manchester Underwriting Management
Richard Webb, director at Manchester Underwriting Management, explains why he thinks a soft market would be ‘catastrophic’ amid claims inflation, global wars and UK leadership changes
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NewsM&A activity in the MGA market is not fuelled by private equity – MUM
Plus, data is becoming increasingly important as it provides ’some real insight into your numbers’, which insurers want, says chief executive
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Sponsored ContentLook for business longevity to combat continuing uncertainty – MUM
Richard Webb, director at Manchester Underwriting Management, outlines the global situations impacting the insurance industry and how brokers can best weather the ongoing uncertainty
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Sponsored ContentThe importance of seeing people - Manchester Underwriting Management
Richard Webb, director at Manchester Underwriting Management, is looking forward to meeting contacts at the annual Biba conference – because email will never be as good as face-to-face communication
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Sponsored ContentClaims are the industry’s shopfront, so sector must deliver on service - MUM
Richard Webb, director at Manchester Underwriting Management, explores whether insurance customers get what they paid for when it comes to making a professional indemnity claim
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AnalysisHospitality group BI judgment could signal ‘flood of further cases’ ahead
Insurers could still face ‘potentially significant’ claims exposure around BI policy interpretations, despite intention of test case judgments
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AnalysisBriefing: Unwieldly regulatory compliance driving broker consolidation surge
‘The regulatory burden’ is causing consolidation at pace, but will ongoing government consultations help to give brokers the regulation respite they need to stand on their own two feet?
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IT InterviewCharles Manchester: Mum ‘can’t ask for a much bigger, better parent than Gallagher’
MGA chiefs plan to capitalise on ‘period of commonsense underwriting’ to expand their firms’ distribution, using ‘the resources of the Gallagher group to support us’
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News‘MGAs need to look a little bit laterally’ when it comes to capacity - Mum
MGA boss also calls for more transparency around capacity provision, suggesting that brokers should be asking more questions
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NewsPen Underwriting buys Manchester Underwriting Agencies
The ‘great partnership’ will allow Mum to achieve ‘the next level of growth’ while also bolstering Pen Underwriting’s ‘bench strength’
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Sponsored ContentAre we all getting over Covid-19? – Manchester Underwriting Management
Richard Webb, director of Manchester Underwriting Management, tells Insurance Times about the lingering effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on insurance firms – and the fallout yet to be faced
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News AnalysisSoaring professional indemnity insurance pricing and low trust creates ‘perfect storm’
An expert panel at Biba’s conference last month discusses the current state of the professional indemnity insurance market
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IT InterviewCharles Manchester: MGAs face ‘challenging time squared’ due to pandemic
The chief executive discusses why brokers and MGAs must be more organised now than ever before
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AgendaManchester Underwriting Cyber Q&A: Insurers must illustrate cyber threats to SME's
Manchester Underwriting’s Head of Cyber Insurance, Cliff White speaks to Insurance Times lead researcher Savan Shah on the challenges of acquiring suitable cyber cover and the grey areas of GDPR.
