What do underwriters plan to ask brokers at the Biba Conference 2025?
Ahead of trade body Biba’s annual conference this May, insurer and MGA leaders reveal exactly how they want to pick brokers’ minds
The biggest exclusive stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the biggest exclusive stories from 22 to 25 April 2025
RSA to rebrand following NIG and FarmWeb acquisition
’Having brought RSA, NIG and FarmWeb together in 2024, we said we would move to one brand in the UK,’ says chief executive
Up to 250 RSA jobs at risk after insurer’s decision to exit personal lines market
Insurer says there ’will be a small reduction in roles in September, with the majority of the reductions throughout 2026’
Full Five Star Rating Report: Commercial and Personal Lines 2024/25 is now available
Insurance Times reveals full insurer rankings on service across both commercial and personal lines, with 16 insurers included in 2025’s final report
Cyber MGA inks deal with RSA to launch new London market facility
President says deal ’will help our clients and broker partners build insurance towers efficiently’
Inside the insurer talent gap
‘If you’re an individual and you’re an underwriter, then you’re in a really good place at the moment because lots of people are wanting your services and they are paying very well for it,’ says managing director
Will RSA’s reputation remain ‘Intact’ after rebrand?
Adopting parent company’s name could see the insurer ‘literally starting again as a brand’ – or could the ‘allure’ of a ‘new and different’ name pose an ‘interesting strategy’ for business progression?
Are apprenticeships the solution or a costly burden?
’It is hopefully a fast-disappearing perception, but the idea that apprentices are school leavers who make the tea is woefully out of date,’ says learning and development lead
The Big Question: How can insurance firms stay competitive and differentiate themselves in a soft market?
As softening market rates proliferate, Insurance Times quizzes industry experts on how firms can stay ahead of the pack amid premium price dips
eTrading forms a ‘totally critical’ part of RSA’s market ambitions
Securing younger staff: How is the insurance sector seeking to change its age profile?
Sonya Bryson: RSA seeking to ‘take home the crown’ with NIG integration
The Big Question: What are the biggest challenges set to hit brokers in H2 2024?
Insurance Times Advent Calendar: Sonya Bryson
For the 19th day of advent, Sonya Bryson, managing director for commercial lines at RSA, discusses the integration of NIG and her three-strong christmas wishlist
Alan Houston: RSA’s ‘non-negotiable’ position as brokers ‘cry out’ for improved service
’We need to make sure that through a period of change, we do not become internally focused,’ says strategic sales and accounts director
Sonya Bryson: RSA seeking to ‘take home the crown’ with NIG integration
’We want RSA to more than the sum of its parts and, with no personal lines distraction, the focus is clear,’ says new commercial lines managing director
Emily Fraser: Neurodiversity at work – for the greater good
Intact financial corporation’s neurodiversity ambassador is working to dispel myths and ‘change the tide’ in insurance
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