Brokers & Distribution
Brokers provide a vital cog in the global specialty re/insurance marketplace, with their role continuingly evolving beyond a mechanism simply to place business. The advisory services provided by brokers now form a critical part of their value offering. The broking landscape is also shifting with major merger and acquisition activity creating opportunities for growing firms to expand in core markets and attract staff who have been displaced in the fallout from major deals.
The Fidelis Partnership premiums rise to $5.4bn in 2025
Expansion of Lloyd’s platform drives growth at Bermuda-based underwriting group
Energy broker Ventura launches with BP Marsh backing
Lloyd’s broking firm is founded by former Miller broker Alex Taylor
Dual names Ashby North America CEO
Managing general agent hires Axis executive Ed Ashby to accelerate US growth
European insurance M&A continues on growth curve
Transaction rise more than 15% in 2025 with strong growth in DACH, Italy and CEE
Howden reorganises international operations
Mike Parrish appointed Americas chief executive, as Luigi Sturani to lead new EMEA broking region
AIG launches AI-enabled partnership with McGill
Insurance giant will use agentic AI to support the deployment of insurance capacity to McGill and Partners’ specialty clients
Price Forbes expands Singapore treaty team
Brokers builds out reinsurance business in Singapore with senior hires from Miller and Arthur J Gallagher
Insurance sector ‘moving from payer to partner’ in climate resilience: Gallagher Re
Insurance solutions are becoming a more important part of climate resilience and disaster response preparations as event frequency increases, Gallagher Re’s Dorr Berraies tells the Insurance Day podcast
Liiba appoints Aon’s Kus as chair
Tracy-Lee Kus succeeds Howden’s Andy Bragoli as chair of the brokers’ association
Dual and Liberty partner in Latin America
Partnership focuses on Mexico and Central America for property insurance and on all countries in Latin America for financial lines
Cat bonds provide ‘compelling opportunity’ for severe convective storm protection
Acrisure Re says catastrophe bonds can complement traditional reinsurance protection for severe convective storm peril
Aon completes first stablecoin premium payment
Trial with two clients is first such payment among major brokers, firm says
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