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.
Aon books 7% corporate broking growth
Broking giant reports 4% organic growth in reinsurance division in first quarter
Willis Re appoints Jones to lead Asia operations
Jones will be responsible for leading the buildout of Willis Re’s business in Singapore
WTW reports 2% risk and broking organic growth
Broking giant reports insurance broking and consulting revenues climb to $1.1bn in first quarter of the year
Consilium opens Luxembourg office
Wim Geleyn to head up broker’s operations in grand duchy
Optio acquires Irish construction bonds specialist CGU
MGA enters Irish market with purchase of Construction Guarantee Underwriters
WTW seeks to accelerate AI adoption with new leadership roles
Broking giant appoints former Newfront chief executive Spike Lipkin as chief AI officer
Miller reports increased revenue as international expansion continues
Broker reports total revenues rose 15% to £314m in 2025
McGill launches aviation war risk solution for ground-based assets
Broker seeks to address gap in traditional hull war market with London market-backed product
CFC pilots agentic underwriting tool
Lane Assist automatically extracts data and constructs quotes for ‘low-complexity’ submissions in seconds
The ever-growing appeal of managing general agents
Michael Keating, the chief executive of the Managing General Agents’ Association, describes the underwriting capability, data quality and the speed of innovation that make the MGA sector so attractive to insurers
Middle East conflict ‘not about insurance’: Marsh’s Doyle
Broking group working more broadly on business sustainability and supply chain issues, its chief executive says
Energy market defined by ‘striking contradiction’
Despite mounting loss activity and geopolitical volatility, the energy insurance market remains deeply soft, according to Willis
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