Lloyd’s has named Sir Charles Roxburgh as its next chair to take up the role on 1 May 2025, succeeding Bruce Carnegie-Brown. The appointment remains subject to regulatory approval and consent from the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority. Carnegie-Brown has been in the post since 2017. Lloyd’s listed that Roxburgh, pictured, recently … Read more

QBE has opened a new office in Leeds making a £3.6m investment in the city for its second largest European site. The office houses more than 450 employees with headcount having grown by 40% since 2022. The total includes more than 20 underwriters able to write property, commercial combined, casualty, contractors combined, fleet and motor … Read more

Bspoke extends capacity backing with three-year SiriusPoint deal – Insurance Age End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Bspoke Group has signed a three-year capacity deal with SiriusPoint worth up to £60m in gross written premium in year one. Siriuspoint will sit alongside existing backers and run across various business lines within Bspoke … Read more

Both the Financial Conduct Authority and Financial Ombudsman Service have recently highlighted issues around insurers and managing general agents outsourcing claims to third party administrators. Siân Barton examines whether brokers hold similar concerns – and what trends they are seeing in terms of level of service in the current market. Claims and claims service can … Read more

Former CEO of Esure Peter Graham has been appointed as non-executive chairman (designate) of Markerstudy Insurance Services. Graham, pictured, was project manager at Direct Line from 1993 to 1996, before working at two further venture set up by its founder Peter Wood, namely US joint venture Response Insurance and Esure, where he was CEO from … Read more