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Nomination for RB Jones Global in Collaboration category of Insurance Insider Honours 2026
We’re proud to announce that RB Jones Global has been shortlisted for Collaboration of the Year at the Insurance Insider Honours 2026. This nomination recognises the excellent work of our underwriting and actuarial teams, in partnership with Hyperexponential, Azur and Moody\'s on the development of our new, next-generation MGA platform. All came together with the same ambition: to deploy net
Why Insurers are Pouring More Capacity into MGAs
More than half (57%) of insurers aim to increase their capacity allocation to managing general agents (MGA) by at least 5% in the two years to mid 2027. This is likely to add significant firepower to a sector that already accounts for more than 10% of gross written premium in the UK. But what factors are driving insurer capacity for
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While the purchase of a drink and a packet of crisps by a customer once sufficed, this is no longer enough to generate the margins required in today’s hospitality industry. A new generation of themed and experience-led bars is creating novel underwriting considerations for carriers in the sector. Destination and experience bars In 2000, there were 60,800 pubs in the…
At the start of 2026, we asked some of our experts to share the key trends they see shaping the insurance market this year. Alice Boreman, Jordan Gregg, Stephen Moore and Deanne Rogers offer their predictions and perspective on what could be coming next. [bw_inline_quote author_id=\"Deanne Rogers\"…
Launch of Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions to Include Broking Entities RB Jones to House Underwriting Operations LONDON (July 17, 2025) – H.W. Kaufman Group, the privately held, industry leading global insurance organization, today announced the company is consolidating its brands outside of North America into Burns & Wilcox, which will include all broking businesses, and RB Jones, which will…
Contributor: Dave Burridge, Head of Property Package, RB Jones UK Over the last three years, the Property Insurance market has grappled with double-digit rate increases and reduced capacity. However, as of late, rates are stabilising, and capacity is softening, thanks in part to carriers aggressively re-entering the market. Rate increases have averaged only 5-10% in 2023—a noticeable decrease from 2020-2022—for…
Contributor: Deanne Rogers, London Casualty Manager The Casualty market looks considerably different than it did at this time last year, which is having a significant impact on prices, capacity, demand, terms, conditions and more. Let us take a closer look at the macroeconomic impacts: Prices The market is experiencing a notable softening as competition increases post pandemic. The average rate…
With this week marking the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, Post looks back to see how the insurance market handled the claims and how terrorism cover has adapted since then. At this time of the 20 year anniversary, memories of 11 September 2001 are being reawakened with a swathe of media…