Ageas UK and Saga plc have launched the home insurance offering for the over-50s that was previously announced as part of their 20-year affinity partnership agreement. Saga will lead on customer acquisition and proposition development while Ageas UK will manage price comparison website distribution, pricing and underwriting, claims handling and customer service. 

The Lloyd’s Market Association has teamed up with Barnett Waddingham to provide an AI adoption toolkit that helps managing agents create robust governance frameworks for their use of artificial intelligence. The LMA says the toolkit aims to enable users to be more structured in their adoption of the technology.

Intermediary Hood Group has signed a deal with Allianz Partners. Under the agreement, Allianz Partners will provide underwriting capacity for a selection of Hood Group’s travel insurance products. Hood was established in 1983 and is based in Southend-on-Sea and specialises in providing partners with white label and affinity insurance solutions.

London Market managing general agent BluNiche has launched a medical device recall insurance product to support medical device manufacturers, contract manufacturers, distributors and companies producing medical instruments, apparatus and appliances operating worldwide.

Managing general agent Alps has overhauled its breakdown product, Alps Road Rescue. It is underwritten by AmTrust Specialty Ltd and delivered by vehicle assistance provider Call Assist Ltd. The product offers four levels of cover: roadside assistance and local recovery; nationwide recovery; nationwide and home or base assist and European cover.

Ageas UK has joined First2Protect panel of household insurers and will offer three products – essentials, home (extra) and tenants cover – to support first-time buyers and rental tenants. First2Protect was founded in the early 1990s and has approximately 50,000 customers.

Personal lines broker Ceta has launched four new rent guarantee products in a bid to support landlords dealing with enhanced exposures created by the enactment of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. Ceta expects rent guarantee claim durations to increase by 75% to 100% as the legislation increases the time taken by landlords to take possession of a property.

Motor insurance provider Cuvva has signed a three-year deal with premium finance provider PremFina. Under the agreement, PremFina will provide customers purchasing annual policies with a monthly payment option in Cuvva’s mobile app.

Jensten Group has restructured its business to create two trading divisions – broking and product and distribution. The broking division will comprise the firm’s regional broking and specialist lines and London markets teams as well as The Jensten Network. The product and distribution division will include its schemes and affinity businesses and its managing general agent, Jensten Underwriting.

Clear Group has acquired Spence Insurance, which is an independent commercial lines broker based in Bathgate in Scotland’s Central Belt. The deal strengthens Clear’s presence in the Scottish market and expands its regional footprint. Spence will continue to operate from its Bathgate location following the deal.

Partners& has acquired commercial and personal lines intermediary Amica Insurance Brokers, which is based in Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. Tom Barnett and Matthew Merriman founded the 10-strong firm in 2020 and have established a national client Base from their North of England headquarters.

Gallagher has announced its acquisition of Bridge Insurance Brokers and said the deal had received regulatory approval. Bridge was set up in 1970 and the family-owned firm focuses on real estate, construction, corporate and private client insurance. It has offices in Manchester and London and employs a team of around 110 people.

Professional services and technology business Davies has announced that its AI-powered claim intake agent ClaimPilot can now handle corporate risk claims. The agent gathers and processes information from multiple sources before assigning it to a claim handler.

Short-term motor insurance provider Dayinsure has joined the Insurance Fraud Bureau, which is a not-for-profit industry body that was established in 2006 and serves as the market’s data hub for fraud intelligence and analytics.

Saga plc has announced that its insurance broking business achieved an underlying profit before tax of £16.9m for the year ended 31st January 2026. It said this was up by 17% on the previous year. Saga sold its underwriting business in July of last year to Ageas and in December went live with a 20-year affinity partnership with the insurer.

Clear Group has acquired Pangea Insurance Brokers and Pangea Life, which support clients across personal and commercial insurance, employee benefits and business protection. Michael Piper and Stephen Goulter own and lead Pangea, which generates annual incomes exceeding £3m.