The hard market and how brokers can help clients through it is the focus of part two of a special three-episode series of podcasts discussing findings from Vero's SME Insurance Index.

The Insurance with INsight series is a collaboration between Vero and Insurance News, to mark the 10th anniversary of the SME Index.

The index has built up a treasure trove of statistics over the past decade from surveying the insurance buying habits of about 14,500 business owners. In today's episode we turn our attention to the current hard market, what the latest index tells us about attitudes to pricing, and how brokers can respond.

The episode is hosted by Insurance News Managing Director Andrew Silcox, and features Vero's Head of Commercial Underwriting Brad Dalton as well as the usual INsight panel – Insurance News Publisher Terry McMullan and Insurance News Managing Editor John Deex.

There are also contributions from key broking industry representatives and clients.

The next episode will be available in about two weeks. See all INsight episodes here.