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Top 50 Insurers 2026: Aviva retains table title despite GWP dip

2026-10-15T08:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Insurance Times content director Katie Scott reviews the headline findings of this year’s Top 50 Insurers report, flagging where firms are winning, losing – and battling the soft market

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Opinion: Milburn’s report is a spotlight – but UKGI must brainstorm the answers

2026-10-14T08:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

An independent review commissioned by the government in 2026 paints a stark picture around young talent and their employment opportunities in the UK. As a sector, UKGI must not sit on its laurels – or the consequences will be severe

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Briefing: How to build the best claims team in the industry

2026-10-08T08:00:00+01:00By Toby Clegg

Clegg Gifford chief executive Toby Clegg recounts a transformational claims experience and extols the virtues of insurance’s moment of truth

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Briefing: Closing protection gaps requires a longer-term view of risk

2026-10-07T08:00:00+01:00By Mike Dalby

Mike Dalby, chief executive at Howden’s consumer division, discusses the dangers of underinsurance and other protection gaps for clients, especially as winter rolls in

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Briefing: Are the financial markets finally coming to their senses?

2026-10-01T08:00:00+01:00By Mike Edgeley

Mike Edgeley, group chief executive at Clear Group, explores whether the market’s understanding of the value of AI is starting to bear fruit – and what that means for the importance of human connection in an increasingly tech-focused insurance sector

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Briefing: When more care is possible, what care is right?

2026-09-30T08:00:00+01:00By Sharon Brown

Sharon Brown, founder and chief executive at the Pet and Equine Insurance Association (Peia), questions whether the insurance sector’s approach to increasing limits has become part of the problem

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Briefing: The insurance broker is at an existential crossroads

2026-09-24T08:00:00+01:00By Daniel Lloyd-John

Daniel Lloyd-John, chief executive and founder at HNW broker Broadway Insurance Partners, discusses how the rise of AI may not fundamentally change insurance broking as much as expected

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Briefing: Forget escape, it’s water itself we need to start insuring

2026-09-23T09:00:00+01:00By James York

Persistent drought and the UK water sector’s instability raise important questions for the sector around the potential provision of new products

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Briefing: Evolving crash for cash threat hits UK motorists and insurers with more sophisticated tactics

2026-09-17T09:00:00+01:00By Chris O’Donovan

Detective inspector Chris O’Donovan, deputy head of the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, explains how crash for cash fraud has evolved to now feature identity theft elements and greater use of mopeds

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Opinion: Brokers evolve beyond distribution to take on industry-wide marketeer remit

2026-09-16T08:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

The role and function of an insurance broker is changing – with distribution now just one of many faces these professionals present. Growing remits as marketeers and recruiters must become more visible as part of road map to futureproof UKGI

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Briefing: What UK flight chaos means for insurers – and is parametric insurance key?

2026-09-10T08:10:00+01:00By James Cowen

Insurers could be facing a busy period, with the Civil Aviation Authority highlighting that while airlines have responsibilities to look after passengers, ‘extraordinary circumstances’ mean ’they are unlikely to be entitled to compensation for delays or cancellations that were directly caused’ by an air traffic control issue

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Briefing: How to lose friends and alienate Rolex wearers

2026-09-09T08:00:00+01:00By Toby Clegg

Clegg Gifford chief executive Toby Clegg questions whether a future advantage in underwriting may lie in more accurately pricing the risks originating from moral hazard and insured behaviour

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