Briefing
News Analysis
Briefing: Why MGAs should be brokers’ best friends
MGAs often bring a complementary skill set to the value chain table, enhancing brokers’ service proposition and encouraging innovation
News Analysis
Opinion: Are micro firms buying commercial covers like a personal lines customer?
Market feedback has revealed that micro businesses of less than 10 staff could fall victim to buying commercial covers with a personal lines mindset, risking underinsurance and coverage gaps – how can the sector mitigate this?
News Analysis
Briefing: Scaling with purpose – the private equity advantage in insurance
One of the most powerful advantages of private equity support is the ability to scale thoughtfully and invest with intent
Analysis
Briefing: Winds of change blow in Monaco, but have reinsurers really gone soft?
Will reinsurers move back to assuming broader treaty risks, or will insurers have to place their programmes on a class by class basis?
News Analysis
Briefing: Navigating a soft market – what’s next for UK brokers?
Insurers, keen to fight for market share, are more likely to support brokers who can adjust to these market conditions
News Analysis
Briefing: Sector has long road ahead to ensure inclusivity of vulnerability
Adam Harper, the Chartered Insurance Institute’s executive director of strategy, advocacy and professional standards, discusses the importance of identifying and addressing vulnerability
News Analysis
Briefing: Insurance sector has ability to steer road safety
Best practice for safer driving has been a focus following the government’s proposed road reforms in August 2025 – the potential impact of rule changes on claims means the industry simply cannot be a passenger in these conversations
News Analysis
Briefing: Focus on 2026 key for motor insurers as next year could be ‘ugly’
Net combined ratios (NCRs) of 100% and 107% are forecast for the next two years respectively in the motor insurance market
News Analysis
Briefing: Insurers set to feel the heat as climate fires new risks for UK
‘Wildfires are no longer a seasonal threat. They are a persistent and growing risk to life, property and the environment,’ says membership association chair
News Analysis
Briefing: Why getting back to basics is the only route forward for motor insurance
Customer trust and insurers’ financial performance has nosedived in recent years when it comes to the motor insurance market – both pricing and claims processes must be stripped back in order to drive improvements
News Analysis
Briefing: Does cyber insurance need its telematics moment?
’We’re now seeing the early signs of a cyber telematics model emerge, where insurance premiums reflect an organisation live security posture,’ says Google Cloud’s UK head of insurance, legal and financial services
News Analysis
Briefing: Climate risk places insurers on increasingly shaky ground
Although insurers remain wary of subsidence claim surges over the British summertime, certain types of subsidence claims could pose a reputational risk depending on their cause
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