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Briefing: From Dubai with love – a room with a frontline view on a rapidly changing world
The situation in the Middle East proves that appearances can be deceiving, with the complexity of today’s risks still clearly keeping the insurance industry on its toes – or the back foot
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Briefing: Operation Henhouse puts the fox among the fraudster chickens
Marek Coghill, detective inspector at the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, details the unit’s latest intensification activity against ghost broking
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Briefing: Trump Re shows insurance is strategic again
Insurance is playing a role within US president’s chess game with Iran, as Donald Trump introduces political risk cover for maritime trade venturing into the Persian Gulf. But what can the UK learn from this?
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Opinion: Regional broker market poised to ‘outpace growth’ in London
More firms are planting their flags in the regional insurance market, providing a ‘beefed up’ footprint that supports a nearer to home relationship building model that is benefiting brokers
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Briefing: Shockwaves will be felt in London as missiles fly in the Persian Gulf
The situation around the Persian Gulf remains fluid, but insurers and their customers are likely in for a sustained period of supply chain shocks and increased costs
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Briefing: What does the Q1 2026 Middle East conflict mean for travel insurance?
A warning has been issued that acts of war are typically excluded from travel insurance and coverage depends on policy wording
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Briefing: Is AI about to rewrite the rules of insurance distribution?
ChatGPT could be about to follow in the distribution footsteps of price comparison websites – but what are the Consumer Duty considerations that could hamper this model’s progression and uptake?
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Briefing: AI and commercial insurance broking – existential threat or strategic opportunity?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to define what great broking of the future looks like, with powerful use cases bolstering productivity
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Briefing: Using insurance to make a genuine difference to people’s lives
Mike Dalby, chief executive at Howden’s consumer and local commercial division, discusses why serving insurance customers is a privilege in his inaugural column
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Briefing: Specialty versus specialist insurance – and why the London market matters more than ever
Specialty insurance and specialist knowledge should not be tarred with the same brush. A successful combination of these two components in the London market, however, could benefit both brokers and insurers
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Briefing: Where we’re going, we’ll need more space insurance
The UK insurance market could propel the British space industry to the fore. Will we fire up those boosters, or let others take the prize while we merely insure them?
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Briefing: Financial versus market orientation – why ebitda can be a cruel mistress for brokers
Hitting the acquisition trail for the first time can cause quite the mindset shift for broking businesses, however catering to financial metrics should not be to the detriment of business creativity or putting the brakes on service
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