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London Market Analysis

Inside the cyber market with Sayata Labs’s Kingsley Flynn

Flynn says the market is still dogged by past perceptions of how restrictive and confusing cyber policies were in the early days of the product coming to market

What does Aon’s purchase of Willis Towers Watson mean for brokers?

Industry voices fear that consolidation between two of the UK’s largest brokers will lead to a ‘stagnating’ market and ‘significant change’ of the sector as we know it

Coronavirus: will ‘notifiable disease’ status be a game-changer for insurance?

Being a notifiable disease means cases have to be reported to the relevant authorities by law

FCA takes aim at bad broker behaviour

A letter from the regulator to broking chief executives is the latest effort to clamp down on inappropriate conduct in the industry

City insurers brace as opioid crisis unravels

Victor Syndicate 2288 eyes new territories amid expansion

The syndicate hopes to grow and establish its Lloyd’s presence

Is a MBO the way to go?

As merger and acquisition activity in the UK broking sector shows no signs of slowing, the choices for brokers at the smaller end of the scale are limited

D&O market has to fight impulse for broad brush increases

The UK market is facing a D&O dilemma - the industry’s reaction will define the class’s future

How can the industry stamp out the harassment culture

Insurance Times takes a deeper look into what ‘#MeToo’ means for the insurance industry following several accusations made by women on the London market and Lloyd’s survey

Big Question November 2019: Which of Lloyd’s three initiatives is the most urgent to implement – underwriting, culture or technology? And why?

Earlier this month brokers and insurers were told by the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s (PRA) acting director of insurance supervision Gareth Truran in a letter that they must create an internal culture in which staff feel safe to report wrongdoing. Culture is just one of the three initiatives that Lloyd’s said ...