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Backchat: November 2026

2026-11-11T11:00:00+00:00By

A well travelled tote, an historic exhibition makes a comeback, Insurance Times staffer turns tourist at insurer headquarters and broker bosses European marathon. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

Acquisition, merger, puzzle pieces

Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance to acquire outstanding share in Canopius

2026-11-11T09:29:00+00:00By

’What this brings Canopius is permanent capital and an owner with a long-term view,’ says chief executive

TechTalk

automation (3)

Oxbow Partners say AI’s biggest prize in claims lies beyond automation

2026-11-06T11:00:00+00:00By

’The real opportunity with AI isn’t just handling claims faster – it’s learning from every claim and feeding that insight back into underwriting and pricing,’ says partner

Scott Clayton

Zurich UK eyes underwriting opportunities for fraud analytics after £109m detection

2026-11-06T10:19:00+00:00By

Its AI and advanced analytics tool ’has been game-changing for us in terms of the maturity of that contextual data analysis, but it makes you hungry for even more data,’ says head of claims fraud