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Informal communications in professional services create new risks – Hiscox
Q&A: Clegg Gifford apprentice on growing talent pipelines into insurance
Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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Steven Darrah: Really Honest on ‘changing the narrative around insurance’ transparency
Following its May 2026 rebrand, the broker founder and chief executive says the business was ‘born out of a continued frustration with the insurance industry’ and has ‘jumped in with both feet’ to operate with transparency and accountability
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Addept Insurance launches digital-first home emergency services
’By adopting a digital-first approach we can remove call centre volumes while increasing the service’s capacity to focus on contractor deployment and improving customer experience and control service costs,’ managing director
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Gallagher appoints two chief executives for specialty division
’To make these two leadership appointments from within our existing team speaks volume about the talent we have at Gallagher,’ says specialty division chief executive
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Insurance sector still scratching head over ‘muddy’ emerging risk of intellectual property, cyber and general liability cross-section – Lockton
Risk managers could face policy exclusions arising from ‘complicated’ emerging risk cross-section, however broker senior vice-president ringfences geopolitical challenges as the risk community’s most pressing concern in 2026
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Parametric policies are steering risk transfer from annual renewal cycles to a resilience mindset – Descartes Underwriting
The MGA’s head of Europe, UK, Middle East and Africa explains that parametric insurance covers are encouraging risk transfer strategies to swap a material damage focus for an operational disruption response, giving organisations an ‘extra edge’
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Aviva launches digital contractors combined proposition
‘This launch helps us address an underserved part of the market while making digital trading simpler and more flexible,’ says managing director
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Informal communications in professional services create new risks – Hiscox
Sponsored content: Maxim Dobrov, consultancy and professional services sector lead at Hiscox, discusses the risks that can arise from the increased use of informal communications in professional services
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Lloyd’s broker launches new delegated authority and consortia team
‘Our aim with this specialist unit is to help carriers harness these advantages through bespoke, efficient consortium solutions,’ says managing director
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MGA expands PI capacity to £10m through new deal
’This additional capacity strengthens our ability to support brokers placing higher PI limits by simplifying the overall structure of the placement,’ says head
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Jon Walker: Crafting restructured Axa Insurance UK to be ‘bigger, broader, bolder’ in next three-year strategic cycle
New chief executive is dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s of insurer’s upcoming strategic priorities – this includes greater adoption of AI and the possibility of staff streamlining
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Aventum-owned broker launches commercial binder under new underwriting platform
’We are bringing much needed innovation, expertise, capacity and service to retail brokers to help them differentiate their offering and place the broadest range of commercial risks,’ says managing partner for risk solutions
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World Cup windfall or claims headache? Hospitality’s summer surge puts insurers on alert
A summer boost from staycation spending and World Cup crowds is set to lift UK hospitality revenues, but insurance experts warn that higher footfall could drive claims and expose underinsurance across the sector
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