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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

2026-06-26T14:00:00+01:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 22 to 26 June 2026

Simon Waine, Gallagher

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Claims mitigation and insurance policy limits becoming higher priorities for risk managers – Gallagher

2026-06-26T07:00:00+01:00By

‘The more you mitigate claims, the more risk you can take on your balance sheet – and then insurance becomes a stopgap insurance, as opposed to just something I need for day-to-day activity,’ says division managing director

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Why staying up to date with engineering inspections matters more than ever – Allianz

2026-06-25T14:00:00+01:00By Martin Ball

Sponsored content: Martin Ball, head of Allianz Engineering Inspection Services, explains the importance of keeping up with vital safety inspections

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Lloyd’s boss Tiernan predicts ‘explosive’ growth in geopolitical risk insurance demand

2026-06-25T06:00:00+01:00By

‘It could be explosive,’ says chief executive as businesses reassess supply chain and geopolitical risks

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Cargo and vessels worth £93bn trapped in Persian Gulf

2026-06-24T12:00:00+01:00By

‘The Middle East conflict and Strait of Hormuz closure is just the latest in a series of severe interruptions to hit shipowners and cargo operators,’ says chief executive

Luke Baker, Allianz

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Luke Baker: Dovetail policy wordings are ‘a key concern’ for risk managers in combating increasingly fragmented yet interconnected risk landscape

2026-06-24T07:00:00+01:00By

Alongside tailored risk transfer, captive creation is booming in preparation for the next hard insurance market cycle, says insurer’s global and specialty director

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Cargo insurance platform launches AI data extraction tool

2026-06-23T09:00:00+01:00By

‘Quote AI Autofill is designed to remove repetitive manual tasks, speed up quotes and keep the user fully in control,’ says chief executive

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TechTalk: Hyperscale data centre boom triggers ‘call to action’ to break down insurance silos

2026-06-22T07:00:00+01:00By

’Effective underwriting of these massive campuses requires precise risk pricing that accounts for asset concentration and, crucially, the potential for cascading failures,’ says senior credit analyst

Risk of conflict in Iran poses major global threat

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LMA seeks clarity on US-Iran peace deal

2026-06-19T09:00:00+01:00By

‘The main requirement for recovery is stability and certainty for shipowners and insurers,’ says chief executive

Steven Darrah

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Steven Darrah: Really Honest on ‘changing the narrative around insurance’ transparency

2026-06-18T07:00:00+01:00By

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

2026-06-17T12:00:00+01:00By

’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

2026-06-17T11:00:00+01:00By

’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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