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Brown and Brown partner with MGA to offer agricultural cover

2026-04-29T13:01:00+01:00By George McDade

‘Our focus is on making sure farmers and rural businesses are supported by specialists who understand the sector,’ says managing director

The data gap has narrowed in commercial property – LexisNexis Risk Solutions

2026-04-28T14:00:00+01:00By Richard Toomey

Sponsored content: Richard Toomey, vertical market manager for the UK and Ireland at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, discusses the need for accurate data in commercial property underwriting

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Data focused captives can be complementary buffer to plug emerging risk coverage gaps

2026-04-27T14:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Risk experts predict that captives will continue to grow in popularity as a tool to make hard to write risks ‘palatable’ for the insurance market – particularly during hard market cycles

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What is the ‘biggest constraint’ in the captive model?

2026-04-23T06:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Although captives are becoming a more sought-after tool for risk managers, global organisations face jurisdictional hurdles when trying to establish a multinational programme, agree expert panellists

How technology is revolutionising risk management for global cargo claims – Gallagher Bassett

2026-04-21T14:30:00+01:00

Sponsored content: Alan Munro, chief information officer at Gallagher Bassett company W K Webster, explains why insurers must stay ahead of the curve in a changing claims arena

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MGA to launch real estate products for non-standard risks

2026-04-20T12:02:00+01:00By James Cowen

’This new proposition has been developed directly in response to broker demand,’ says chief executive

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How insurance is helping prevent own goals at 2026’s World Cup

2026-04-20T07:00:00+01:00By Tim Evershed

Travel insurance small print needs to meet high healthcare costs in North America, while longer opening hours for UK pubs means a re-evaluation of employers’ and public liability products is necessary

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Captives set to become ‘centre’ of risk transfer strategies to ‘create insurability’ for small to mid-sized global firms

2026-04-20T06:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

The intelligent use of captive arrangements could be ‘a means to a solid risk management strategy, actually moving the lines of insurance’ and driving ‘a structural shift in how international insurance programmes are designed, operated and valued’, says chief markets officer

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Aviation insurers ‘being far more selective’ with capacity due to ‘significant attritional losses’

2026-04-17T11:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Underwriter reports that its aviation attritional losses reached $1bn for the first time in 2025, revealing claim-centric ‘cause for concern’ as policies fail to keep pace with sector evolution

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Beazley to launch marine war consortium in response to Strait of Hormuz situation

2026-04-17T08:27:00+01:00By James Cowen

’This consortium demonstrates the agility of the market to respond to the needs of global supply chains,’ says chief executive

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Aviation underwriters issue collaboration call to action around policy wordings

2026-04-16T11:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

With aviation policy wordings ‘written decades ago’ and deemed ‘pretty much insignificant now’ against current sector aircraft and risks, underwriter recommends collaborative committee as a beneficial model to bring the class up to date