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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

2026-02-06T15:25:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 2 to 6 February 2026

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Fantasy Football: Allianz Commercial's Darragh Kennedy

2026-02-06T14:00:00+00:00By

Allianz Commercial’s property and casualty new business underwriter Darragh Kennedy talks to Insurance Times about his strong performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league

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Artificial Labs raises £33m in funding round to grow globally

2026-02-05T15:00:00+00:00By

’With this investment, we will grow our team, continue to innovate and ensure that Artificial Labs remains the natural choice for brokers and carriers seeking a smarter way to trade digitally,’ says co-founder

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Acord urges ‘coalition of the willing’ to embrace digitalisation in spite of sluggish Blueprint Two

2026-02-05T10:00:00+00:00By

Broker digital leader additionally emphasises that the current administrative cost ratio in the Lloyd’s market poses an ‘existential threat’, blaming ‘analogue’ trading methods