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NewsSystemic approach from insurers, banks and government needed to address global climate risk
‘The growing convergence of climate, nature and macroeconomics presents complex challenges that no single sector can solve alone,’ says director
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IT Awards 2025REVEALED: Which firms won at 2025’s Insurance Times Awards?
Around 1,000 UK general insurance professionals gathered in Park Lane last night to celebrate outstanding market achievements at flagship awards ceremony – but which firms took home gold, silver and bronze prizes?
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NewsHowden-owned MGA launches biodiversity credit insurance product
‘There’s a growing awareness that for sustainable development to progress, the biodiversity market must scale and insurance has a key role to play in unlocking that,’ says underwriting director
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NewsMarkerstudy launches sustainability project to grow climate resilience
’Building climate resilience is a key priority for us as our industry both relies on and is influenced by the natural environment,’ says chief marketing, communications and sustainability officer
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NewsPen Underwriting enters renewable energy market as new proposition launched
’By bringing underwriting expertise and greater market choice into important but underserved sectors like anaerobic digestion, we are also helping support UK industries,’ says managing director of commercial
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NewsNew £100m-backed initiative aims to unlock insurer capital for global climate action
‘The only chance we have of meeting the monumental funding demands of the climate emergency is to mobilise private capital at scale,’ says chief executive
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NewsHigh Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 3 November to 7 November 2025.
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News AnalysisBriefing: Lloyd’s in climate crosshairs as campaigners call for fossil fuel exit
Although passionate protestors declare that Lloyd’s of London is ‘condemning us all to a future of climate chaos’ by insuring fossil fuel projects, there is still a waiting game to be played as the renewable energy sector attempts to gain critical mass
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NewsGlobal Allianz offices defaced over ties to Israeli arms supplier
‘Allianz insures genocide by investing in the global arms trade. Drop Elbit or expect more visits from our activists,’ says group’s spokesperson
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: What’s the next black swan event for UKGI – and is the sector ready?
From climate shocks to cyber catastrophes, insurers are expanding scenario modelling, deepening collaboration and investing in data-driven resilience to withstand the next systemic disruption. But how important is this preparation? Insurance Times puts the question to leading voices from the market.
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NewsLloyd’s market’s ‘first’ nuclear fusion insurance facility launches
‘With nuclear fusion, we’re positioning ourselves ahead of commercial deployment to ensure insurance coverage doesn’t become an obstacle when this technology is ready to scale,’ said chief underwriting officer
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NewsInsurers ‘increasing spend but still unprepared’ for third party risks
‘Many insurers are still trying to tackle tomorrow’s threats with yesterday’s tools,’ says head of insurance
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NewsBroker-MGA broadens BESS underwriting as construction risks grow
‘Europe is in the midst of a BESS boom,’ says partner
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NewsCFC gets green light to cover projects under global airline emissions scheme
’I truly believe this initiative will act as a litmus test and we will see similar schemes rolled out across other industry sectors in the years ahead as the climate crisis continues to worsen,’ says head
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News61% of insurance leaders say industry failing to keep pace with climate risk
’Relying on yesterday’s tools is leaving insurers exposed to today’s billion-dollar events, from urban wildfires to catastrophic hailstorms,’ says chief executive
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NewsInsurance Times’ Flood Ready webinar to go ahead today – here is how to watch
Going ahead today at 11am, the webinar will cover a range of topics
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NewsDive In: Festival disrupted by protests
’We’re here to say – inclusion without justice is not inclusion at all,’ says protest groups
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News AnalysisClean energy revolution facing extreme weather challenge
’These are perils that we haven’t really taken seriously in the past, given the emphasis on the US market, and now there are increasingly unmodeled events,’ says underwriter
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NewsHigh Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 8 to 12 September 2025.
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NewsWillis launches global risk engineering team to cut total cost of risk
‘By combining multidisciplinary expertise with proprietary data, technology and analytics, we can offer clients solutions that are not only customised to their sector, but also future-focused,’ says head of risk control
