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Gavin Lillywhite: Breaking the headcount-growth equation

2026-07-30T07:00:00+01:00By

Over the past decade, insurance technology firm Xceedance has seen its headcount scale rapidly as the business has grown, but now, says senior vice president of business development Gavin Lillywhite, the operating model needs to change

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Rogue AI Hugging Face cyber incident heralds new ‘era of agentic autonomous attacks’

2026-07-27T06:00:00+01:00By

’When the cost of running a full attack chain approaches zero, criminals don’t need to be selective – small and medium-sized businesses that were safe because they weren’t worth a dedicated team’s time become viable targets at scale,’ says director of cyber threat intelligence

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Cyber insurers warn AI is accelerating phishing and business email compromise attacks

2026-05-26T13:00:00+01:00By

’There’s not so much the deep fake element of it, but the speed and process in which somebody can complete a cyber attack,’ says claims director

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Briefing: Should Intact make a move for Hiscox?

2026-07-30T09:00:00+01:00By

While the two firms might complement each other, news editor James Cowen looks at whether it would be the right move for Intact and Hiscox

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Briefing: Has the Insurance Act 2015 delivered for policyholders? A broker’s perspective

2026-07-29T08:00:00+01:00By

It is not wrong that insurers apply the act to protect themselves, but policyholders must have clarity on the reasons for major decisions