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The Big Question: What’s the next black swan event for UKGI – and is the sector ready?

2025-10-31T08:00:00+00:00By

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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Briefing: Digital ID is no panacea for fraud – and implementation challenges lay ahead

2025-10-30T10:00:00+00:00By

While the benefits of easily validated identification may seem obvious, the sector must ensure it navigates the implementation of digital IDs with care and consideration

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Destination Insurance: Future-proofing talent starts with tackling retention

2025-10-29T08:00:00+00:00By

As the industry looks to develop the talent it attracts ‘by virtue of the transferability of those skills, it brings a different challenge to our table’, says executive director of strategy, advocacy and professional standards

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In Focus: Does digital transformation undermine HNW’s service-defining human touch?

2025-10-28T08:00:00+00:00By

High net worth clients have long valued the delicate touch that distinguishes their experience from the mainstream market – but with the industry hot on the trail of automation, could technology inadvertently undermine the very qualities that make this sector so unique?

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Motorhome premiums soften in 2025 as less enquiries seen for new business

2025-10-24T07:00:00+01:00By

’Insurers with their premiums have certainly softened this year and that will probably continue into the early part of 2026,’ says senior trading manager

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Is a ‘fail fast’ approach to innovation effective or overhyped?

2025-10-23T07:00:00+01:00By

With the industry increasingly embracing a ’fail fast’ mindset, is short-cycle testing in live environments the key to innovation? Or does this approach have dangerous consequences for consumer trust?

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Luisa Barile: From puppy to profit – how ManyPets learned new tricks for growth

2025-10-17T07:00:00+01:00By

‘I’ve told my team very clearly – I want us to be number one. Success means being the undisputed go-to for pet insurance in the UK,’ says chief executive

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Top 50 Insurers: Aviva consolidates top spot thanks to DLG amalgamation

2025-10-16T09:00:00+01:00By

The results are in for 2025 – which insurers are leading the pack in UK general insurance and what trends are underpinning profitable growth?

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Opinion: Is nepotism inherently bad or an underutilised talent attraction tool?

2025-10-15T08:00:00+01:00By

Nepotism can provide a ‘base level understanding of the opportunities’ within insurance, with career conversations at home potentially attracting a cohort of the next generation of talent to the Square Mile

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Technology risks becoming increasingly present in construction sector

2025-10-15T07:00:00+01:00By

Modern construction ’risks can sit somewhere between a traditional contracting risk and a technology firm’, says underwriting manager

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Firms struggle to integrate with insurtech partners – Charles Taylor’s Jeremy Stevens

2025-10-13T06:57:00+01:00By

’There are less insurtechs that are from the insurance sector and that have insurance pedigree,’ says director

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Top 50 Insurers: Does size really matter for underwriting profitability?

2025-10-10T07:00:00+01:00By

Although larger insurers understandably take advantage of economies of scale, smaller firms have obtained profitable results for the first time in three years thanks to specialist know-how and improvements in loss and expense ratios

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