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Briefing: Designing out the opportunities that ghost brokers exploit

2026-11-04T07:00:00+00:00By

In his inaugural column for Insurance Times, Matt Gilham, director at Whitelk Fraud Performance Consulting, examines how the insurance buying process can be considered to support legitimate policies and deter ghost brokers

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Alwyn leads six-strong cohort of Insurance DataLab’s Recommended Insurers

2026-11-03T07:00:00+00:00By

Insurance DataLab’s latest Insurer Performance Index identifies six insurers delivering strongly across claims, complaints, solvency and underwriting. The results highlight both the difficulty of assessing insurer strength and the importance of looking across multiple measures when deciding where to place business.

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In Focus: How should HNW insurers respond to influencer wealth?

2026-10-30T08:00:00+00:00By

Influencers, creators and entrepreneurs are accumulating wealth in ways that challenge traditional HNW underwriting, raising questions about how insurers should respond to greater public visibility, evolving asset profiles and the growing overlap between personal and business risks

Sharon Brown, Peia

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Briefing: When everyone does their job, who is looking after the animal?

2026-10-29T09:00:00+00:00By

Sharon Brown, founder and chief executive at the Pet and Equine Insurance Association (Peia), explores where the pet insurance process allows for actual animal care – and where this perspective can be lost

Cyber

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In Focus: Are HNW individuals becoming a more ‘popular target’ for cyber criminals?

2026-10-29T08:00:00+00:00By

’HNW individuals are particularly attractive to these criminals,’ says art and private client business director, who also stresses the importance of cyber cover

James York

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Briefing: Cyber risks widen the economy-state protection gap

2026-10-28T09:00:00+00:00By

James York assesses the ongoing cyber risks facing the market and wider society to make the case for an Insurer of State

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Top 50 Insurers 2026: Aviva retains table title despite GWP dip

2026-10-15T08:00:00+01:00By

Insurance Times content director Katie Scott reviews the headline findings of this year’s Top 50 Insurers report, flagging where firms are winning, losing – and battling the soft market

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Top 50 Insurers 2026: Berkshire Hathaway International tops IDL’s 2026 underwriting gold awards

2026-10-14T07:00:00+01:00By

Market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab confirms which businesses in the UK, Gibraltar and Lloyd’s marketplaces have outperformed in terms of underwriting, showcasing a variety of paths to profitability among the insurer cohort

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‘It’s not about robots’ – Zurich says technology should remove friction, not judgement

2026-10-13T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurance Times’ latest webinar with Zurich explored how insurers can use technology to deliver faster, more efficient trading without sacrificing underwriting judgement, broker relationships or the human element of claims

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Top 50 Insurers 2026: What size really says about underwriting performance

2026-10-09T07:00:00+01:00By

Scale is a trump card that often sees insurers succeed in the annual Top 50 Insurers ranking, however financial figures analysed by Insurance DataLab reveal that there is more to the underwriting performance story than meets the eye

Chloe Alan Boswell

Analysis

Aviva looks to ‘re-seed’ talent across its UK broker programmes

2026-10-08T07:00:00+01:00By

’We’re trying to create a cycle of re-seeding talent and experience through our programmes,’ says broker propositions lead

AI

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TechTalk: When AI becomes the front door to insurance, who decides what's inside?

2026-10-05T07:00:00+01:00By

As AI platforms become a new route into insurance, the industry faces a critical question – when a chatbot recommends a policy, can customers tell where information ends, advice begins and commercial influence starts?

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