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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 26 to 30 October 2026
New Beazley boss not moving to London as Zurich’s Greco confirms hire is medium-term move
The insurer’s group chief executive tells Insurance Times that appointment to replace Beazley’s Cox is designed to support the initial integration process, rather than form the firm’s long-term leadership structure
Tokio Marine teams up with broker on ‘first’ humanoid robot cover
’The new cover is the first of its kind in the UK,’ says general manager
Ageas to offer car quotes through ChatGPT via Esure
’The plugin provides a valuable testing ground to help us understand how customers engage with conversational AI and how these tools could shape future insurance journeys,’ says managing director
Axa UK joins Pool Re scheme to expand SME terrorism cover
’Axa’s decision to include terrorism cover as standard within selected digital SME products is another important step towards closing the UK’s terrorism protection gap,’ says chief underwriting officer
Devolution, IPT and business rates: Insurance industry responds to 2026 Autumn Budget
’We’ll continue to work closely with our members and the government as it sets out more details on its plans to drive this forward,’ says ABI director general
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In Focus: How should HNW insurers respond to influencer wealth?
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
Briefing: When everyone does their job, who is looking after the animal?
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
In Focus: Are HNW individuals becoming a more ‘popular target’ for cyber criminals?
Briefing: Cyber risks widen the economy-state protection gap
Top 50 Insurers 2026: Aviva retains table title despite GWP dip
Top 50 Insurers 2026: Berkshire Hathaway International tops IDL’s 2026 underwriting gold awards
‘It’s not about robots’ – Zurich says technology should remove friction, not judgement
Top 50 Insurers 2026: What size really says about underwriting performance
Aviva looks to ‘re-seed’ talent across its UK broker programmes
TechTalk: When AI becomes the front door to insurance, who decides what's inside?
Martin Schultheiss: Uinsure ‘redefines’ culture as AI produces ‘significant productivity gain’
’We have redefined our culture as a business. It used to be suits and trainers, we now call it suits, trainers and cool tools,’ says group managing director
Russell White: Peach set to become main driver of premium across NPA Insurance
’Peach will become more than 50% of the insurance company premium across all of NPA Insurance,’ says chief executive
Scott Egan: SiriusPoint ready to redeploy capital as market softens
Chief executive says four years of turnaround work have put SiriusPoint on stronger footing with cedants and ratings agencies
Matt Cox: Turning claims into a strategic asset at Allianz UK requires a 'mindset shift'
’This year’s pivot, from January onwards, has been to figure out how we maximise the benefit and the assets that we’ve got, as well as how we recognise claims itself as a strategic asset in the whole of the insurance cycle,’ says chief claims officer
Kelly Madeley: Industry must ‘make insurance exciting’ to attract talent
Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
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