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Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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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 18 to 22 May 2026
Aviva rolls out epilepsy awareness training ahead of National Epilepsy Week
Insurer partners with charity Epilepsy Action as employee calls workplace support “life changing”
House of Lords to probe insurance market
’We have launched this inquiry to find out if the insurance market is working for the many people who buy home and travel insurance,’ says chair
Biba 2026: Allianz seeking pricing transformation to support brokers in ‘challenging’ personal lines market
’It’s even more important that we get down to that level of granularity, utilising brokers’ data, to make sure that we can help support volume where we can while profitability is under challenge,’ says managing director for personal broker
Video: Zurich UK’s Andy King looks back at Biba 2026
As the 2026 Biba Conference came to a close, Andy King, head of regional market for the north at Zurich UK, discussed his highlights from the event.
Allianz UK deepens Asda ties with home and motor insurance launch
’This collaboration underscores the success of our multiparty distribution strategy and commitment to delivering innovative insurance solutions,” says managing director
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Shopping and switching rates continue to fall among home insurance customers
New data from Consumer Intelligence reveals that home insurance policyholders’ shopping and switching behaviour has fallen to record low levels over the past two years, though some evidence indicates that trend may be changing
Briefing: The price of expertise in professional services
With the advent of AI forcing an evaluation of the price for expertise, it is worth considering how the industry could be differently constituted
Will the CMA cap for UK vet prescription fees fix the ‘broken’ pet insurance market?
Briefing: Insurers need to remember the value of a human touch in claims
Claims performance comes into sharper focus as brokers seek placement certainty
In Focus: Is claims experience beginning to overtake price as the deciding factor for customers?
Biba 2026: Aviva and DLG personal lines integration ‘well on track’ ahead of part VII process
UK personal lines chief executive describes the insurer as being ‘deliberately but proudly boring’ in how it aims to show up for broker partners
Biba 2026: Intact eyes new commercial lines ‘opportunities’ in eTrade – Becky Henry
Following a dip in the insurer’s extranet score in Insurance Times’ Five Star eTrading report 2026, the insurer’s vice president of eTrade says it is focused on revitalising ‘stagnant’ products to keep pace with broker service needs
Geoff Carter: Sabre’s husky sled strategy maintains profitability across market cycles
’People always ask us if there’s a secret recipe but there really isn’t. It’s a mindset and a culture and it’s about not breaking that,’ says chief executive
EY’s Jonathan Zhao: What Britain’s insurers can learn from Asian markets
Jonathan Zhao, global insurance leader and Hong Kong financial services managing partner at EY Advisory tells Insurance Times why Asia Pacific is leaving Europe behind on insurance innovation, why boardrooms are immobilised by AI and why UK insurers must stop looking inward.
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