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Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 2 to 6 November 2026
Zurich UK eyes underwriting opportunities for fraud analytics after £109m detection
Its AI and advanced analytics tool ’has been game-changing for us in terms of the maturity of that contextual data analysis, but it makes you hungry for even more data,’ says head of claims fraud
JLR urges insurers to abandon ‘traditional’ underwriting to win OEM partnerships
’Traditional doesn’t exist in the world moving forward,’ says insurance product manager
Fridge cyber attack turns up heat on demand for cyber triggered physical damage cover
’A coverage gap remains for many insureds, which I believe the cyber market is particularly well positioned to close,’ says head of global cyber development
Allianz Commercial to launch new Lloyd’s direct underwriting syndicate
’The new syndicate will establish a long-term direct underwriting presence for Allianz Commercial in one of the world’s leading specialty markets,’ says chief executive
Sheila Cameron to step down as LMA chief executive
’It has been an enormous privilege to serve as chief executive at the LMA,’ says Cameron
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Mario Greco: Zurich and Beazley integration is ‘about building something that doesn’t exist’
The group chief executive’s ‘vision’ to become ‘the biggest specialty player in the market’ is in response to ‘a huge shift in customers’ demand’ for these types of products – with Beazley deal signifying the cherry on top of Greco’s ambitions
Fridge cyber attack turns up heat on demand for cyber triggered physical damage cover
’A coverage gap remains for many insureds, which I believe the cyber market is particularly well positioned to close,’ says head of global cyber development
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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
Mario Greco: Zurich and Beazley integration is ‘about building something that doesn’t exist’
The group chief executive’s ‘vision’ to become ‘the biggest specialty player in the market’ is in response to ‘a huge shift in customers’ demand’ for these types of products – with Beazley deal signifying the cherry on top of Greco’s ambitions
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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