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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 1 to 4 September 2026
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 1 to 4 September 2026
Lineker-backed Goalhanger teams up with insurance firm to launch thought leadership series
’The risks our clients face don’t begin in the insurance market, they begin in the world around us,’ says president
Drug trial saboteur jailed after £300,000 Antiguan travel insurance scam uncovered
‘NCA officers were investigating Thomas for attempting to sabotage a drugs trial when we discovered key evidence that he was also involved in significant and complicated attempts to defraud insurance companies,’ says investigating officer
MS Amlin creates commercial director role to strengthen broker partnerships
’This newly created role reflects our commitment to deepening [broker] partnerships,’ says chief underwriting officer
Aviva launches Direct Line home insurance on PCWs
’Making Direct Line home insurance available through PCWs for the first time is an important step in giving customers more choice in how they buy cover,’ says commercial director
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Top 50 Insurers 2024
The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2024 – but where has your firm placed?
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Top 50 Insurers 2023
The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2023 – but where has your firm placed?
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The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2025 – but where has your firm placed?
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Beyond the D-word – does insurance still believe in diversity?
As the insurance industry moves away from dedicated diversity and inclusion initiatives towards broader conversations about culture, talent and skills, the question is whether this marks genuine progress – or simply makes an old problem less visible
Briefing: Dive In is ending – DEI cannot end with it
Ican co-founder Ajay Mistry looks back at the successes of DEI-focused insurance event Dive In – and says that what comes next will be vital
Matt Cox: Turning claims into a strategic asset at Allianz UK requires a 'mindset shift'
Briefing: Are large retailers aiming to disrupt the UK insurance market?
Briefing: What is contextualised care and what does it mean for pet insurance?
A drier risk landscape – is UK insurance keeping pace with drought?
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
Ki’s chief people officer Kelly Madeley believes the insurance industry needs to widen its talent pool, embrace different career paths and work collectively to show young people that insurance can be a career where they make a difference
Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
‘In a softening market, if you’re chasing top line, it can get you into trouble,’ says UK and Ireland general insurance boss
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
The insurer’s head of commercial claims says that although employees are the ‘most important assets’ within an organisation, they are also ‘one of the points of greatest weakness’
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