An in-person Fraud Charter roundtable at Frederick’s in Islington brought together senior counter fraud specialists to discuss ghost broking, AI-enabled crime, public attitudes to opportunistic fraud and the key threats set to shape 2026
Six firms are competing for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award at this year’s Insurance Times Awards
Adam Atkins, head of technology at Hiscox UK, speaks about his firm’s entry for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award
Six firms are competing for the Personal Lines Insurer of the Year category at the Insurance Times Awards
Chris Douglas, head of claims operations at Hiscox, explains his firm’s entry to the Customer Champion of the Year – Insurer award
‘From cyber threats and supply chain disruption to environmental events and shifting regulatory requirements, the landscape is shifting fast,’ says chief underwriting officer
‘The real issue isn’t that reinsurance is too niche – it’s that we’ve failed to communicate its relevance and impact,’ says chief commercial officer
‘Most influencers and content creators are really underinsured – if they’re insured at all,’ says commercial account executive
‘There should be no assumption that cyber risks are covered under a D&O policy,’ says law firm partner
’It’s a very, very good thing for it to be explicit in the [policy] wording,’ says executive director
’We’re clear on where we want to go in terms of strategy and growth, but we’re going to do it in a way that’s informed by broker feedback and input,’ says specialist insurer’s head of distribution
The chief executive says Consumer Duty marked ‘a significant regulatory change’ that ‘has involved a good deal of work’ to implement and embed successfully within the insurer’s operations
UK chief executive flags ‘really good energy’ at the specialist insurer as it targets retail growth ‘between 5% and 15% at the right level of profit’ over four-year strategy duration
Market-wide appetite ‘to trade more in a digital way’ sees insurer commit to roll out high net worth proposition on eTrade extranet by year-end, says chief underwriting officer