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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

2026-11-13T15:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 9 to 13 November 2026

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Microsoft 'not aware' of malicious activity as it scrambles to solve global outage

2026-11-13T11:00:00+00:00By

’At this time, we are not aware of any malicious activity causing this incident,’ says Microsoft

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Aviva’s UK personal lines book soars while commercial GWP drops in first nine months of 2026

2026-11-13T10:23:00+00:00By

’In the UK, premiums are up 28%, boosted by our home insurance partnership with Nationwide and the great progress we are making with DLG,’ says chief executive

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Ageas reveals early feedback after launching new ChatGPT proposition

2026-11-12T15:00:00+00:00By

In October 2026, Ageas launched direct car insurance quoting on ChatGPT for customers through its Esure brand

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LMA launches executive programme for future female underwriting leaders

2026-11-12T13:00:00+00:00By

’Leadership Futures has been specifically designed to address the challenges faced by senior female underwriters as they navigate the transition into executive leadership,’ says chief executive

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Aviva promotes Owen to managing director of UK commercial and APC

2026-11-11T16:55:00+00:00By

’She has a strong track record of leading and growing businesses at Aviva and will bring a fresh perspective to UK commercial, while building on the momentum already underway,’ says chief executive

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Intact to merge UK and EU specialty businesses

2026-11-11T12:00:00+00:00By

’Combining our UK and European speciality lines businesses and creating a UK regulated branch will make the placement of European risks easier for brokers,’ says chief executive

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WATCH: New Leisure, New Risks webinar in partnership with Hiscox

2026-11-11T12:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

As leisure businesses evolve, are their insurance policies keeping pace? An expert panel discusses this issue and more in the latest Insurance Times webinar

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Backchat: November 2026

2026-11-11T11:00:00+00:00By

A well travelled tote, an historic exhibition makes a comeback, Insurance Times staffer turns tourist at insurer headquarters and broker bosses European marathon. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

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Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance to acquire outstanding share in Canopius

2026-11-11T09:29:00+00:00By

’What this brings Canopius is permanent capital and an owner with a long-term view,’ says chief executive

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Daily Roundup: The stories making headlines on 10/11/26

2026-11-10T15:06:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Here are the stories making headlines today

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HDI gets green light to begin underwriting through Syndicate 2029

2026-11-10T13:00:00+00:00By

’The products in scope for Syndicate 2029 represent strategic growth areas for HDI,’ says active underwriter

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