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Backchat: October 2026

2026-10-14T12:00:00+01:00By

Future focused conference poses questions for travel insurers, smoking hot museum exhibition centres on London’s insurance scene, reporter receives ship shape engineering know-how and women led network leans into professional development opportunity. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

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Flood Re appoints new chair

2026-10-14T10:00:00+01:00By

’I look forward to working with the board, leadership team, insurers, government and partners to help deliver Flood Re’s mission,’ says appointee

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Aon expands Ukraine war risk facility as MS Amlin boosts reinsurance capacity

2026-10-13T13:21:00+01:00By

‘With the war continuing to imperil the Ukrainian economy, war risk insurance is central to sustaining investment and building resilience in Ukraine,’ says chief executive

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Flood Re acquires BeFloodReady and unveils plans for national flood resilience platform

2026-10-13T11:00:00+01:00By

’There is much more we can do to help people prepare, reduce the damage and recover more quickly,’ says director of corporate affairs

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Uinsure appoints ex-Markerstudy leader as new chief trading officer

2026-10-13T09:12:00+01:00By

’Uinsure has scaled significantly over the last few years and the opportunity for our insurer partners has naturally grown with it,’ says appointee

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Aviva appoints ex-Chaucer UK chief executive as managing director for GCS

2026-10-12T12:11:00+01:00By

’I’m looking forward to working with colleagues, brokers and clients to help shape the next chapter of its success,’ says appointee

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Ageas and Esure add two non-executive directors to boards

2026-10-12T06:00:00+01:00By

’Their insight and independent challenge will be invaluable in helping the board oversee the next phase of integration,’ says chair

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The biggest people moves this week

2026-10-09T12:00:00+01:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 5 to 9 October 2026

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Leveraging insurance data for risk foresight is a “real opportunity”

2026-10-08T12:00:00+01:00By

Insurers seek to better harness unique client dataset to inform risk foresight – especially as today’s interconnected risk landscape calls for a partnership approach, rather than just a risk transfer transaction

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WATCH: Insurance Times’ Efficient Where It Matters, Personal Where It Counts webinar

2026-10-08T11:00:00+01:00By Insurance Times

Sponsored by Zurich, the webinar explores how the insurer helps brokers place risks efficiently

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Markerstudy promotes for new chief operating officer

2026-10-08T09:00:00+01:00By

’Having worked intensively on our integration and change strategy over the past two years, I embrace this opportunity,’ says appointee

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ABI sees ‘opportunity’ for UK’s G20 presidency to tackle protection gap after joining alliance

2026-10-07T11:29:00+01:00By

’This alliance between our four associations is a platform that our respective governments can call upon to inform that programme and we are collectively keen to see protection gaps being explored as part of that presidency,’ says director general

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