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Backchat: December 2025

2025-12-15T13:00:00+00:00By

A classy rebranding party with rugby theme, a special scent for new office digs, advent adverts land and market personality reveals second Santa linked job. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

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Aon alleges ‘calculated and egregious’ trade secret theft by Howden

2025-12-15T12:43:00+00:00By

’This case is about a calculated and egregious scheme of trade secret theft, contractual breaches, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and unfair competition,’ claims the lawsuit

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AI’s energy appetite and job fears will ignite protest risk in 2026, Beazley warns

2025-12-15T07:00:00+00:00By

’We predict 2026, there will be some sort of physical protest against data centres and what they represent in terms of unwanted energy demand,’ says chief executive

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Insurance Times Advent Calendar: Alex Ktenidis

2025-12-14T10:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

For the 14th day of advent, Alex Ktenidis, Allianz UK’s director of digital trading, speaks about ultra speedy small business claims, digitalisation and fresh approaches for the new year