All Issue archive articles – Page 3
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News AnalysisBriefing: The top 10 learnings about UKGI’s talent crisis
January 2026’s one-day Destination Insurance conference was eye-opening for many reasons – but amid the insights gleaned, it is now up to UKGI to walk the talk
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News AnalysisIn Focus: How are motor insurers tackling 2026 as market predicted to fall into red?
’Everybody is in the mood to start increasing prices,’ says director
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Does telematics remain untapped, or is the tech overhyped?
Telematics technology is a controversial topic for insurance sector professionals, with benefits and challenges seeming to hold equal sway. So, does the tech have more to give, or has its capabilities simply been talked up?
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AnalysisThe Big Question: What is the potential impact of the Middle East conflict on UKGI?
Insurance Times asked industry figures to consider the risks arising from the ongoing Middle East conflict and what it could mean for the UK insurance market
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News AnalysisInsurance fraud sector exemplifies the ‘good and bad uses of AI’
’Fraudsters are using AI in the same way that we are looking to use it within our organisations, such as for reconnaissance, target identification and research – the world of AI fraud is moving very quickly and is going to be a challenge for us,’ says director
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News AnalysisThe most complained about business lines in UKGI
Insurance DataLab unpicks the latest complaints data from the FOS to highlight the direction of travel for insurance service
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News AnalysisBriefing: Operation Henhouse puts the fox among the fraudster chickens
Marek Coghill, detective inspector at the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, details the unit’s latest intensification activity against ghost broking
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News AnalysisBriefing: Trump Re shows insurance is strategic again
Insurance is playing a role within US president’s chess game with Iran, as Donald Trump introduces political risk cover for maritime trade venturing into the Persian Gulf. But what can the UK learn from this?
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NewsBackchat: March 2026
A sensational singing soiree, law firm partner delivers podcast, former loss adjuster turns author for claims-centric memoir and London market collaborates for industry linked fundraising. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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News AnalysisOpinion: Regional broker market poised to ‘outpace growth’ in London
More firms are planting their flags in the regional insurance market, providing a ‘beefed up’ footprint that supports a nearer to home relationship building model that is benefiting brokers
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IT InterviewSophia Pilkington-Miksa: Inside ManyPets’ shift from external technology to in-house innovation
‘It’s never been easier to get ideas at low cost in front of customers and get feedback quickly,’ says chief product officer
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News AnalysisOlga Collins: WBN leader says brokers must become ‘an extension’ of corporate risk management
The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) chief executive discusses the changing role of brokers, the importance of active risk management and emphasises the vital need for advisory-led relationships
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News AnalysisIn Focus: What’s going on with Blueprint Two after ‘quietly shelved’ report?
’It’s no longer a big bang change programme,’ says president
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News AnalysisRichard Turnbull: Collegiate marking 40 years of quiet success
As the professional indemnity MGA celebrates its 40th anniversary, managing director Richard Turnbull reflects on mutual origins, growth and why underwriting discipline still trumps chasing premium.
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News AnalysisBriefing: AI and commercial insurance broking – existential threat or strategic opportunity?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to define what great broking of the future looks like, with powerful use cases bolstering productivity
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: Insurer megamergers are adding up – what M&A opportunities are still on the table for UKGI’s largest carriers?
A surge of deals has triggered a new consolidation cycle that is redefining scale, competition and capability across the UK general insurance market. But questions remain around integration risk, broker dynamics and whether bigger will truly mean better.
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AnalysisIn Focus: Does UKGI need a cyber public-private partnership?
In its 2026 manifesto, Biba proposed a UK cyber backstop to meet the risk of increasingly severe attacks and low cyber insurance penetration. But is this partnership feasible and could it effectively mitigate extreme systemic cyber risk?
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News AnalysisAlmost two years on – has Consumer Duty improved customer outcomes?
Data from Insurance DataLab suggests that the FCA’s landmark regulation has not led to a measurable reduction in escalated disputes
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News AnalysisUnder 25s motor switching fall severely dents new business flow
Policy switching activity among young drivers has fallen significantly over the past year, reducing new business opportunities for insurers and prompting questions over pricing, retention and coverage in the motor market
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NewsMike Joseph: Incident that saw CUO ‘an hour away from not making it’ led to career rethink
Lucida Group’s Mike Joseph says it is a ‘surreal’ feeling to retire, but that it has ’been on my mind that you never know what’s around the corner’
