High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 9 to 13 November 2026
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 9 to 13 November 2026
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 9 to 13 November 2026
Clear Group acquires Essex-based construction broker
’Our ambition is to support the business in its next phase of growth, investing in its expertise and providing the wider resources and platform to help it realise its ambitions,’ says chief executive
Ageas reveals early feedback after launching new ChatGPT proposition
In October 2026, Ageas launched direct car insurance quoting on ChatGPT for customers through its Esure brand
Oxbow Partners say AI’s biggest prize in claims lies beyond automation
’The real opportunity with AI isn’t just handling claims faster – it’s learning from every claim and feeding that insight back into underwriting and pricing,’ says partner
Microsoft 'not aware' of malicious activity as it scrambles to solve global outage
’At this time, we are not aware of any malicious activity causing this incident,’ says Microsoft
Aviva’s UK personal lines book soars while commercial GWP drops in first nine months of 2026
’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
LMA launches executive programme for future female underwriting leaders
’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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