High Five: Catch up on the biggest exclusive stories this week

Starting off the week, George McDade spoke to Richard Breavington about the changing strategy of insurers in the cyber market.

• Richard Breavington: Exposure, appetite and uptake – the changing strategy of insurers in the cyber market

Then, Harry McNeil discussed how a surge in high-value musical equipment thefts is hitting the UK music industry.

• Music equipment theft under the mic-roscope as claims severity escalates

Following this, Matt Scott discussed research findings which indicate that while insurers have an appetite to back propositions from insurtech MGAs, there are still clearly defined hoops these businesses must jump through.

• TechTalk: Capacity providers ‘more willing to experiment with insurtechs’ – but bar for collaboration is set high

After that, McNeil explained why brokers are urging insurers to focus on refining the final 10% of digital trading journeys in commercial lines.

• Live chat rise and lost phone calls show digital tension in commercial lines

Rounding off the week, McNeil spoke to Martyn Mathews about SSP Broker’s eTrading score.

• Biba 2025: SSP Broker boss vows to ‘do better’ after last place eTrading score