High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

This week begun with technology editor Clare Ruel speaking to Gallagher Re’s global head of insurtech to talk over the implications of its latest lobal Insurtech Report for Q4 2023 report: 

• UK insurtech sector ‘remains in most optimal place’ – Gallagher Re

After that, reporter Isobel Rafferty investigated whether motor insurance pricing is finally approaching “a point of softening”: 

• Motor insurance pricing cycle ‘close to a point of softening’

And later in the week, editor Katie Scott spoke to Uinsure non-executive director Peter Thompson to find out about his new involvement with the home insurance insurtech: 

• Peter Thompson: Uinsure’s technology is ‘embedded insurance coming to life’

On Thursday, Junior reporter Chantal Kapani also caught up with Lloyd’s of London chief operating officer Bob James to discuss the ongoing progress for Blueprint Two and London market digitalisation: 

• Bob James: Lloyd’s prefers sector-wide ‘criticism’ of project delays instead of unsafe Blueprint Two delivery

Topping off the week, deputy editor Yiannis Kotoulas spoke to cyber insurance provider Cowbell’s UK underwriting director, Claud Bilbao, about how mid-market firms can be better supported on their cyber insurance journeys: 

• Claud Bilbao: ‘Size matters’ as medium-sized businesses face cyber attacks