High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

Starting off the week, Tim Evershed discussed how a move to potentially reintroduce the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales could impact the insurance industry.

• Motor repair network must accelerate EV focus to support Labour’s 2030 vision

Then, Trevor Hemsley took a closer look at coverage trends and developments hitting the large sporting events market.

• Insurers play ball with large sporting events

Following this, news editor James Cowen took a closer look at the Crowdstrike-related IT outage that impacted a myriad of firms and sectors.

• The impact on insurance after faulty update causes global IT outage

And then, junior reporter Chantal Kapani discussed concerns around the delays of Blueprint Two.

• Blueprint Two’s ‘continual slippage’ in delivery raises market concerns

Rounding off the week, editor Katie Scott spoke to Serge Raffard about his plans for Allianz’s personal business.

• Serge Raffard: Allianz Personal sees ‘huge opportunity’ in broker relationships