High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

Starting off the week, editor Katie Scott spoke to Hiscox chief executive Jon Dye about the insurer’s growth strategy.

• Jon Dye: Hiscox is third of way through ‘strategy for profitable growth’

Then, deputy editor Yiannis Kotoulas spoke to Paul Anscombe, chief executive at independent insurance organisation Seventeen Group, about the firm’s M&A strategy.

• Paul Anscombe: Seventeen Group’s independence means culture is the ‘number one priority’

Following this, news editor James Cowen discusses whether software houses are the future of eTrading.

• In Focus: Are software houses the future of eTrading?

And then, Jon Guy discusses the risk environment for directors and officers (D&O) cover.

• D&O cover complexities testing market as it seeks stability

Rounding off the week, Kotoulas discussed the talking points from last month’s Fraud Charter roundtable (17 September 2024).

• The rising prominence of moped cash for crash fraud