Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 10 to 14 August 2026
In a plotline straight out of one of the less successful John le Carré novels, climate change protesters this week accused the insurance industry of hiring “corporate spies” to tail their members.
The group – Boycott Bloody Insurance – said that the so-called spies arrived at the protesters’ meeting point in the Walkie Talkie building’s foyer and took photos of the activists.
In more positive news, Seventeen Group-owned broker James Hallam has stepped in to support clients of Dartford-based insurance broker Anthony Jones.
In July 2026, the FCA announced that Anthony Jones had agreed to stop carrying out any regulated activity.
This week’s third-most read story followed Gallagher’s appointment of Matthew Foy as strategic account director within its UK and Ireland retail division.
Next, readers were fascinated by the news that a Ferrari worth £3.7m was among supercars to be seized during an operation targeting uninsured and antisocial driving.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police, supported by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), seized a total of 90 vehicles between 7 and 9 August 2026 across Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea.
Finally, Caroline Wagstaff hit the headlines for saying that the insurance sector’s current soft market cycle is driving a “horrible moment” of stalled young talent recruitment.
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