Insurance Times Awards 2026: Finalists for the Business Partner of the Year – Data and Technology award announced
Eight firms are competing to win the Business Partner of the Year – Data and Technology category
Intact to merge UK and EU specialty businesses
’Combining our UK and European speciality lines businesses and creating a UK regulated branch will make the placement of European risks easier for brokers,’ says chief executive
Marsh promotes for new UK aviation and space chief executive
’The UK aviation and space sector is a global force for innovation, combining world-leading expertise, cutting-edge technology and an unrivalled talent base to shape the future of flight and space,’ says appointee
Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance to acquire outstanding share in Canopius
’What this brings Canopius is permanent capital and an owner with a long-term view,’ says chief executive
Oxbow Partners say AI’s biggest prize in claims lies beyond automation
’The real opportunity with AI isn’t just handling claims faster – it’s learning from every claim and feeding that insight back into underwriting and pricing,’ says partner
Zurich UK eyes underwriting opportunities for fraud analytics after £109m detection
Its AI and advanced analytics tool ’has been game-changing for us in terms of the maturity of that contextual data analysis, but it makes you hungry for even more data,’ says head of claims fraud
Fridge cyber attack turns up heat on demand for cyber triggered physical damage cover
’A coverage gap remains for many insureds, which I believe the cyber market is particularly well positioned to close,’ says head of global cyber development
Daily Roundup: The stories making headlines on 3/11/26
Here are the stories making headlines on 3 November 2026
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