- Home
World Cup windfall or claims headache? Hospitality’s summer surge puts insurers on alert
Opinion: Could captive appetite uptick present opportunity for brokers?
Lea Cheesbrough: From nurse to networker and becoming a ‘one woman crusade for independent broking’
Claims performance comes into sharper focus as brokers seek placement certainty
- News
- Analysis
- Destination Insurance
- Brokers
- Insurers
- Ratings
- Research
- Fraud Charter
- Topics
- Events
- Expert Views
Q&A: Clegg Gifford apprentice on growing talent pipelines into insurance
Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Why premium finance partnerships are key to broker resilience – Close Brothers
How flexible working can have a positive impact on talent attraction and retention – Zurich UK
- Edition
![acquisition three jigsaw]](https://d17mj6xr9uykrr.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/4/9/8/122498_acquisitionthreejigsaw_905211.jpg)
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 1 to 5 June 2026
Pet insurer sees policy demand jump 26% after renters get stronger rights to keep pets
’It’s clear from this flurry of new pet owners that thousands of people have been counting down until the new bill came in last month,’ says chief product officer
Hiscox UK explores advertising in ChatGPT
’The scale of consumer adoption of ChatGPT, and the capability it puts in the hands of our target audience, is significant,’ says head of acquisition marketing
Insurance veteran returns to Swiss Re as head of portfolio strategy and steering
’I look forward to working with him as we continue to strengthen our portfolio steering capabilities and position Swiss Re for long-term success,’ says chief underwriting officer
IFB appoints Zebra Law and Covéa leaders to board
’Having worked closely with insurer clients and within counter fraud environments for nearly two decades, I have seen first hand the value of collaboration across the market,’ says newly appointed board director
Ageas UK becomes lead insurer for BYD embedded insurance proposition in UK
’This reflects our continued focus on partnerships and broker-led distribution,’ says managing director
Top 50 Insurers
Top 50 Insurers 2025
The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2025 – but where has your firm placed?
Read the report
Top 50 Insurers 2024
The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2024 – but where has your firm placed?
Read the report
Top 50 Insurers 2023
The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2023 – but where has your firm placed?
Read the report
Top 50 Insurers
Top 50 Insurers 2025
The definitive ranking of the UK’s top general insurers for 2025 – but where has your firm placed?
Read the report
World Cup windfall or claims headache? Hospitality’s summer surge puts insurers on alert
A summer boost from staycation spending and World Cup crowds is set to lift UK hospitality revenues, but insurance experts warn that higher footfall could drive claims and expose underinsurance across the sector
Briefing: What must not be lost as insurance quotes emerge on ChatGPT
’Increasing consumer openness to conversational AI presents both challenges and opportunities for insurers and digital distributors,’ says analyst
Claims and customer outcomes reshape insurer placement decisions
TechTalk: AI washing creates ‘massive expectation gap’ across insurance provision and liability
Briefing: The story of my parents’ dog – and why CMA vet reforms are imperative
Shopping and switching rates continue to fall among home insurance customers
Alex Ktenidis: Allianz’s new chief distribution officer on broker ‘roadshow’ as growth areas identified
’What I’m really looking forward to do is creating edge through insight,’ says new appointee
Biba 2026: Aviva and DLG personal lines integration ‘well on track’ ahead of part VII process
UK personal lines chief executive describes the insurer as being ‘deliberately but proudly boring’ in how it aims to show up for broker partners
Biba 2026: Intact eyes new commercial lines ‘opportunities’ in eTrade – Becky Henry
Following a dip in the insurer’s extranet score in Insurance Times’ Five Star eTrading report 2026, the insurer’s vice president of eTrade says it is focused on revitalising ‘stagnant’ products to keep pace with broker service needs
Geoff Carter: Sabre’s husky sled strategy maintains profitability across market cycles
’People always ask us if there’s a secret recipe but there really isn’t. It’s a mindset and a culture and it’s about not breaking that,’ says chief executive
Part of the Insurance and Risk group of Newsquest Specialist Media
Published by Newsquest Media Group Limited,
registered in England & Wales with number 01676637
at The Echo Building, 18 Albert Road, Bournemouth,
England, BH1 1BZ - a USA Today company
registered in England & Wales with number 01676637
at The Echo Building, 18 Albert Road, Bournemouth,
England, BH1 1BZ - a USA Today company
Site powered by Webvision Cloud