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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 24 to 28 August 2026
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Low-speed learner driver collisions leaving instructors facing £3,000 claims
‘Even what appears to be minor damage can result in claims of up to £3,000,’ says head
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Extreme weather could expose widespread property underinsurance – BCIS
‘Climate change is increasing the likelihood that long-standing underinsurance will be exposed,’ says principal consultant
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Drought concerns drive growing interest in parametric insurance
‘A business does not necessarily need to suffer physical damage to experience a significant financial loss,’ says head
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Corgi Insurance launches new admitted carrier
’Corgi is built to be full-stack and we look forward to expanding what we can write on this paper as we bring more products to market,’ says chief operating officer
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MGAA adds 21 firms in a year amid stronger FCA engagement
‘The MGAA remains laser-focused on ensuring our members have the latest insights into our sector’s rapidly evolving landscape,’ says chief executive
News Analysis
A drier risk landscape – is UK insurance keeping pace with drought?
Drought is becoming a more visible feature of the UK’s risk landscape, driving rising subsidence losses, raising wildfire concerns and putting growing pressure on businesses and infrastructure. But while insurers are adapting their view of risk, evidence suggests awareness may be moving faster than action when it comes to buying ...
News Analysis
Briefing: Fewer FOS complaints begins with better claims decisions
The Financial Ombudsman Service has an important role to play in dispute resolution, but the ultimate aim of the insurance sector should be to clearly communicate with customers and stop complaints reaching that stage
News Analysis
Chris Jones: IUA’s focus on underwriting expertise has become ‘more important than ever’
‘When you’re in those really difficult times, the actual underwriting expertise, the risk management expertise, the discipline and getting the contract wording right is absolutely essential,’ says chief executive
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Pen Underwriting secures multiyear capacity deal for thatch and personal leisure
’We very much look forward to building on this first strategic partnership, in what is such an important niche market for brokers and their customers,’ says managing director of property and personal
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Aviva adds terrorism cover as standard for digital SME policies in market first
‘We’re helping more customers access protection that they may otherwise go without,’ says managing director
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Insurer profitability hits record high despite fourth year of slowing premium growth – Aon
‘The hard market rewarded many different strategies. The next phase of the cycle will be less forgiving,’ says global growth officer
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Aviva launches AI video analysis tool to flag worker injury risk
‘We’ve developed an intelligent solution that identifies musculoskeletal risks earlier,’ says director
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Cyber policy wordings have potential to provide unintended AI cover – IUA
Although believing that artificial intelligence is ‘an insurable exposure’, explicit coverage is still hard to find as use cases around the technology continue to evolve and differ vastly between businesses, says underwriting director
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Marsh appoints UK transportation and logistics industry leader
The appointee ’joins us at a critical moment when transportation and logistics businesses are navigating supply chain complexity, regulatory change and evolving operational risks’, says UK industries leader
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MGAs offer alternative channel as brokers struggle to place niche fleet risks
‘Pressures still exist in certain parts of the commercial motor market, particularly within more specialist or operationally complex fleet sectors,’ says deputy chief executive
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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 10 to 14 August 2026
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Simply Business launches pet damage cover for landlords
‘We want to ensure our customers feel protected against new risks,’ says chief executive
IT Interview
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
The insurer’s head of commercial claims says that although employees are the ‘most important assets’ within an organisation, they are also ‘one of the points of greatest weakness’
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Rise in vulnerable road users could push motor claims costs up 6%
‘The casualty mix is changing as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are disproportionately represented in the most serious injury claims,’ says director
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Data centre insurance market set to more than double to £17.8bn by 2030
‘AI is turning the latest generation of data centres from a specialist real estate asset into mission-critical infrastructure,’ says chief executive
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Solar panel fires rise at more than twice the rate of UK installations
‘It is clear installation quality and fire safety are not keeping pace with the speed of deployment,’ says risk manager
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July offers ‘proof of life’ for UK insurance distribution M&A market
‘Transaction volumes remain muted, with a large number of the historically most acquisitive firms having either slowed down or quietly paused their UK M&A this year,’ says managing director
News Analysis
Drones set to deliver net risk benefits – but sky-high human error claims costs must be mitigated
Although research demonstrates that drone usage can reduce a business’ net risk profile overall, risk professionals must think strategically about combating pilot errors as ‘the human in that chain is the weak link’ contributing to claims costs
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