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Informal communications in professional services create new risks – Hiscox
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Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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IT Interview
Parametric policies are steering risk transfer from annual renewal cycles to a resilience mindset – Descartes Underwriting
The MGA’s head of Europe, UK, Middle East and Africa explains that parametric insurance covers are encouraging risk transfer strategies to swap a material damage focus for an operational disruption response, giving organisations an ‘extra edge’
News
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 8 to 12 June 2026
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Informal communications in professional services create new risks – Hiscox
Sponsored content: Maxim Dobrov, consultancy and professional services sector lead at Hiscox, discusses the risks that can arise from the increased use of informal communications in professional services
News
Lloyd’s broker launches new delegated authority and consortia team
‘Our aim with this specialist unit is to help carriers harness these advantages through bespoke, efficient consortium solutions,’ says managing director
IT Interview
David Nichols: Zurich UK’s ‘best ideas’ driven by broker engagement
‘We don’t have the right to demand growth – we have to show up and earn respect to get it,’ says head of retail
News
Addept Insurance partners with Howden-owned broker to expand pet damage insurance
’With the Renters’ Rights Act strengthening tenants’ rights to keep pets, it’s increasingly important that landlords have appropriate protection against the associated risk of possible property damage,’ says associate director
News
Campaigners stage Lloyd’s protest over Coral Triangle gas projects
’Insurers underwriting fossil fuel companies are helping destroy the marine habitats families depend on every day,’ says campaigner
News
Aventum-owned broker launches commercial binder under new underwriting platform
’We are bringing much needed innovation, expertise, capacity and service to retail brokers to help them differentiate their offering and place the broadest range of commercial risks,’ says managing partner for risk solutions
News Analysis
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
News
E-cigarette fires increase by a third in 2025 despite disposable vape ban
Issue is now ‘beyond an emerging risk’, says head of large and complex claims
News
Pen Underwriting enhances yacht capacity with 50% hull limit increase
’We’re delighted to now be able to accommodate an even more diverse portfolio of yacht risks in the mid-section of the market,’ says product lead for yachts
News
Flood Re launches learning module to support claims initiative
‘With flood risk increasing the need to ensure there is an army of skilled and informed PFR practitioners at the ready has never been more urgent,’ says director
News
Howden launches new commercial operation in North Wales
‘With North Wales playing a central role in our growth strategy, I look forward to the opportunities ahead for our expanding team,’ says managing director
News Analysis
TechTalk: AI washing creates ‘massive expectation gap’ across insurance provision and liability
’The pressure to use AI is coming from competitors, boards, investors and the fear of being left behind – which is why much of the current market noise is better described as AI gloss than AI strategy,’ says technology consulting director
News
Survey finds that geopolitical risk climbs insurance board agenda
’As risks become more interconnected and harder to predict, robust risk management and adequate protection are key,’ says D&O coverage specialist
News
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 25 to 29 May 2026
News
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 26 to 29 May 2026
News Analysis
In Focus: How can insurers stay relevant as captives grow in the UK?
As captive arrangements become more popular in the UK, insurers, brokers and regulators are considering how these models can help corporates tackle emerging and complex risks. But as the risk retention versus transfer conversation evolves, how can insurers tap into captives to remain relevant and support underwriting?
News
Gallagher partners with MGA over parametric golf course flood protection
‘The way this product is designed to pay out on pre-agreed parameters means golf course owners can be confident they are protected from the financial risks of flooding,’ says head
News Analysis
In Focus: Middle East conflict reveals ‘huge risk management gap’
The latest SR:500 Exchange virtual roundtable, hosted by sister publication Strategic Risk, brought together risk professionals, brokers and academics to discuss risk management’s moving goalposts amid geopolitical fluctuations
News
Cll launches telematics consultation after coroner raises concerns over young driver safety
Professional body seeks industry views as figures show one in five young drivers crash within a year of passing test
News Analysis
Green shoots in packages and specialist segments amid commercial lines premium slump
Insurance Times’ Commercial Lines Premium Index – released in association with Open GI – reveals that while a 7.7% year-on-year fall in commercial lines GWP has reaffirmed persistent soft market conditions, a small number of lines have bucked the trend
News
Aon promotes for global chief executive of commercial risk
’His deep specialty experience and understanding of how to connect risk with the right forms of capital position him exceptionally well to lead commercial risk at a time when clients need greater clarity, flexibility and innovation,’ says chief executive of risk capital
News Analysis
The Big Question: Is UKGI ready to respond effectively to another pandemic event?
May 2026’s hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship is ringing unsettlingly familiar alarm bells – but, with this threat of a new health crisis emerging, is UK general insurance (UKGI) ready to respond effectively to another possible pandemic event and action lessons learned from Covid-19?
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