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Overcoming the barriers to usage-based insurance adoption – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Why premium finance partnerships are key to broker resilience – Close Brothers
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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 25 to 29 May 2026
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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?
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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
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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
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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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One in seven insurance customers cancel or decline cover – Premium Finance
’The number of people unable to make claims because they do not have cover or have inadequate insurance is rising and the sums people are missing out on can be substantial,’ says chief commercial officer
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Markel appoints new head of fine art and specie
‘Rising asset values, a surge in high profile thefts and more frequent natural catastrophes are creating new risks while intensifying existing exposures,’ says director
News Analysis
Shopping and switching rates continue to fall among home insurance customers
New data from Consumer Intelligence reveals that home insurance policyholders’ shopping and switching behaviour has fallen to record low levels over the past two years, though some evidence indicates that trend may be changing
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Paved gardens raising surface water flood risk – Flood Re
‘Hard surfaces like our driveways and rooftops disrupt the natural hydrological cycle and stop water soaking in,’ says professor
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Howden broadens crypto insurance push with new Web3 risk ecosystem
“As the digital asset ecosystem evolves, it’s critical that insurers have access not only to responsive recovery support, but also to leading pre-emptive vendors,” says head of digital assets and blockchain
Research
Insurance Times publishes new UK product liability report in association with Arch
The research comes as the market undergoes one of the fastest and most complex periods of change in its history
News Analysis
The most common causes of claims in the aesthetics sector – and how to prevent them
‘The frequency and the severity of claims’ in ‘a very litigious’ sector can be mitigated through ‘effective, proactive risk management’, says MGA’s head of legal and risk management
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Biba 2026: AI developments reinforcing the need for preventative cyber insurance
‘What we see now with agentic AI is that in the same way it helps any UK business run better and have more scale, it gives the threat actors faster scale too,’ says managing director
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Biba 2026: Government should support brokers in developing London market abroad – Croft
‘We’ve got expertise in business development and risk management, you’ve got the trade commissioners, the embassy network and the access to governments,’ says 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 11 to 15 May 2026
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Fantasy Football: McClarrons’ Mike Seals-Law Q&A
Mike Seals-Law, claims executive at McClarrons, talks to Insurance Times about his strong performance in this year’s Fantasy Football league
News Analysis
Opinion: Could captive appetite uptick present opportunity for brokers?
Although ‘the captive piece can be perceived as a dark art’ by some brokers, increasing interest in these models from the risk management community means opportunities abound for intermediaries willing to get stuck in
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UK businesses fear cyber risk surge amid a ‘complex web’ of interconnected risks – Marsh
To combat greater interconnectivity of risks, organisations are ‘shifting from siloed risk programmes to scenario‑based planning and integrated frameworks that combine technical controls, people and process,’ says broker’s chief executive for UK corporate and commercial
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Willis unveils parametric flood cover for UK racecourses
’Parametric solutions offer an alternative approach, tailored to the specific needs of the client,’ says managing director
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Antares Global launches Scorpius MGA platform
‘By providing MGAs with access to capacity and operational expertise, we enable talented underwriters to focus on what they do best – underwriting,’ says chief executive
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