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Social mobility and belonging vital as class-based barriers persist – Zurich UK
Rethinking what an apprentice looks like in today’s insurance industry – Movo Partnership
Informal communications in professional services create new risks – Hiscox
Q&A: Clegg Gifford apprentice on growing talent pipelines into insurance
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Weir Insurance links pilot wellbeing programme to trading performance improvements
’We have just had our best performing quarter ever, better than anything in our history,’ says managing director
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UK heatwave raises employer liability risks, lawyers warn
‘Heat-related employer liability claims are most likely to arise where risks were foreseeable but not managed,’ says senior associate
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Cargo and vessels worth £93bn trapped in Persian Gulf
‘The Middle East conflict and Strait of Hormuz closure is just the latest in a series of severe interruptions to hit shipowners and cargo operators,’ says chief executive
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Luke Baker: Dovetail policy wordings are ‘a key concern’ for risk managers in combating increasingly fragmented yet interconnected risk landscape
Alongside tailored risk transfer, captive creation is booming in preparation for the next hard insurance market cycle, says insurer’s global and specialty director
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Annual cyber notifications fall across Europe – Marsh
‘While cyber claim notifications fell across Europe in 2025, the severity of incidents remains a significant concern,’ says cyber incident manager
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Waggel warns pet owners as heat-related claims surge
‘Heat-related illnesses can develop much more quickly than many owners realise,’ says chief executive
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Middle East conflict not affecting travel insurance prices
‘What is striking in our data is that the market has not seen a sudden price reaction to the crisis in the Middle East,’ says product manager
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Cargo insurance platform launches AI data extraction tool
‘Quote AI Autofill is designed to remove repetitive manual tasks, speed up quotes and keep the user fully in control,’ says chief executive
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Escape of water caps leaving policyholders exposed – Prestige Underwriting
‘A fixed escape of water cap may look simple on paper, but our claims data shows it can create a very real protection gap,’ says director
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The growing problem of AI-enabled synthetic claims fraud
The evolving capabilities of AI tools are changing the nature of insurance fraud, and, as one expert tells Insurance Times, redefining the ’speed and ease with which fraudsters can find, create or amend digital evidence’
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Irwell Insurance set to launch four new products as ‘major step’ in growth strategy
’The approval is a compelling endorsement of the quality of our products, our governance framework and the professionalism with which we operate,’ says chief executive
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Married couples facing highest home cover costs
‘As couples and families may often live in larger properties and own more possessions, this can sometimes contribute to higher premiums,’ says expert
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Britain must adapt and invest as heat risks intensify – Swiss Re
‘We treat a hot summer as a novelty rather than a hazard. But globally, heat kills more people each year than floods, earthquakes and hurricanes combined,’ says chief executive
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TechTalk: Hyperscale data centre boom triggers ‘call to action’ to break down insurance silos
’Effective underwriting of these massive campuses requires precise risk pricing that accounts for asset concentration and, crucially, the potential for cascading failures,’ says senior credit analyst
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Lloyd’s launches marine war risk market consortium to support Strait of Hormuz shipping
’This is a clear example of the Lloyd’s market’s role in bringing together specialist underwriting expertise, claims capability and global market capacity to support the resilience of marine supply chains,’ 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 15 to 19 June 2026
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Airmic 2026: Risk managers must get comfortable operating in the gaps between traditional risk categories as modern risks ‘refuse to stay in their lane’
Successful risk managers of the future will ‘understand connections, navigate uncertainty that doesn’t fit neatly into a risk register, see around corners and imagine futures that haven’t ever happened before’, says insurer chief underwriting officer
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Airmic 2026: Tripartite communication central to tackling protection gaps
Trade associations publish joint report with short, medium and long-term action points on how to mitigate protection gaps, including a product design pivot to focus on outcomes rather than strict lines of business
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LMA seeks clarity on US-Iran peace deal
‘The main requirement for recovery is stability and certainty for shipowners and insurers,’ says chief executive
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AI, regulation and climate risks top key global insurance concerns
‘The complex and demanding intervention that AI is creating across the sector clearly presents both opportunity and risk,’ says chair
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PRA sets out vision for UK captive regime ahead of consultation
The UK’s proposed captive regime is moving from concept towards consultation, with the PRA signalling a focus on simplicity, proportionality and commercial viability
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Cover costs fall for young drivers but monthly mark-ups still biting
‘There are always savings to be had when taking out car insurance, and sometimes it’s the basics that offer the most potential,’ says chief executive
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Autonomous vehicle safety principles welcome, but more work needed – Thatcham Research
‘If safety is the promise of automated vehicles, transparency is what will build trust,’ says vehicle technology manager
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TBIG acquires majority stake in Barnet broker
‘We have ambitious plans for the future, including continued organic growth, investment in our people and the development of new opportunities,’ says managing director
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