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Why staying up to date with engineering inspections matters more than ever – Allianz
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
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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 29 June to 3 July 2026
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The biggest M&A stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the biggest M&A announcements across the market from 29 June to 3 July 2026
News Analysis
Banned breeds: Has the insurance market left dog attack victims exposed?
The removal of mandatory third-party liability insurance for exempted banned dogs has closed one regulatory loophole – but it has also exposed a wider question for insurers. As the market retreats from high-risk breeds, who ultimately bears the financial cost when serious attacks occur?
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Construction costs jump 4.4% amid US-Iran war
‘The risk of underinsurance has already grown and the problem is likely to worsen over time,’ says director
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SRG acquires specialist insurance intermediary
‘Its strong position in the medical and healthcare sectors, combined with its multichannel distribution model, makes it a highly complementary addition to SRG,’ says deputy chief executive
News Analysis
Briefing: The ‘Peace Dividend’ and its insurance equivalent
Mike Edgeley, group chief executive at Clear Group, argues that the insurance sector’s approach to investment has a lot to learn from the management of the armed forces
IT Interview
Jon Bethell: The changing face of private client insurance
Verlingue’s head of private clients discusses rising costs, new wealth and shifting lifestyles that are redefining what a private client looks like
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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 22 to 26 June 2026
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Just one in 10 fully prepared for floods despite rising risks
‘Advances in modelling, improved surface-water mapping and updated climate projections now classify roughly two-thirds of England as floodable,’ says chief executive
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Claims mitigation and insurance policy limits becoming higher priorities for risk managers – Gallagher
‘The more you mitigate claims, the more risk you can take on your balance sheet – and then insurance becomes a stopgap insurance, as opposed to just something I need for day-to-day activity,’ says division managing director
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Why staying up to date with engineering inspections matters more than ever – Allianz
Sponsored content: Martin Ball, head of Allianz Engineering Inspection Services, explains the importance of keeping up with vital safety inspections
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Shifting client expectations offer ‘tremendous opportunity’ for rising professionals – Marsh’s Lisa Quest
’The future belongs to the organisations that move beyond simply providing insurance as a product and to the organisations that become the providers of insight, resilience and confidence,’ says chief executive
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CFC makes key wording changes to launch affirmative AI cover
‘Rather than relying on implied or silent coverage, we see value in being explicit about how AI is treated,’ says chief underwriting officer
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Lloyd’s boss Tiernan predicts ‘explosive’ growth in geopolitical risk insurance demand
‘It could be explosive,’ says chief executive as businesses reassess supply chain and geopolitical risks
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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
IT Interview
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
News Analysis
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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