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Briefing: Fewer FOS complaints begins with better claims decisions

2026-08-26T08:00:00+01:00By Lucy Luckett

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

Chris Jones: IUA’s focus on underwriting expertise has become ‘more important than ever’

2026-08-26T07:00:00+01:00By Yiannis Kotoulas

‘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

Pen Underwriting secures multiyear capacity deal for thatch and personal leisure

2026-08-25T11:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

’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

Aviva adds terrorism cover as standard for digital SME policies in market first

2026-08-25T10:14:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

‘We’re helping more customers access protection that they may otherwise go without,’ says managing director

Insurer profitability hits record high despite fourth year of slowing premium growth – Aon

2026-08-24T14:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘The hard market rewarded many different strategies. The next phase of the cycle will be less forgiving,’ says global growth officer

Aviva launches AI video analysis tool to flag worker injury risk

2026-08-24T12:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘We’ve developed an intelligent solution that identifies musculoskeletal risks earlier,’ says director

Cyber policy wordings have potential to provide unintended AI cover – IUA

2026-08-21T06:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

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

Marsh appoints UK transportation and logistics industry leader

2026-08-20T12:35:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

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

MGAs offer alternative channel as brokers struggle to place niche fleet risks

2026-08-17T14:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘Pressures still exist in certain parts of the commercial motor market, particularly within more specialist or operationally complex fleet sectors,’ says deputy chief executive

High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

2026-08-14T14:00:00+01:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 10 to 14 August 2026

Simply Business launches pet damage cover for landlords

2026-08-14T11:00:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

‘We want to ensure our customers feel protected against new risks,’ says chief executive

Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up

2026-08-14T08:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

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’

Rise in vulnerable road users could push motor claims costs up 6%

2026-08-12T12:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘The casualty mix is changing as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are disproportionately represented in the most serious injury claims,’ says director

Data centre insurance market set to more than double to £17.8bn by 2030

2026-08-12T11:00:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

‘AI is turning the latest generation of data centres from a specialist real estate asset into mission-critical infrastructure,’ says chief executive

Solar panel fires rise at more than twice the rate of UK installations

2026-08-10T11:08:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

‘It is clear installation quality and fire safety are not keeping pace with the speed of deployment,’ says risk manager

July offers ‘proof of life’ for UK insurance distribution M&A market

2026-08-10T10:25:00+01:00By George McDade

‘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

Drones set to deliver net risk benefits – but sky-high human error claims costs must be mitigated

2026-08-10T07:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

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

Barry Reynolds: Verlingue London Markets ‘heavily focused’ on MGA market as it seeks specialist growth

2026-08-06T07:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

‘We’re really focused on finding areas of business that are not mainstream, but where we know that the London market has something specialist to offer,’ says broker’s executive director

Wildfire threat spreading to UK as incidents hit record levels

2026-08-06T06:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘Wildfires are an increasing risk for the UK insurance market and can no longer be confined to hotter climates,’ says senior product manager

A third of commercial rooftops unfit for solar without remedial work

2026-08-04T07:00:00+01:00By George McDade

Data from 575 structural feasibility surveys of commercial rooftops has shown that 35% of buildings cannot safely support solar panel installations without remedial work or alterations

Adjusters urged to submit fire and flood loss data due to wildfire risk

2026-08-03T13:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

’We’re asking adjusters to ensure that they make submission a routine part of every qualifying claim,’ says deputy chair

Average subsidence claim reaches £20,000 as record spring drives surge

2026-08-03T10:46:00+01:00By George McDade

‘As extreme weather becomes more common, protecting homes will be increasingly important,’ says director

Michelle O’Reilly: Looking over the add-on sector with a ‘lawyer’s eye’ from Alps

2026-08-03T07:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

As brokers increasingly turn to add-on products to differentiate themselves in a soft market, a managing director sees an opportunity for growth via ‘expanding distribution, new business acquisition and product development’

Human error still bigger cyber risk than AI-native attacks

2026-07-31T11:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘While we haven’t yet seen AI-native attacks emerge as their own driver of insured loss, that could of course change at any moment,’ says chief executive

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