‘The growing convergence of climate, nature and macroeconomics presents complex challenges that no single sector can solve alone,’ says director
Around 1,000 UK general insurance professionals gathered in Park Lane last night to celebrate outstanding market achievements at flagship awards ceremony – but which firms took home gold, silver and bronze prizes?
‘There’s a growing awareness that for sustainable development to progress, the biodiversity market must scale and insurance has a key role to play in unlocking that,’ says underwriting director
’Building climate resilience is a key priority for us as our industry both relies on and is influenced by the natural environment,’ says chief marketing, communications and sustainability officer
’By bringing underwriting expertise and greater market choice into important but underserved sectors like anaerobic digestion, we are also helping support UK industries,’ says managing director of commercial
‘The only chance we have of meeting the monumental funding demands of the climate emergency is to mobilise private capital at scale,’ says chief executive
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 3 November to 7 November 2025.
Although passionate protestors declare that Lloyd’s of London is ‘condemning us all to a future of climate chaos’ by insuring fossil fuel projects, there is still a waiting game to be played as the renewable energy sector attempts to gain critical mass
‘Allianz insures genocide by investing in the global arms trade. Drop Elbit or expect more visits from our activists,’ says group’s spokesperson
From climate shocks to cyber catastrophes, insurers are expanding scenario modelling, deepening collaboration and investing in data-driven resilience to withstand the next systemic disruption. But how important is this preparation? Insurance Times puts the question to leading voices from the market.
‘With nuclear fusion, we’re positioning ourselves ahead of commercial deployment to ensure insurance coverage doesn’t become an obstacle when this technology is ready to scale,’ said chief underwriting officer
‘Many insurers are still trying to tackle tomorrow’s threats with yesterday’s tools,’ says head of insurance
‘Europe is in the midst of a BESS boom,’ says partner
’I truly believe this initiative will act as a litmus test and we will see similar schemes rolled out across other industry sectors in the years ahead as the climate crisis continues to worsen,’ says head
’Relying on yesterday’s tools is leaving insurers exposed to today’s billion-dollar events, from urban wildfires to catastrophic hailstorms,’ says chief executive
Going ahead today at 11am, the webinar will cover a range of topics
’We’re here to say – inclusion without justice is not inclusion at all,’ says protest groups
’These are perils that we haven’t really taken seriously in the past, given the emphasis on the US market, and now there are increasingly unmodeled events,’ says underwriter
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 8 to 12 September 2025.
‘By combining multidisciplinary expertise with proprietary data, technology and analytics, we can offer clients solutions that are not only customised to their sector, but also future-focused,’ says head of risk control