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NewsAcorn Group invests in future technology talent with graduate recruitment
’Our graduate scheme is designed to enable individuals to develop core technical skills and gain real-world experience,’ says chief technology officer
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News AnalysisBriefing: Is AI about to rewrite the rules of insurance distribution?
ChatGPT could be about to follow in the distribution footsteps of price comparison websites – but what are the Consumer Duty considerations that could hamper this model’s progression and uptake?
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NewsWiser Academy launches free digital CPD platform
’Development needs to keep pace with real work and for too long continuing professional development has been seen as a ‘tick box’ exercise with repetitive topics and content that’s hard to fit around busy days,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: AI and commercial insurance broking – existential threat or strategic opportunity?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to define what great broking of the future looks like, with powerful use cases bolstering productivity
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NewsAviva’s 2025 tech investment drives increased service speed – Rebecca Gambrell
As a result of new tech deployments last year, 84% of new business referrals are now responded to in less than an hour, while 60% of calls are answered in 30 seconds or less, says managing director
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NewsHive Underwriters appoints chief technology officer
‘As we grow, we’re investing in technology and data that genuinely support underwriting performance and make it easier to do business,’ says chief operating officer
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News AnalysisAn arms race is brewing in claims handling
Insurance Times’ AI Claims Report 2025/26, released in partnership with RDT, highlights the issues firms are having in their claims management processes, the technological steps they are taking to solve them and the degree of success the early adopters are seeing
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NewsAviva to launch eTraded contractors’ combined product in May 2026
Insurer continues to evolve digitally traded offering as commercial combined modularisation work nears completion
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News‘Liquid underwriting’ system needed for modern interconnected risk – Celent
‘The future of underwriting will not belong to those who try to eliminate complexity, but to those who can interpret it – continuously, coherently and at scale,’ says report author
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NewsInsurtech secures $50m of backing from technology investor
‘Our opportunity to improve client combined ratios and margin is built on years of developing insurance-specific AI at global scale,’ says founder and chief executive
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NewsArtificial tasks new research wing AgLabs with developing market-wide AI initiative
‘Most AI initiatives in insurance stop at making individuals faster. AgLabs is focused on making the market faster,’ says head
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NewsWhatsApp rollout cuts email volumes 22% at Manchester-based broker
‘People want fast answers and zero hassle, rather than lengthy verification processes and long hold queues,’ says director
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News AnalysisBriefing: Where we’re going, we’ll need more space insurance
The UK insurance market could propel the British space industry to the fore. Will we fire up those boosters, or let others take the prize while we merely insure them?
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News AnalysisTechTalk: The real AI threat to insurance jobs is doing nothing
‘You aren’t going to lose your job to AI, but you are at risk of losing your job to someone else who is using AI,’ says chief solutions officer
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NewsDOA Underwriting’s new parametric travel product takes flight
’This is a great example of how parametric technology can elevate travel insurance from a back-end claims product to a real-time customer experience,’ says director of strategic accounts
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NewsAcord urges ‘coalition of the willing’ to embrace digitalisation in spite of sluggish Blueprint Two
Broker digital leader additionally emphasises that the current administrative cost ratio in the Lloyd’s market poses an ‘existential threat’, blaming ‘analogue’ trading methods
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NewsInsurance’s AI adoption revealing ‘striking paradox’ – Earnix
Insurance Times analyses the themes from an exclusive outlook on Earnix’s upcoming insurance industry trends report
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IT InterviewHildur Smaradottir and Karsten Ries: How a Nordic IoT partnership has scaled proactive insurance
Insurance Times talks with Ohma chief executive Hildur Smaradottir and Onics chief executive Karsten Ries, to discuss how a Nordic insurance partnership has capitalised on the technology behind the Internet of Things and what the UK might stand to learn from their successes
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News AnalysisBriefing: Rising AI uptake drives demand for sector-wide skills update
The government and independent bodies concur that AI technology should unlock a wealth of opportunity for the financial services sector – but only if market firms can satisfy skills gaps with tailored training
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News AnalysisTechTalk: Insurance sector an ‘active partner’ in the nuclear renaissance
As momentum builds around the need for more nuclear power generation, the insurance industry must grasp an opportunity to support and facilitate new projects
