All articles by Yiannis Kotoulas
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NewsFantasy Football: Early leaders and the insurance sector’s best team names
Insurance Times takes over this year’s league to pick out the insurance sector’s funniest and strangest team names
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News AnalysisChris Jones: IUA’s focus on underwriting expertise has become ‘more important than ever’
‘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
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News AnalysisKaspar Harsaae: Software platform founder to launch MGA as proof of concept
After spending two years building AI-powered insurance software firm Parasol Platforms, the founder concluded the best way to demonstrate his vision for true transformation was to launch his own MGA and prove the model works
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NewsCII awards chartered status to 195 insurance professionals in H1 2026
’We are delighted to see continued growth in the number of individuals who recognise the value in chartered status,’ says president
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NewsHiscox upgrades retail growth target as discipline drives profits for HY26
‘There’s lots of different microcycles and, while we’re managing some markets and reducing, there are definitely other parts of the market where we’re still seeing attractive opportunities,’ says chief underwriting officer
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NewsSabre grows premiums 16% for HY26 as Carter warns motor market requires further price rises
‘The market is struggling to get a foothold’ on pricing and needs ‘some pretty chunky price increases’ to offset claims inflation, says chief executive
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NewsUnderwriting remains insurers’ top AI use case despite broader adoption
‘As AI capabilities mature, firms are looking beyond improving risk selection and towards enhancing customer engagement, accelerating product innovation and supporting operational efficiency,’ says insurance analyst
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NewsAverage underwriter response times rise to 2.3 days – PPL
‘For years, service performance has been recognised as an important differentiator in the London market, but firms have lacked a consistent and objective way of measuring themselves against their peers,’ says chief operating officer
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NewsLloyd’s chief actuary Stewart joins Aviva as personal lines CUO
‘Stewart’s deep technical expertise, proven leadership and extensive industry experience will be a real asset to Aviva,’ says UK personal lines chief executive
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NewsRogue AI Hugging Face cyber incident heralds new ‘era of agentic autonomous attacks’
’When the cost of running a full attack chain approaches zero, criminals don’t need to be selective – small and medium-sized businesses that were safe because they weren’t worth a dedicated team’s time become viable targets at scale,’ says director of cyber threat intelligence
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NewsReview: Genasys’ Insurance Simulator 2026 could be the sector’s career shop window
The insurance sector’s answer to the job-sim gaming trend is here, with the game free to play
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IT InterviewNafisah Hussain: IUA asks regulator to ‘engage with industry trade associations’ more
’We’re not asking for deregulation, which is a very different thing,’ says trade body’s director of public policy
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NewsJohn Lewis Money adds personal lines specialist insurer to home panel
’Partnerships like this are a key part’ of Ageas’ development, says managing director for broker and partnerships
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NewsLMA 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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NewsAviva to rebrand acquired Lloyd’s syndicate
‘We’ve already combined our teams and capabilities and are now seeing the benefits of trading as one platform,’ says chief executive
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NewsGallagher appoints two chief executives for specialty division
’To make these two leadership appointments from within our existing team speaks volume about the talent we have at Gallagher,’ says specialty division chief executive
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NewsFM promotes for new London operations chief executive
’With his long track record of success across underwriting, client service and operations at FM, he brings extensive experience to serve our clients in this important region,’ says EMEA division manager
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NewsAon Commercial Risk appoints UK construction leader from Marsh
’He will further enhance our ability to deliver tailored and client-focused solutions,’ says UK chief executive
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IT InterviewDavid Nichols: Zurich UK’s ‘best ideas’ driven by broker engagement
‘We don’t have the right to demand growth – we have to show up and earn respect to get it,’ says head of retail
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NewsBiba 2026: Pen Underwriting seeking continued product expansion in a ‘topsy turvy market’ – Tom Downey
’Our teams are closer to the brokers and closer to the customers, so they know what they need to do,’ says chief executive
