Pet insurer data sharing exposes £31,000 fake dog-death fraud in Liverpool
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Pet insurer data sharing exposes £31,000 fake dog-death fraud in Liverpool

Robert Cretu's 30 near-identical fake dog-death claims were caught only after Animal Friends, the Insurance Fraud Bureau...

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Aviva First-Half Profit Rises 24% as Direct Line Lifts UK Premiums
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Aviva First-Half Profit Rises 24% as Direct Line Lifts UK Premiums

Aviva's first-half operating profit rose 24% to £1.326 billion, helped by a 42% jump in UK and Ireland general insurance...

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Aviva Doubles UK Personal Lines Premiums After Direct Line Acquisition
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Aviva Doubles UK Personal Lines Premiums After Direct Line Acquisition

Aviva's half-year update shows UK personal lines premiums rising 98% to £3.68bn, with the Direct Line deal already impro...

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Cyber Premiums Are Down 43% Since Late 2023 — Yet Claims Data Point to a Reckoning
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Cyber Premiums Are Down 43% Since Late 2023 — Yet Claims Data Point to a Reckoning

Three years of falling cyber insurance premiums are colliding with rising ransomware severity and worsening combined rat...

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How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers
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How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers

Insurance Business UK's broker-driven special report has recognised standout insurers in UK construction cover, with the...

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UK Insurance's 25% Retirement Wave Puts Decades of Broker Knowledge at Risk
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UK Insurance's 25% Retirement Wave Puts Decades of Broker Knowledge at Risk

The CII says a quarter of the UK insurance workforce will retire within a decade. Broker leaders argue mentoring, flexib...

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DC Cabling Failures, Battery Storage Fuel 133% Jump in UK Solar Fires
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DC Cabling Failures, Battery Storage Fuel 133% Jump in UK Solar Fires

New QBE Insurance data reveals solar panel fires rising far faster than installations, driven by poor installation quali...

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Aviva to Match up to £5,000 per Broker Charity Drive in New Fund Scheme
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Aviva to Match up to £5,000 per Broker Charity Drive in New Fund Scheme

Aviva will match up to £5,000 per broker-led charity initiative under its new Double the Difference fund, with £200,000 ...

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Chinese Robots Are Flooding UK Warehouses — and the Insurance Market Is Catching Up
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Chinese Robots Are Flooding UK Warehouses — and the Insurance Market Is Catching Up

Geek+ robots already move goods for Tesco, Asda and Next across ten UK sites, but liability, certification and data ques...

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Lloyds Unveils £13bn AI-Powered Strategy as Insurance Arm Profits Surge 70%
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Lloyds Unveils £13bn AI-Powered Strategy as Insurance Arm Profits Surge 70%

Lloyds Banking Group launched its Accelerate 2030 strategy with a £13bn tech investment, as Scottish Widows’ profit jump...

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QuestGates Acquires Manchester-Based Liability Adjuster Howell Wild
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QuestGates Acquires Manchester-Based Liability Adjuster Howell Wild

The deal strengthens QuestGates’ specialist liability proposition and continues its strategy of investing in niche, high...

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QuestGates Acquires Howell Wild to Bolster Liability Adjusting Amid Sector Talent Crunch
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QuestGates Acquires Howell Wild to Bolster Liability Adjusting Amid Sector Talent Crunch

The deal adds specialist liability expertise as UK insurers report acute recruitment pressures in claims and adjusting, ...

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