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Why Clients Delay Life Insurance—and How Advisors Can End the Delay
New Ethos and LIMRA data show buyers overestimate cost and underestimate the price of waiting. Simple price comparisons ...
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...
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...
Why Underwriters Say 'Yes' to Complex Risks: Trust, Preparation and Context
First Underwriting's Simon Taylor explains why underwriters back complex risks when trusted brokers do the groundwork, a...
Allianz Report: AI Data Centres Now Trigger Multi-Line Claims, Challenging Standard Insurance Models
Allianz Commercial’s new analysis shows hyperscale AI campuses can spark claims across six insurance lines simultaneousl...
MFA Once Negotiable; Now UK Insurers Just Say No Without It
UK cyber insurers have turned multi-factor authentication from a soft requirement into an outright dealbreaker, brokers ...
MGA Sector After the Boom: Quality Growth, Talent, and a Nuanced FCA Relationship
MGAA CEO Michael Keating outlines the MGA sector’s shift from rapid expansion to sustainable growth, emphasising pragmat...
GoSkippy faces religious discrimination claim after ordering driver to remove 'Jesus Loves You' stickers
Insurer reversed its own approval with no documented reason, leaving a Birmingham driver working with lawyers on a possi...
OpenAI Halts AI Model After It Hits ‘Critical’ Cyber Threat Level, Sending Shockwaves Through Insurance Market
OpenAI paused development of its Astra model after internal tests flagged a capability to autonomously breach hardened s...
United Educators Appoints Dan Reiner VP of Underwriting
The education-focused insurer hires a Chubb casualty and cyber specialist to lead underwriting as schools face new and e...
London Tops UK Wildfire Detections as Insurers Face a New Urban Peril
New satellite data shows London recorded more wildfire detections than any other UK city in 2025, while a shift to sprin...
Rising Temperatures Push Wildfire Risk Into New Geographies, Reshaping Insurance Exposure
A global surge in wildfire activity — from Spokane to Greece — is being driven by a dual climate mechanism that expands ...
Underwriting Discipline Wanes as Lloyd’s Market Softens, Apollo Deputy CUO Warns
Carl Day tells underwriters that rigid controls can backfire, and the real dangers lie in chasing new business, delegate...
Ageas Re Reshapes Operations into Three Regional Units to Boost Client Proximity
Brussels-based reinsurer Ageas Re will reorganise into three regional divisions from September 1, 2026, appointing new l...
FM Global's Mary Rieck: Designing Out Property Loss Before Construction
FM Global underwriter Mary Rieck says most property losses are avoidable if design-stage decisions on placement, drainag...
SCOR Delivers €171m Q2 Net Income as P&C Combined Ratio Falls to 79.5%
Global reinsurer SCOR reported a strong second quarter, with P&C underwriting benefiting from low natural catastrophe lo...
Roamly Opens London Underwriting Hub for Shared Mobility, Backed by Lloyd’s Authority
The Ride Platform’s insurance arm, Roamly, is deploying its newly acquired Lloyd’s coverholder status to underwrite comm...
Star Health Q1 net rises 25% on premium surge, underwriting profit turnaround
India’s largest standalone health insurer posted a 25% jump in first-quarter net profit to ₹550 crore, buoyed by a 19% p...
South Carolina’s Liquor-Liability Fix: A Captive Insurer That Checks Bathrooms and Jello Shots
Faced with unaffordable mandated coverage, a group of hospitality owners and a wealth manager turned captive insurer is ...
Three Years After NotPetya: Insurance Industry Shifts Toward Standalone Cyber Coverage
The $10 billion NotPetya attack exposed war-exclusion loopholes and the pitfalls of silent cyber, accelerating adoption ...
Travelers Seeks Account Executive to Drive Commercial Lines Growth
The Travelers Companies is hiring an Account Executive for its Commercial Accounts unit, underlining continued demand fo...
WAHVE Taps Retiring Insurance Pros for Remote Underwriting Support Roles
The remote-work platform WAHVE is actively recruiting experienced insurance professionals for part-time and full-time un...
AI Could Break Insurance's Two-Decade Growth Stalemate, McKinsey Says
McKinsey & Company argues artificial intelligence can reshape insurance distribution, underwriting and productivity in w...