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The off-pitch risk – Burglars, brokers and the beautiful game

2025-04-17T06:00:00+01:00By

’High profile people, be it footballers or others in the public eye, are becoming more of a target,’ says director of HNW private clients

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AI usage in insurance is an ‘evolution, not revolution’ – Hiscox

2025-04-16T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurer’s head of technology emphasises that AI is ’a tool to enhance existing practices’, rather than act as a replacement for current people and processes

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Covéa collaborates with brokers on data sharing and risk management – Georges de Macedo

2025-04-15T07:00:00+01:00By

Chief executive emphasises that ‘good relationships with brokers’ is ‘very important’ for the insurer

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What are brokers most concerned about in 2025?

2025-04-14T06:00:00+01:00By

Key issues on brokers’ minds this year include price rises and the political climate, according to exclusive research from Insurance Times

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Allianz UK focuses on ‘balance between volume and margin’ to weather cyclical market storm

2025-04-11T06:00:00+01:00By

Inflation and the transition from a hard to soft market in UKGI has impacted insurers’ full-year 2024 results – but insurer chief executive emphasises the importance of disciplined underwriting in managing market cycles

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Ageas UK is ‘very interested’ in embedded insurance – Ant Middle

2025-04-10T07:00:00+01:00By

The personal lines insurer is exploring new embedded product propositions ‘right now’ as chief executive believes this model is ‘really important to the future development of our business’

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Nearly half of brokers consider the regulatory environment in the UK insurance market ‘too restrictive’

2025-04-09T07:00:00+01:00By

Smaller firms without dedicated compliance teams find current regulations the most burdensome, according to exclusive Insurance Times research

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Will MBA be catalyst to UK Islamic insurance momentum?

2025-04-08T06:00:00+01:00By

The launch of a new executive MBA in Islamic Insurance and Risk Management has delivered a renewed focus on the UK’s efforts to create a sustainable sharia-compliant insurance sector

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Ant Middle: Organic growth focused plan seeks to put Ageas UK top of the personal lines pile

2025-04-07T06:00:00+01:00By

The insurer has ‘earned the right to think bigger as a business’ and topple the likes of Allianz, Axa and Hastings from the personal lines podium using product expansion, AI investment and a commitment to broker partners, says chief executive

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TechTalk: The broker opportunity to fill a cover gap around commercial drone use

2025-04-04T07:00:00+01:00By

’Small, low value drones can perform a pretty high level of professional services at a fraction of the cost of what you would have had to do previously,’ says head of class

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Are apprenticeships the solution or a costly burden?

2025-04-03T07:00:00+01:00By

’It is hopefully a fast-disappearing perception, but the idea that apprentices are school leavers who make the tea is woefully out of date,’ says learning and development lead

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Five years of ombudsman data exposes insurance’s biggest complaints

2025-04-02T07:00:00+01:00By

A five-year review of ombudsman complaints data reveals motor insurance continues to dominate complaints volumes, while travel insurance has the highest upheld rate of the major UKGI business lines

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