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Backchat: December 2025

2025-12-15T13:00:00+00:00By

A classy rebranding party with rugby theme, a special scent for new office digs, advent adverts land and market personality reveals second Santa linked job. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…

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Insurance Times Awards 2025: Finalists for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award

2025-12-03T14:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Six firms are competing for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award at this year’s Insurance Times Awards

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Insurance Times Awards 2025: Why Markel is proud to insure the care sector

2025-12-03T13:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Joanne Sykes, divisional director of the UK broker at Markel, speaks about her firm’s entry for the Specialist Insurer of the Year award

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Insurance Times Awards 2025: Markel builds in PI cover to construction product

2025-11-18T14:30:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Mark Plews, director of underwriting at Markel, discusses his firm’s entry to the excellence in underwriting category

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Markel launches construction and engineering practice with three senior hires

2025-11-18T11:03:00+00:00By

’Markel’s new construction and engineering practice will allow us to go beyond our well-established operational risk policies,’ says managing director

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Markel International hires managing director for new London market business

2025-11-14T11:00:00+00:00By

’We’ll build a business that continues to deliver profitable growth and lasting relationships,’ says appointee

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Why Aviva, Ageas UK and Markel were named insurers of the year at 2025’s Insurance Times Awards

2025-12-08T08:00:00+00:00By

Insurance DataLabs provides the facts and figures behind the biggest insurer trophies at the Insurance Times Awards 2025

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The Big Question: What will industry innovation for UKGI look like in 2026?

2025-11-26T08:00:00+00:00By

During 2025, artificial intelligence has quickly reshaped roles, processes and risk exposures – but what innovations and new technologies are UK general insurance participants expecting to land next year and what impact could they have on market practices?

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Retroactive reckoning: Construction PI faces its 30-year shadow

2025-11-04T08:00:00+00:00By

‘Developers thought projects from 20 years ago were long tail – now they’re live liabilities again,’ says managing partner

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Top 50 Insurers 2025: Insurers warn against losing human judgment in AI race

2025-10-20T07:00:00+01:00By

‘AI isn’t going to replace the talents of underwriters anytime soon – having a human in the loop is essential,’ says chief underwriting officer

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