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Rooftop risks – how is the insurance sector tackling the proliferation of solar panels?

2025-03-05T08:00:00+00:00By Tim Evershed

’Solar panels, while a valuable renewable energy source, present a number of risks that homeowners and insurers need to consider,’ says head of product

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In Focus: Are brokers at risk of losing market share as embedded insurance grows?

2025-03-04T08:00:00+00:00By

’If distribution is moving from analogue to digital – and the brokers aren’t moving with it – that creates a vacuum,’ says director

Jason Storah Aviva CEO (official)

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Jason Storah: Aviva ‘ruthlessly consistent’ and ‘ruthlessly boring’ in delivering service promises

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

UK general insurance chief executive defined the insurer’s 2024 growth journey as ‘appropriate, consistent and disciplined’

AI Arms race

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TechTalk: Insurance fraud and the AI arms race

2025-02-28T11:00:00+00:00By

’Those insurers that don’t invest or haven’t invested in this sort of technology will be left behind, if they haven’t been already,’ says head of claims counter fraud

Mark Plews Markel (002)

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Mark Plews: ‘Proactive’ risk management is ‘an increasing part’ of Markel UK’s service for care sector

2025-02-27T09:00:00+00:00By

Insurer is determined ‘to highlight that it is [a] false saving to reduce investment [on] risk management’, says underwriting director

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Briefing: Musk and other tech disruptors have their eyes on insurance

2025-02-26T09:00:00+00:00By

The insurance industry is unpopular but profitable, while also largely reliant on legacy technology

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UK government’s housing expansion plans has industry nervous for flood risk impact

2025-02-26T08:00:00+00:00By

Recent storms coupled with the Labour government’s plan to build 1.5 million homes by the next parliament – a target set by prime minister Keir Starmer in October 2023 – gives the insurance industry pause for thought around balancing flood risk management, property insurance and demand for housing

transformation, acquisition

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Why 2024 was a transformational year for UK M&A

2025-02-25T08:00:00+00:00By

The insurer and broker sectors both recorded standout acquisition volume and values last year – however, industry experts do not see the same trends for 2025, with January providing the lowest monthly M&A completion figure since 2017

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Rebecca Gambrell: Aviva seeks to ‘raise the bar’ on eTrading service following 2024’s five star success

2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00By

As Insurance Times’ 2025 eTrading survey is currently being completed by UKGI brokers, Aviva’s SME and delegated authorities managing director says the insurer ‘constantly [feels] pressure to improve and make sure that we’re not standing still’ around digital trading

Gareth Hemming Hiscox

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Gareth Hemming: Hiscox carrying ‘positive momentum’ on broker sentiment into 2025

2025-02-21T08:00:00+00:00By

’We’re clear on where we want to go in terms of strategy and growth, but we’re going to do it in a way that’s informed by broker feedback and input,’ says specialist insurer’s head of distribution

property underinsurance

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Briefing: Is underinsurance onus pushed onto policyholders to address?

2025-02-19T10:14:00+00:00By

Strategic planning director says it is policyholders’ ‘responsibility’ to ascertain building valuation information to avoid underinsurance, but is there an implication that brokers are not doing enough here?

VR

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In Focus: How should UKGI underwrite emerging technologies like VR gaming and advanced robotics?

2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00By

According to TechUK, more than 400,000 articles about artificial intelligence were published in UK media across 2023 – but how is the insurance sector seeking to underwrite uncharted tech tools such as robotics and virtual reality worlds?

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