High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

Starting off the week, Insurance DataLab co-founder Matt Scott dove into the market’s latest Solvency and Financial Condition Reports (SFCRs) to draw out a number of financial trends.

• Solvency ratios on the rise as UKGI market continues to face unprecedented pressures

Then, junior reporter Chantal Kapani provided this month’s Big Debate feature on software platforms, asking industry experts about how insurance sector firms could mitigate the risk of their cutting-edge technology becoming legacy technoloy. 

• In Focus: How can firms prevent their software from becoming legacy technology?

After that, Kapani also sent in this month’s Big Question feature, which examined how brokers could support directors in navigating the ever-changing world of regulation to mitigate directors and officers (D&O) claims. 

• The Big Question: How can brokers support directors to navigate new regulations and mitigate the risk of D&O claims?

Later in the week, Insurance Times contributor Tim Evershed sent in his own feature on how the insurance sector could respond to the rising number of homeowners that are eschewing home insurance.

• What to do about homeowners shunning home insurance?

And topping off the week, technology editor Clare Ruel investigated the trend of companies appointing chief artificial intelligence officers to their c-suites – and what this may mean for the burgeoning technology.

• TechTalk: Uptick in chief artificial intelligence officers joining insurance c-suites