Matthew Sellers

Matthew Sellers

Matthew Sellers is a financial journalist who loves to write about the news that affects professional readers. His specialities include mortgage, insurance and HR topics. He has written for a wide range of titles.

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A sanctioned Russian insurer has quietly emerged behind the salvage of the tanker rotting off Oman

A sanctioned Russian insurer has quietly emerged behind the salvage of the tanker rotting off Oman

AlfaStrakhovanie's involvement in the Caroline Bezengi response reportedly required a sanctions waiver before salvors could even start work

Appeals court keeps Meta, Google and TikTok on the hook over young users

Appeals court keeps Meta, Google and TikTok on the hook over young users

The insurance fight over who pays isn't close to settled

A sanctioned tanker is rotting off Oman's coast, and no insurer has stepped up to pay for it

A sanctioned tanker is rotting off Oman's coast, and no insurer has stepped up to pay for it

The vessel's owners have gone quiet, no insurer has funded a cleanup, and Oman is largely covering the cost itself

Insurers thought the threat to cyber was bad from AI. Now even OpenAI is scared

Insurers thought the threat to cyber was bad from AI. Now even OpenAI is scared

AI giant pauses work on new model because of issues

Beazley's profits halve as cyber prices and Middle East squeeze the market

Beazley's profits halve as cyber prices and Middle East squeeze the market

Are specialty insurers facing an end to their golden run over the last few years?

Is Doug Ford driving up car insurance premiums?

Is Doug Ford driving up car insurance premiums?

Speeding has surged since Ontario tore out its speed cameras. The bill for that decision may not show up at Queen's Park. It may show up on renewal notices instead.

Third Hormuz incident in 48 hours puts underwriters back on alert

Third Hormuz incident in 48 hours puts underwriters back on alert

News comes as claims threat to crude flows now at the worst point of the entire crisis so far

WTW's broking arm is growing faster than Aon's, Marsh's and Gallagher's

WTW's broking arm is growing faster than Aon's, Marsh's and Gallagher's

Strip out the accounting noise and WTW's Risk & Broking segment just outgrew its three biggest rivals' comparable units. You wouldn't know it from the net income line

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Tariffs, resilience, and housing demand are the forces reshaping construction risk

Navacord's Robert Beeston breaks down how these pressures are colliding to change how construction risk gets priced and placed

How trucking risk is evolving in Canada – from cargo theft to driver training to broker liability

NFP's Randy Ramkissoon says one GPS tracker isn't enough anymore – thieves know where to look, and the claims are getting more severe

Canadian businesses know their nat cat exposure – they just don't know what it means

BFL Canada's Hector Plascencia says the gap between identifying a risk and actually understanding its business impact is where most organizations fall short

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