Matthew Sellers
Matthew Sellers

Insurance Business

Matthew Sellers

Journalist

7 years experience1,453,598 Total views on Insurance Business in 2025

Matthew's specialty topics

Cyber Insurance Macroeconomics Market Analysis

Matthew Sellers is a financial journalist at Insurance Business, bringing an Economics degree and a sharp analytical instinct to his coverage of the insurance market. His work spans the hard news that moves the industry — from catastrophe events and cyber threats to inflation, litigation, marine risk, and the macroeconomic pressures bearing down on insurers, brokers, and their clients.

Matthew tracks the regulatory developments, market shifts, and emerging risks that insurance professionals need to understand — translating complex signals into clear, accessible reporting for the brokers, underwriters, and industry leaders who need to know where the market is heading, and why.

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Christie Insurance commissions jump 31% as new business carries specialist broker in soft market
Client retention dipped slightly, but enlarged sales teams more than made up for it, helping the hospitality and care specialist's parent raise its interim dividend by two-thirds
Christie Insurance commissions jump 31% as new business carries specialist broker in soft market
Floodplain ruling leaves insurers with 190 homes Flood Re won't cover
A High Court decision allowing Persimmon to build in flood zone 3a has neighbours saying insurers have already started turning them away
Floodplain ruling leaves insurers with 190 homes Flood Re won't cover
Apple hit by record £4.3bn patent loss: why the London market should be watching
A San Diego jury has handed a funder-backed claimant the largest award in US patent history
Apple hit by record £4.3bn patent loss: why the London market should be watching
Supertanker values overtake newbuilds: what it means for hull and risk cover
A freight-rate frenzy in the Gulf has upended the normal rules of ship valuation, with knock-on effects for hull values, risk bills and the claims that follow
Supertanker values overtake newbuilds: what it means for hull and risk cover
Fidelis Partnership's IPO filing shows how much still rides on Pelagos
Brindle's London-run MGA heads for the New York Stock Exchange, but its prospectus reveals a flattering profit figure and a business still leaning heavily on its former other half
Fidelis Partnership's IPO filing shows how much still rides on Pelagos
Marsh swept into IAG's Credit Suisse peace deal as Greensill's biggest insurance fight ends
Australian insurer confirms confidential settlement of A$2.8bn claim. For the London broker, it closes another costly chapter in a saga the UK market has never quite shaken off
Marsh swept into IAG's Credit Suisse peace deal as Greensill's biggest insurance fight ends
Chinese car makers are handing out free insurance to UK buyers. There’s a catch…
Lepas's month of drive-away cover is the latest perk in an incentive arms push among Chinese marques
Chinese car makers are handing out free insurance to UK buyers. There’s a catch…
White House tells AI labs to hold new models back from UK testers
The reported request could cut off one of the few independent checks on what frontier AI can do, just as cyber underwriters are rewriting wordings for agents that break in on their own
White House tells AI labs to hold new models back from UK testers
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