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.

New research shows a Streeting CGT hit could cost the UK £8bn

But what would his plans mean for the insurance industry

Terabytes of data dumped on the dark web after US insurance regulator hacked

Major hack shows new cyberattack extortion methodology on the rise

New report says Venezuela's twin earthquakes put $6.7 billion in damage on the map

Almost none of it is insured

The Hormuz war risk market isn’t printing money. Here is what it is doing

Are there underwriting profits for the sector down the track?

Hormuz war premiums halve in six days. London's underwriters are not celebrating yet

Rates have dropped from 5% to 2% since the US-Iran ceasefire. With mines still in the water and Iran asserting new transit fees, brokers say the hard work starts now

Yorkshire Building Society saved members £3m on insurance. Brokers should take note

Cutting commission entirely and handing the savings straight to customers is a good story for Yorkshire BS members. But did those clients actually get good advice?

Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister and Labour leader

Andy Burnham expected to succeed him as Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade, with Rachel Reeves widely tipped to leave the Treasury

Ten years on: what did Brexit actually cost the UK insurance industry?

A new landmark study by Bank of England and Stanford economists puts the total cost of Brexit at 6–8% of GDP - the insurance sector was one of the most EU-exposed industries in the country