Intact UK and Ireland chief becomes president for 2026-27, taking over from two successive leaders drawn from the broking side

If a state-backed hit fails Treasury certification, neither Pool Re nor standard property cover may respond

The policy wording may matter more to insurers than who lit it

A quarter-century on, brokers are confronting blurred cover boundaries and a persistent SME protection gap

25 years ago a bolt from the blue hit the world, and the insurance industry suffered a seismic upheaval

It was a monumental lapse – and now it’s coming home to roost

Three incidents in a week signal a pattern of hybrid warfare that existing policy wordings were not designed to address. European infrastructure underwriters need to look at their war and sabotage definitions now

Russian adviser warns BBC of "semi-military action" on British soil

It has been excluded from standard UK commercial property cover for more than 30 years. Aviva says it is the first insurer to use Pool Re's new reinsurance scheme to change that - but brokers with central London clients need to know the scheme's limits

Russian insurers are scrambling to price drone and missile risk into standard property cover