Environmental
Plug-in solar is legal now - but not every unit passed its own safety test
The government's own safety study found product quality inconsistent across the six units tested - one failed a trip-time threshold and another shrank under heat. Asking whether an installed device is on the ENA register is now an underwriting question with evidence behind it
By Camille Joyce Lisay 07 Sep 2026
Plug-in solar is legal now - but not every unit passed its own safety test
£1bn a year in waste crime, £7.3m recovered - what the gap means for cover
Government clean-up is "exceptional" - so who pays for the rest?
By Camille Joyce Lisay 28 Aug 2026
£1bn a year in waste crime, £7.3m recovered - what the gap means for cover
Governance failures are rewriting environmental underwriting - and gradual pollution is a blind spot
The OEP's pesticide ruling highlights how growing environmental scrutiny is reshaping underwriting, compliance assessments and long-term risk
By Bryony Garlick 17 Jul 2026
Governance failures are rewriting environmental underwriting - and gradual pollution is a blind spot
Power insurers are pricing grid risk on yesterday's data
UK power generators face growing emergency exposure as insurers eye connected cover
By Josh Recamara 14 Jul 2026
Power insurers are pricing grid risk on yesterday's data
Insuring nuclear fusion: why waiting for loss data is not an option
How do you underwrite a technology with no loss data, no commercial precedent and no ready-made coverage map?
By Bryony Garlick 08 Jul 2026
Insuring nuclear fusion: why waiting for loss data is not an option
Lloyd's market warns 1.5°C pathway has narrowed further
Paul Davenport, of the Lloyd's Market Association, explains why insurers face a tougher, more disorderly climate transition than expected
By Bryony Garlick 08 Jul 2026
Lloyd's market warns 1.5°C pathway has narrowed further
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