Site Map (Articles) for August - 2026

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Title
14 Aug 2026
Cyber insurance prices have fallen for three years. Brokers aren't sure it can last
14 Aug 2026
Six West Midlands fires expose UK's wildfire modelling gap
14 Aug 2026
Lewes derailment puts rail liability cover under fresh scrutiny
14 Aug 2026
Court of Appeal curbs reinsurer for defence costs in $70 million Gulf tanker case
14 Aug 2026
Shein has just lost a huge lawsuit against Temu
14 Aug 2026
Hapag-Lloyd's €148 million loss exposes the real cost of risk
14 Aug 2026
Why employers struggle to prove benefits are working
14 Aug 2026
Aviva posts strongest H1 results in recent history - and tells brokers where it will compete
14 Aug 2026
QBE's adjusted profit rises to $1.03 billion in half-year result
14 Aug 2026
QuestGates buys specialist power and construction claims firm RHP
14 Aug 2026
BIBA renews Renovation Plan scheme with Howden
14 Aug 2026
Westfield Specialty grows premium 25% in H1 2026
14 Aug 2026
Bspoke Group strengthens distribution team with two new hires
14 Aug 2026
PERILS trims Windstorm Nils loss estimate to €695 million
13 Aug 2026
A sanctioned Russian insurer has quietly emerged behind the salvage of the tanker rotting off Oman
13 Aug 2026
Nigel Farage, Count Binface, and… an insurance pro?
13 Aug 2026
Marsh names Chetna Gulati-Kapoor global chief claims officer
13 Aug 2026
What makes underwriters say 'yes' to a complex risk today
13 Aug 2026
Cause and effect: Luca Piccolo on AI, trust and the long game in insurance
13 Aug 2026
Insurance Business reveals UK’s 5-Star Construction insurers for 2026
13 Aug 2026
Pen Underwriting doubles property owners capacity in Sompo deal
13 Aug 2026
Pelagos posts 17-point combined ratio swing as cat losses double in Q2
13 Aug 2026
Best Insurance Companies for Construction in the UK | 5-Star Construction
13 Aug 2026
RB Jones Global targets structured credit gap with Lloyd's MGA
13 Aug 2026
PM urges retailers to pull disposable BBQs as wildfire risk hits insurers hardest yet
13 Aug 2026
Motor's claims ratio jumps five points as healthcare cash plans keep top FCA spot
13 Aug 2026
CII awards Chartered status to 453 insurance and financial planning professionals
13 Aug 2026
Insurance moves: Arch Insurance, RiverStone and Sedgwick
12 Aug 2026
CUSMA breakdown could cost Canada over 100,000 jobs: report
12 Aug 2026
Jellyfish and a solar eclipse just gave insurers a glimpse of a risk not being priced properly
12 Aug 2026
An AI agent swarm broke into a government network on its own
12 Aug 2026
After the boom, the balance: what the MGA sector's next chapter demands
12 Aug 2026
What impact is technology having on insurance?
12 Aug 2026
MFA used to be a nice-to-have. Now insurers just say no without it
12 Aug 2026
HSBC insurance chief to leave as bank's shake-up rolls on
12 Aug 2026
Acies MGU's Subscribe appointment signals more capacity coming into financial lines
12 Aug 2026
AI data centres are becoming too complex for standard insurance
12 Aug 2026
E-scooter injury rise exposes a growing liability gap for brokers
12 Aug 2026
Fourth UK heatwave piles pressure on insurers facing record claims
12 Aug 2026
UK rebuild costs jump to 4.9% as oil price shock adds new pressure
12 Aug 2026
Revealed - Vulnerable road users could be motor insurers' next claims inflation problem
12 Aug 2026
CII warns of AI 'fluency gap' threatening responsible adoption across insurance
12 Aug 2026
Insurance moves: Acies MGU, Fiducia, ACORD, Angelica Solutions and ATL
11 Aug 2026
Business costs are up 70% in a decade. For brokers, the bigger story is what clients are cutting
11 Aug 2026
GLP-1 weight loss tablet approval: why it matters for brokers
11 Aug 2026
Superyacht cyber risk grows as Starlink connectivity expands
11 Aug 2026
Don’t eat the whole elephant in one go: the case for a smarter AI strategy in insurance
11 Aug 2026
Seventeen Group buys Titan Insurance Services in fifth 2026 deal
11 Aug 2026
Six-year-low catastrophe losses aren't the reassurance they look like
11 Aug 2026
Vape and betting shop crackdown puts property portfolios at risk
11 Aug 2026
New Forest wildfire exposes gaps in standard UK property cover
11 Aug 2026
Appeals court keeps Meta, Google and TikTok on the hook over young users
11 Aug 2026
A sanctioned tanker is rotting off Oman's coast, and no insurer has stepped up to pay for it
11 Aug 2026
Swiss Re names Damien Bartlett and Karen Tan to lead L&H Re units
11 Aug 2026
What the £1.2 billion Arena TV fraud case means for FI and D&O insurers
11 Aug 2026
Record supercar haul exposes cracks in third-party pools and asset verification
11 Aug 2026
L&G Re names Tom Ault as CEO, promotes internal dealmaker to top job
11 Aug 2026
Augment Risk creates new group growth role, hands it to parametric chief Kurt Cripps
11 Aug 2026
UK P&I Club taps shipping lawyer to spearhead Korean market push
11 Aug 2026
Markel completes its London Market puzzle with Doan Nguyen move
10 Aug 2026
What does the insurance industry most need to get right in the next 12 months?
10 Aug 2026
AI won't replace insurance professionals - it's about to make them more essential than ever
10 Aug 2026
Your client’s staff are pasting data into ChatGPT. Their cyber insurer wants to know about it
10 Aug 2026
Insurers thought the threat to cyber was bad from AI. Now even OpenAI is scared
10 Aug 2026
FCA fast-tracks insurtech behind IKEA insurance push
10 Aug 2026
Solar fires are growing more than twice as fast as installations - here's the certificate to request
10 Aug 2026
Burnham's subscription clampdown skips insurance - but your cancellation process is still an issue
10 Aug 2026
Insurer tells driver to remove 'Jesus Loves You' stickers or lose cover, weeks after approving them
10 Aug 2026
Allianz Trade could slash cover for Vistry suppliers by up to 70%
10 Aug 2026
Many Group profit jumps 59% as AI cuts acquisition costs
09 Aug 2026
General Re and BHSI London post a stronger quarter as Berkshire's reinsurance capital grows
09 Aug 2026
Rates keep falling, but car, casualty and D&O show where the soft market is fraying
07 Aug 2026
Appeal court trims broker's fraud payout over client money hole
07 Aug 2026
London is now Britain's wildfire capital – and insurers are only just catching on
07 Aug 2026
FAA hits Boeing with fresh directive to search for cracks in 737 Max
07 Aug 2026
Bordeaux's smoke-taint risk: why this summer's wildfires could turn into a slow-burn claim
07 Aug 2026
Meta slammed with $942 million child safety bill
07 Aug 2026
Minster Law buys ARAG Law PI business as insurer legal market shifts
07 Aug 2026
AXA XL just bought the vendor half of every cyber panel it sat on
07 Aug 2026
Fewer UK broker deals, but PE is piling into specialty and MGAs
07 Aug 2026
Generali's H1 P&C result has a warning for property brokers
07 Aug 2026
Some home insurers accept 45% of claims. Others accept 85%
07 Aug 2026
AIG's Q2 looks solid. International brokers should read the detail
07 Aug 2026
Two things in Allianz's record result that UK brokers need to act on now
07 Aug 2026
Canopius grows profit while cutting Bermuda contracts on price
07 Aug 2026
95% of landlords say they understand the rules. 96% are worried they'll still get it wrong
07 Aug 2026
Arch hands cyber and specialty casualty leadership to one underwriter
06 Aug 2026
Tenant did not cause owner's £5.26m fire cover gap, court finds
06 Aug 2026
Europe's wildfires were modelled a decade ago - this summer shows the models may have been cautious
06 Aug 2026
Insurers have been raking it in in the first half this year. Here's what that means for Q4 renewals
06 Aug 2026
OpenAI's AI models teamed up to hack their way online. Then Meta admitted a breach of its own
06 Aug 2026
Liberty Mutual posts US$2.6 billion quarter as cats drop, but core costs rise
06 Aug 2026
Why your agentic AI pilots fail to deliver returns
06 Aug 2026
Underwriting discipline breaks down as markets soften
06 Aug 2026
It’s meerkats v meatballs as IKEA dabbles in insurance – will it all end in tears?
06 Aug 2026
Commission impossible: The AI and technology making Meshed’s 10% flat fee possible
06 Aug 2026
Swiss Re's profits soar - but its pricing tells a different story
06 Aug 2026
Admiral's profit falls 18% as UK motor cycle turns
06 Aug 2026
Zurich posts $3.5bn net income in H1 2026 as Beazley acquisition moves to final straight
06 Aug 2026
Climate risk gap puts data centre submissions under scrutiny
06 Aug 2026
Prudential shares plunge as China closes tax loophole
06 Aug 2026
Pet insurance clients face 20% higher claim costs despite premium falls
06 Aug 2026
Critical minerals risk is physical, not just geopolitical
06 Aug 2026
Pothole claim costs climb 41% as road conditions worsen
06 Aug 2026
Hagerty exits fronting arrangement with Markel, retains full underwriting control
06 Aug 2026
Why entertainment brokers should expect tougher safety questions at submission stage
06 Aug 2026
Antares Global confirms permanent leadership structure following van der Straaten's death
06 Aug 2026
IUMI names its next president as marine cargo losses improve for a sixth straight year
06 Aug 2026
Ki adds sixth Lloyd's syndicate as brokers gain wider follow-capacity access
05 Aug 2026
Here's why the hiring process is facing a trust problem
05 Aug 2026
What will separate the most successful insurance businesses from the rest?
05 Aug 2026
The construction risk that has nothing to do with materials or weather
05 Aug 2026
Ransomware gangs are using AI to fake your clients' legal exposure
05 Aug 2026
AI governance matters more than adoption speed in insurance
05 Aug 2026
Beazley's profits halve as cyber prices and Middle East squeeze the market
05 Aug 2026
A rogue AI agent faked its way past a human reviewer. What it means for cyber cover
05 Aug 2026
Crash for cash fraud now targets driver identity data, IFED warns
05 Aug 2026
Hiscox grows 10.1% in H1 2026 but non-renews 23% of power and renewables book
05 Aug 2026
Middle East war losses test IGI but group holds 92.2% combined ratio in H1
05 Aug 2026
Ed Sheeran conviction exposes classic car insurance gap for brokers
05 Aug 2026
Claims data decline threatens to harden commercial property terms, brokers warned
05 Aug 2026
Stolen vehicle data gap puts brokers' provenance checks under scrutiny
05 Aug 2026
Chartered status becomes a trust signal for brokers as consolidation reshapes the market
05 Aug 2026
Adviser capacity strains as wealth insurance demand grows, Utmost finds
04 Aug 2026
Insurers know a mega cyber-loss is coming. So why is capacity still growing?
04 Aug 2026
Everyone says they're specialists – but what does that really mean?
04 Aug 2026
'The majority of all loss is preventable': an underwriter's case for designing out risk early
04 Aug 2026
Court of Appeal cuts damages in insurance broker fraud case
04 Aug 2026
Third Hormuz incident in 48 hours puts underwriters back on alert
04 Aug 2026
Landlord legislation and road damage fuel Alps' product push
04 Aug 2026
Markel fills final London specialty MD role with Allianz portfolio chief
04 Aug 2026
Benign US weather drags on Crawford even as overseas margins jump
04 Aug 2026
CNA Hardy has room to compete on UK casualty as parent group holds the line in the US
04 Aug 2026
Moody's: retail P&C distribution faces the fastest AI disruption of any financial services segment
04 Aug 2026
Defaqto names its 2026 Insurers of the Year, as travel service quality falls sharply
04 Aug 2026
TBIG's latest deal signals a shift in what broker consolidators are paying for
04 Aug 2026
Insurance moves: Intact Insurance and Westfield Specialty
03 Aug 2026
Britain's warehouses are filling up with Chinese robots. Insurers aren't ready for them
03 Aug 2026
Is your client's "cold wallet" actually covered?
03 Aug 2026
What is the biggest talent challenge facing the insurance market?
03 Aug 2026
SiriusPoint chief reveals the "secret sauce" behind record growth
03 Aug 2026
Insurers are still modelling the wrong El Niño risk
03 Aug 2026
Flood Re's reforms fix one fairness problem. They leave another one untouched
03 Aug 2026
Forest e-bike operator to introduce insurance after crash victims left without compensation
03 Aug 2026
Aviva launches £200,000 fund-matching scheme for brokers - but it is far from the only game in town
03 Aug 2026
Construction clients are relocating projects over geopolitical risk - is your coverage keeping up?
03 Aug 2026
Birmingham tops UK theft rankings - but the real risk is what happens after recovery
03 Aug 2026
Rebuild costs are outpacing sums insured - BCIS says drought is making it worse
03 Aug 2026
How commercial property risks are changing in the UK
03 Aug 2026
UK motor insurance switching hits three-year low as vehicle values keep falling – LexisNexis
03 Aug 2026
Wildfires in Spain and France to raise insurer claims as UK market reassesses its own exposure
03 Aug 2026
Britannia Group profit rebounds to US$60.9 million as claims normalise
02 Aug 2026
Insurance moves: Bspoke Group, Liberty Specialty and Verlingue London

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