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Salmonella outbreak highlights recall preparedness gaps
Insurance experts have warned that insurers should be confident in their readiness in the event a food contamination event takes place, amid the UK’s salmonella outbreak.
Previsico to expand intelligence to more flooding types
Previsico’s head of product, Sam Wilks, has said the risk intelligence company will move to a “hybrid approach” to expand its coverage to multiple flooding types, as severe weather becomes more frequent due to climate change.
Novidea claims firms are no longer waiting on the market for modernisation
Modernised end-to-end systems are vital for AI, say Novidea’s Kate Shopper and Adrian Coupland, as the technology provider argues firms are no longer waiting for an ‘overarching guideline’ from the market.
Q&A, Chris Hill and Paul Muir, One Answer Insurance
Paul Muir, CEO of One Answer Insurance, and Chris Hill, newly appointed board consultant, discuss how governance, underwriting discipline and investment in people will support the broker’s growth plans.
Why the real AI advantage in insurance lies beyond the model
View from the top: Ben Rose, CEO of Supercede, argues that as artificial intelligence models become commoditised, the advantage for the industry will come from the context and infrastructure surrounding them.
Throwback Thursday: Female first; Co-op’s woe
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to August 1971 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when a woman first entered a male building safety arena and Co-operative Insurance’s results were disappointing.
Pets at Home enters pet insurance market with ‘big ambitions’
Pets at Home has today (19 August) launched its insurance product, and CEO of insurance Matt Poll has spoken to Insurance Post about the company's “big ambitions” in the sector.
ABI sets out steps to strengthen UK cyber resilience
The Association of British Insurers is calling for clearer cyber insurance policies, stronger distribution and greater data sharing as part of a series of recommendations aimed at strengthening the UK’s resilience to cyber risk.
CDL chief predicts agentic AI will reshape insurance expectations
Insurers must be ready for how consumer expectations will shift when artificial intelligence agentic agents “do our shopping for us”, according to CDL CEO Nigel Phillips.
Endless heatwaves are becoming insurance’s hot potato
Editor’s View: A summer of heatwaves, wildfires and increasing subsidence claims is another warning that insurance cannot rely on yesterday’s climate to price tomorrow’s risks, according to Emma Ann Hughes.
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Is a gen AI-enabled fraud tsunami heading for multiple business lines?
Amid an escalation of artificial intelligence-enabled fraudulent claims in the home and motor lines, Marcel Le Gouais explores how insurers are ramping up detection measures and collaborating with police to aid fraudster convictions.
Has broker Bennetts set a record with seven owners since 2000?
Content Director’s View: Private equity, consolidators, insurers seeking diversification ... these have all contributed to a boom in M&A and investment in the UK insurance sector since 2000. Jonathan Swift looks at which businesses have – as a result – changed hands the most since the turn of the century.
How insurers are navigating a stormy yacht market
From superyachts to mid-tier pleasure craft, Tom Luckham explores what's driving the yacht insurance market, and whether better tech, data and underwriting is keeping pace with risk.
Protecting panting pets from overheating in heatwaves
As the UK swelters through heatwaves, Scott McGee discovers insurers are seeing signs that soaring temperatures are changing the nature of pet claims and prompting renewed focus on prevention.
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Energy leaders say insurance is ‘essential’ to their business
Energy business leaders view insurance as essential to their business and reckon insurers’ importance will grow, according to new data gathered by Reuters Insights and Axa XL.
Parametric benefits gain traction in travel insurance
A growing number of providers are introducing automatic flight and baggage delay payments as demand for faster claims solutions increases, according to Anna-Marie Duthie, insight consultant for general insurance at Defaqto.
Home insurers with the most satisfied customers revealed
Customer trust and satisfaction in home insurance is improving, but Fairer Finance’s latest consumer survey shows claims handling remains weak and vulnerable customers continue to face the poorest outcomes.
Insurance industry’s most powerful leaders revealed
Insurance Post’s Power List cuts through the noise to reveal who really moved markets, shifted outcomes and shaped the UK general insurance sector over the last 12 months.
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