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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 8 to 12 September 2025.
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The biggest people moves this week
Risk modelling presents opportunity to plug protection gaps – Verisk
London market wholesale broker launched to open doors for City independents
Offering configurable agentic AI marks a ‘paradigm shift’ – Earnix
Does Sompo’s ‘shock’ purchase of Aspen signal a new wave of reinsurance M&A?
Behind the memes: Using social media to advocate education and industry transparency
JMG Group scoops up another trio of brokers in latest acquisition spree
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In this month’s edition: Willis looks to home in on specialty focus, exclusive index reveals scheme commission trends for brokers, MGAs outsource claims to achieve service goals and is artificial intelligence on the liability hook if its decision-making goes wrong?
Cyber risk never stands still – Pen Underwriting
Sponsored content: Ian Summerfield, head of cyber at Pen Underwriting, discusses trends in cyber crime and how the sector can stay ahead
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Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
On Thursday 22nd May the prestigious Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington played host to the 2025 Claims Excellence Awards, an event that was brilliantly hosted by Mathew Horne and brought together the crème de la crème of the UKGI claims sector.
Insurance Times Editor, Katie Scott, opened the evening remarking how the Claims Excellence Awards "gives a well-deserved pat on the back to firms and professionals that successfully navigate the complex web of claims processes, to put individuals and businesses back in the position they were in prior to an insured event occurring" and those pats on the back were in the form of the 20 trophies handed out throughout the evening.
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Cyber risk never stands still – Pen Underwriting
Sponsored content: Ian Summerfield, head of cyber at Pen Underwriting, discusses trends in cyber crime and how the sector can stay ahead
Get ahead of the winter peak in motor claims – Europcar
Sponsored content: Lauren Vincent, corporate sales director at Europcar Mobility Group UK, discusses the crucial role of vehicle supply as insurers and the garage network supporting insurance claims face the usual winter peak
MGAs bring service excellence and entrepreneurial spirit – Dual UK
Sponsored content: Steve Davis, regional manager for the midlands and south west at Dual UK, discusses the benefits and advantages of the MGA model for brokers
Video: Cowbell’s Simon Hughes talks SME cyber market growth (Part 2/2)
Sponsored content: For Insurance Times’ latest Expert View, Cowbell’s senior vice president for global distribution sat down with Insurance Times deputy editor Yiannis Kotoulas to discuss the cyber market, changing threat actor behaviour and the need for active risk mitigation
Video: Cowbell’s Simon Hughes talks SME cyber market growth (Part 2/2)
Video: Cowbell’s Simon Hughes talks SME cyber market growth (Part 1/2)
Video: RSA’s Adele Sumner talks counter-fraud developments (Part 2/2)
Video: RSA’s Adele Sumner talks counter-fraud developments (Part 1/2)
Video: A fireside chat with Hiscox’s Nicola Holmes (Part 2/2)
Video: A fireside chat with Hiscox’s Nicola Holmes (Part 1/2)
Video: RDT’s Mark Bates talks automation advantages (Part Two)
Video: RDT’s Mark Bates talks automation advantages
Video: Arch’s Mike Bottle talks broker service
Video: CFC cyber boss discusses world’s first Cyber Monitoring Centre (Part 3 of 3)
Video: CFC cyber boss discusses world’s first Cyber Monitoring Centre (Part 2 of 3)
Video: CFC cyber boss discusses world’s first Cyber Monitoring Centre (Part 1 of 3)
Video: Shift Technology boss talks AI in latest expert view (Part 3 of 3)
Video: Shift Technology boss talks AI in latest expert view (Part 2 of 3)
Video: Shift Technology boss talks AI in latest expert view (Part 1 of 3)
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