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All Issue archive articles
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News AnalysisIn Focus: How can insurers stay relevant as captives grow in the UK?
As captive arrangements become more popular in the UK, insurers, brokers and regulators are considering how these models can help corporates tackle emerging and complex risks. But as the risk retention versus transfer conversation evolves, how can insurers tap into captives to remain relevant and support underwriting?
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Middle East conflict reveals ‘huge risk management gap’
The latest SR:500 Exchange virtual roundtable, hosted by sister publication Strategic Risk, brought together risk professionals, brokers and academics to discuss risk management’s moving goalposts amid geopolitical fluctuations
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News AnalysisGreen shoots in packages and specialist segments amid commercial lines premium slump
Insurance Times’ Commercial Lines Premium Index – released in association with Open GI – reveals that while a 7.7% year-on-year fall in commercial lines GWP has reaffirmed persistent soft market conditions, a small number of lines have bucked the trend
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: Is UKGI ready to respond effectively to another pandemic event?
May 2026’s hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship is ringing unsettlingly familiar alarm bells – but, with this threat of a new health crisis emerging, is UK general insurance (UKGI) ready to respond effectively to another possible pandemic event and action lessons learned from Covid-19?
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NewsBackchat: May 2026
A blazing Guinness World Records success, industry themed attire, new office digs with a difference and impending wedded bliss for Insurance Times staffer. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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News AnalysisOpinion: Could captive appetite uptick present opportunity for brokers?
Although ‘the captive piece can be perceived as a dark art’ by some brokers, increasing interest in these models from the risk management community means opportunities abound for intermediaries willing to get stuck in
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IT InterviewLea Cheesbrough: From nurse to networker and becoming a ‘one woman crusade for independent broking’
Broker network leader reflects on her career journey so far and identifies that 2026 will see the business focus on new staff, services and broker investments supporting succession planning
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News AnalysisTechTalk: Does Anthropic’s Claude Mythos break the cyber insurance underwriting model?
AI firm Anthropic recently announced that it would not be releasing its latest and most powerful model, Claude Mythos – a decision which has sent ripples through the cyber insurance industry
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AnalysisThe ‘biggest competitor’ to the equine market is self-insurance
‘We’re seeing an increasing number of horse owners choosing to self-insure, however, this approach carries significant financial risk,’ says equestrian schemes underwriting specialist
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News AnalysisClaims performance comes into sharper focus as brokers seek placement certainty
A new survey from Insurance DataLab sheds light on how claims experience is shaping broker behaviour – and why it is becoming a critical tool in navigating an increasingly complex placement landscape
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Is claims experience beginning to overtake price as the deciding factor for customers?
Customers are increasingly beginning to pay attention to the claims performance of different insurers, but has this metric superseded price? Sector experts discuss the direction of travel.
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Are stronger rules on data sharing needed for insurers to deal with driverless car claims?
’As car manufacturers own and control the systems in their vehicles, there is no guarantee they will voluntarily hand over information to AV insurers seeking to explore recovery options,’ says legal advisor
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News AnalysisThe underinsurance divide that’s splitting the country
House prices are determined more by the ground they sit on than the bricks and mortar they’re built with and – with buildings insurance cover limits often tied to property valuations – a striking underinsurance divide has developed across the country
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IT InterviewGeoff Carter: Sabre’s husky sled strategy maintains profitability across market cycles
’People always ask us if there’s a secret recipe but there really isn’t. It’s a mindset and a culture and it’s about not breaking that,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: Do not sleepwalk into the knowledge transfer risk
The experienced capability that underpins industry decision‑making is potentially leaving faster than it can be replaced, creating a ticking talent time bomb
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News AnalysisBriefing: Why insurance should go all in on human connection
High street branches need a coffee shop culture makeover to successfully foster client connections in a digital age
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News AnalysisJohn Dunn: Brokerbility supporting independent brokers as soft market raises profile
’We like to think of ourselves as an extension of our members and service is at the heart of what do to support them,’ says managing director
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News AnalysisBriefing: Why brokers in 2026 should be judged on quality – not just price
The world’s rising risk register should bring brokers to the fore, but passively focusing on simple renewals is no longer acceptable
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NewsBackchat: April 2026
Traitors around the networking table, pink power dressing at female focused event, a research project with big ambitions and an eggcellent Easter idea. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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News AnalysisOpinion: Is there an optimal size for a retail insurance broker?
Acquisitional growth has forever changed UKGI’s broking landscape, however market feedback indicates that there is a fine line between consolidation creating both customer and colleague benefits, or actually working against the industry’s best interests
