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LMA and IUA launch underwriting job simulators to boost talent pipeline
‘By offering real insight into day-to-day responsibilities, we hope to broaden awareness of the diverse and rewarding career opportunities available across the market,’ says operations director
News Analysis
Briefing: Are the financial markets finally coming to their senses?
Mike Edgeley, group chief executive at Clear Group, explores whether the market’s understanding of the value of AI is starting to bear fruit – and what that means for the importance of human connection in an increasingly tech-focused insurance sector
Sponsored Content
If networks are future of independent broking, they must also help build its future talent – Movo Partnership
Sponsored content: Lea Cheesbrough, chief executive at Movo Partnership, says the next stage of network evolution should include helping firms develop future talent
News
Dive In: HR leader on her IVF journey and why support must go beyond policy
’When people have got things going on, like an IVF process, what they need is flexibility without judgement,’ says senior HR business partner
News
Shift Technology hosts reputation and networking focused coaching event for female network
The afternoon coaching session this year marks the third arranged in the UK by the technology firm, which is striving to provide a ‘community space’ for women in insurance to discuss day-to-day dilemmas
News
Dive In: AI could access a ‘broader talent pool’ that traditional recruitment misses
‘We need to consider how we get quality hires because we’re going through this process of being able to recruit much quicker,’ says head of culture and talent
Insurance Times launched its talent focused Destination Insurance campaign in autumn 2025. The long-term, editorially driven campaign aims to instigate collaboration within the London market and UK general insurance industry to mitigate sector-wide talent related challenges.
The evolving campaign currently includes a one-day annual conference, held in January, and a talent charter.
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Insurance is a hidden gem for early careers – Zurich
Sponsored content: Bernadette Hackett, head of customer management EMEA at Zurich Commercial Insurance, discusses the rich opportunities available in the insurance sector for those just beginning their careers
IT Interview
Sonia Habib: Kovrilo launch followed a decade of refusing to accept ‘a limit in the sky’
Almost nine months into launching a new MGA, the commercial director reflects on the opportunities that ‘come from being hungry, determined and not necessarily taking no for an answer’
News
Trust and relationships remain London market’s core despite AI advances – Liiba
New research from Liiba suggests that while AI is poised to radically reshape digital trading in the London market, the ‘trust, personal relationships and human judgement’ that the sector was built on remain as important as they were 340 years ago
News
AI must not distract from insurance’s knowledge loss, says CII chief executive
CII chief executive Matthew Hill says the industry must focus on preserving human judgement and leadership as artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace
News
Insurance Times reveals 2026’s Tech and Innovation Awards winners
’Although some parts of our market are more sprightly than others when eyeing innovation, the evidence clearly suggests that UKGI is getting stuck in – especially when compared to the global insurance marketplace,’ says content director
Sponsored Content
Q&A: Clegg Gifford on attracting, retaining and promoting female talent
Sponsored content: Kelly Lane, operations director at Clegg Gifford, discusses the ongoing evolution of the insurance market in fully welcoming and embracing female professionals
Features
Insurance’s knowledge gap: ‘We lose personalities, we lose judgement’
’What we almost never talk about is how we stop people falling out of [insurance],’ says associate
News Analysis
Opinion: Brokers evolve beyond distribution to take on industry-wide marketeer remit
The role and function of an insurance broker is changing – with distribution now just one of many faces these professionals present. Growing remits as marketeers and recruiters must become more visible as part of road map to futureproof UKGI
News
Fraud Charter Ghost Broker Focus: How Covéa is collaborating to ‘starve ghost brokers of their customers’
As ghost broking has become a ‘game of whack-a-mole’, the insurer has stepped up collaboration with law enforcement and invested in efforts to make the public ‘harder to scam’
News
Cila appoints youngest ever president
’Experience will always be fundamental to our profession, particularly when dealing with complex losses, but we must create opportunities for younger practitioners and people with different backgrounds and perspectives to contribute and lead,’ says appointee
News
Beazley chief executive calls on industry to hire former offenders
‘Rehabilitation depends on employment and if you can give employment to prison leavers, they will have another chance to rebuild their lives,’ says former inmate and chief financial officer
News
Insurance Times’ Destination Insurance conference to return in January 2027
Destination Insurance has been created to be an ongoing, editorially driven campaign that seeks to support the UK general insurance and London markets in addressing talent challenges and helping the industry to become a properly earmarked destination for fulfilling careers
News
Insurance industry risks skills shortage if ‘not bothered’ about Burnham’s school plans
’If not, we will just stand and watch this evolved skills agenda take shape, we will still be talking about a skills shortage [and that the industry] can’t attract people,’ says chief executive
News Analysis
Beyond the D-word – does insurance still believe in diversity?
As the insurance industry moves away from dedicated diversity and inclusion initiatives towards broader conversations about culture, talent and skills, the question is whether this marks genuine progress – or simply makes an old problem less visible
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