Cyber
Why insurers should get ready for Dora rules now
With the Digital Operational Resilience Act coming into force on 17 January, Rowan Armstrong, partner at Browne Jacobson, says it is vital that UK-based insurers operating in the European Union embrace enhanced digital operational resilience testing,…
Aviva’s Rokstone partnership; EXL’s language model; Aon’s broking promotion
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
LMA calls for underwriter training to address ‘silent’ transition
The Lloyd’s Market Association has recommended that underwriters go through transition training to understand client’s transition pathways and avoid “silent” transition risks.
Axa XL extends cyber cover to internal GenAI risks
Axa XL has extended its cyber insurance coverage to emerging generative artificial intelligence risks, but risks associated with popular GenAI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot remain out of scope.
Over half of risk managers think key risks are set to become uninsurable
More than half of risks managers believe that some of the key business activities and locations are set to become uninsurable, a survey by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations has found.
Pen’s cyber revamp; Chubb’s construction practice; Unum CEO joins ABI board
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Axa
Axa grabs the eight spot on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: AIG
AIG holds steady in fifth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2024.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Aviva
Aviva Insurance Limited is ranked number 1 and Aviva International Insurance Limited is ranked number 2 on the Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
Insurers hike spending on cyber security
Combined cyber security spending for insurance companies and asset managers increased by 53% between 2019 and early 2023, a Moody’s survey has shown.
Diary of an Insurer: Hamilton’s Jacqui Spencer-Sim
Jacqui Spencer-Sim, divisional director of cyber underwriting at Hamilton and and deputy chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s Cyber Business Panel, uses the CrowdStrike outage to explain the insurance implications of a cyber event to students and…
Lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage
Laura Miller examines how the CrowdStrike outage impacted various insurances, including property, business interruption, professional liability, D&O and product liability insurances.
Big interview: Michael Rea, Gallagher UK
Having taken on the Gallagher UK CEO role at the start of the year, Micheal Rea talks to Jonathan Swift about breaking the £1bn revenue barrier, the benefits of scale, putting M&A on hold and why the market is in transition in terms of rates.
Diary of an Insurer: Gallagher’s Elaine Lennox
Elaine Lennox, regional managing director for the Midlands at Gallagher, goes back and forth between Leicester and Birmingham, checks in with the cyber insurance special interest group and manages to download over dinner.
Insurance Post’s Top 90 MGAs revealed
Ardonagh Group, Brown & Brown, Gallagher, Markerstudy and Policy Expert are the UK’s five biggest MGAs.
Big Interview: Mandy Hunt, Clear
Mandy Hunt, managing director of The Clear Group’s MGA business, looks to develop underwriting talent, shares growth plans and talks about the importance of sharing personal stories.
Lloyd’s to ramp up business oversight to avoid past ‘mistakes’
Lloyd’s will increase its oversight of delegated and legacy business to avoid squandering the gains of recent remediation efforts, chief underwriting officer Rachel Turk has said.
Beazley aims at US levels of cyber uptake in hunt for UK growth
Beazley is targeting US levels of cyber insurance adoption in the UK, as it looks to grow its regional business, UK and Ireland country manager Sam Franks has said.
Cyber market to harden ‘as early as Q1 2025’
Research from Gallagher Specialty has warned there could be a shift in the cyber insurance market by as early as Q1 2025.
CFC bolsters UK regional distribution and teases European expansion
CFC has bolstered its UK regional distribution team and will soon have teams on the ground in continental Europe, group CEO Louise O’Shea has said.
Hiscox’s employee security cover; Markel adds legal expenses; Outbacker’s app
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Twenty firms face off for Lloyd’s Lab spots
The Lloyd’s Lab pitch day for its 13th cohort saw 20 firms go head-to-head for one of 10 spots in the market’s 10-week fast track programme for “fresh ideas” to challenge the insurance industry.
How insurers address evolving supply chain risks
How incidents like the attacks in the Red Sea, drought in the Panama Canal and Baltimore bridge collision have the potential to create cascading exposures for insurers is examined by Tim Evershed.
How to enter a new line of business
How brokers can unlock growth potential by entering new lines of business is the topic of the latest Insurance Post Top Tips video starring Emma Drouineau, sales associate at Cyber Cube.