Cyber
Clear’s M&A; Konsileo’s investment; FOS’s chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance Post’s Top MGAs of 2026 revealed
Policy Expert is the nation’s biggest MGA after achieving record-breaking revenue of more than £200m for UK-based non-life risks in 2025.
ABI alliance targets G20 presidency focus on protection gaps
The Association of British Insurers has joined forces with its Australian, Canadian and New Zealand counterparts in a new alliance that aims to tackle protection gaps and help shape the UK’s G20 presidency.
Cowbell launches AI agent to help SMEs tackle cyber risk
Cowbell has launched an artificial intelligence-powered risk adviser designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises identify and address their cyber risks.
FCA’s Knight insists CPD changes are not a relaxation
The Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to ditch its 15-hour-per-year continuing professional development requirement for insurers should not be viewed as a relaxation of standards, according to the regulator’s director of insurance, Chris Knight.
Ogden calls for different responses to predictable shocks
Stephanie Ogden, CEO of Munich Re Global Specialty, has said the insurance industry must respond differently to predictable shocks as it becomes accustomed to black swan events.
Is aviation insurance entering a new era of risk?
How aviation insurers are navigating a rapidly changing risk landscape, from increasingly complex aircraft technology and composite materials to geopolitical conflict and cyber threats, is explored in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Cyber insurance growth challenged as rates fall and AI evolves
Cyber demand is likely to keep growing as digital dependency increases, but Swiss Re has warned sustainable expansion requires clearer understanding of artificial intelligence-related exposures and pricing and limits that reflect the risk being assumed.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Abseiling Superwoman; Pride party-food
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
CFC launches latest affirmative AI coverage
CFC has launched affirmative artificial intelligence coverage within its intellectual property policy.
Thinking differently about insurance’s neurodiverse talent
Emma Ann Hughes reveals how insurers are discovering that neurodiverse talent is not simply something to support, but a source of innovation, better judgement and stronger customer outcomes.
Allianz deal to bring Coalition to 15 markets by mid-2027
Coalition CEO Joshua Motta has told Insurance Post the firm’s partnership with Allianz will take it into 15 countries by the end of June 2027.
15 insurtechs compete in ‘record-breaking’ Lloyd’s Lab
Lloyd’s Lab ran its 17th cohort pitch day on Thursday (10 September) as start-ups competed in the realms of space-weather data, weather intervention, and frontier-AI forecasting.
Crif’s fraud platform; Brown & Brown enters Scotland; Cila’s president
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How 9/11 still shapes insurance
Editor’s View: On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Emma Ann Hughes reflects on how the attacks changed terrorism risk, catastrophe modelling and insurance capacity forever and reminds the sector of how it must always help people recover from loss.
Large losses likely before AI becomes stand-alone insurance class
Artificial intelligence needs to be better defined by insurance companies – and a few large associated losses are likely to be absorbed within existing product lines – before it is underwritten as a stand-alone class of business.
Forget breaking in: AI helps cyber criminals blend in
Cyber insurers must adapt as attackers increasingly exploit trusted identities, software and AI-generated content rather than traditional vulnerabilities, according to Ben Watson, class underwriter for cyber at Westfield Specialty International.
Mills Review means AI governance is now a boardroom issue
As insurers accelerate artificial intelligence adoption, Michael Sicsic, managing partner at Sicsic Advisory, argues success will depend not on moving fastest, but on balancing innovation with robust governance, accountability and continuous oversight of…
Is it Terminator: Judgment Day for insurance AI?
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes argues the safest future for insurance as it intertwines with artificial intelligence is one where humans retain the ability to say “Hasta la vista, AI” and can still keep calm and carry on if they have to flick the kill…
Lloyd’s CEO pushes market to innovate at scale
Lloyd’s CEO Patrick Tiernan has called on the London market to move beyond product innovation and deliver “innovation at scale” to meet growing demand for cover across data centres, infrastructure, energy and defence.
AI regulation ripple effect: Are clients ready?
The artificial intelligence regulation debate is heading for insurance, says Claud Bilbao, Cowbell’s vice president and underwriting and distribution director for the UK and Australia, who advises brokers and SMEs to prepare now.