Cyber
Aon warns AI failures could expose insurers to systemic losses
Growing reliance on artificial intelligence could expose insurers to a new generation of systemic risks, with failures at major technology providers potentially affecting multiple businesses and insurance products, Aon warned.
Goods in transit: from crowbar to computer
As cargo theft evolves from physical raids to digitally enabled fraud, David Worsfold examines how insurers face a rapidly changing risk landscape shaped by technology, climate change, geopolitics and mounting pressure on rates.
FCA’s cyber warning is the end of quote and hope
Frontier artificial intelligence is forcing insurers to rethink cyber risk as a continuous process of monitoring, prevention and resilience, rather than an annual exercise, according to Claud Bilbao, vice-president of underwriting and distribution at…
How AI is testing insurance cover and claims handling
Trade Voice: Chris Jones, chief executive of the International Underwriting Association, examines how artificial intelligence is exposing gaps in existing policies, reshaping claims handling and challenging insurers to rethink risk management and…
Risk managers adapt insurance strategies as pressures mount
Insurance managers are changing how they buy and manage cover as challenging market conditions combine with an increasingly complex and fast-moving risk landscape, according to the latest Federation of European Risk Management Associations' research.
AM Best identifies three forces shaping insurance in 2027
Cyber-attacks similar to the recent incidents affecting European supermarkets could shape insurers’ fortunes in the year ahead, according to Greg Carter, managing director of analytics for EMEA and Asia Pacific at AM Best.
Lloyd's Turk fears insurers are sleepwalking into irrelevance
Rachel Turk, chief of performance and strategy at Lloyd’s, has warned the insurance sector risks losing relevance if it fails to meet clients’ changing demands.
Q&A: Katie Murrell, Miller
Katie Murrell, director of sport, entertainment, corporate, accident and health at Miller, outlines her plans to grow the specialist broker’s business and help event organisers navigate rising cyber, cancellation and climate-related risks.
Can insurers square AI data centres with ESG targets?
Séamus O’Hanlon explores how insurers are reconciling providing cover for the building of artificial intelligence data centres with their own ESG targets.
Zurich CEO Greco: Product overlap with ‘compatible’ Beazley only 5%
The duplication and crossover across the product lines offered by merger partners Zurich and Beazley is as little as 5%.
Tokio Marine HCCI launches humanoid robot coverage
Tokio Marine HCC International and broker Adrian Flux are launching what they describe as the UK’s first domestic humanoid robot household insurance policy.
OpenAI reveals ‘strength and depth’ of security insurers need
Viyat Bhalodia, a member of the technical staff at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has outlined the security controls insurers need when using artificial intelligence agents.
CFC's agentic underwriter cuts submission costs 'tenfold'
CFC’s first agentic underwriting system has returned tenfold cost savings, according to the specialist insurer.
Beazley warns AI sends vulnerability disclosures soaring
Artificial intelligence is dramatically increasing the volume of newly disclosed cyber vulnerabilities, but the technology has yet to fundamentally change how ransomware attacks begin, according to Beazley threat data.
Brit’s launch; Apollo x Generali; Acrisure’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Big Interview: Simon Hunt, HDI
Simon Hunt, CEO of HDI UK and Ireland, reveals how he is looking to grow the corporate and specialty lines insurer by launching a new Lloyd’s syndicate and expanding in areas including energy, cyber and healthcare.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: AIG
AIG slips from seventh position last year to eighth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2026.
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.
How cyber breaches quickly become D&O claims
View from the Top: Laura Parris, executive director at Gallagher, explains how a cyber breach can quickly escalate into a directors and officers liability crisis, and why aligning cyber and D&O cover is critical.
Markel UK targeting SMEs with cyber offering
Markel UK has launched a standalone cyber product, specifically aimed at UK SMEs.
Aviation liability gap emerges over precautionary grounding losses
Aviation insurers may face an often-overlooked coverage gap when precautionary groundings cause financial losses without physical damage or injury, according to Melanie Daglish, director of aviation at ITIC.