New for 2026: Fraud Week Insurance Post’s Fraud Week will examine how the industry is responding to increasingly sophisticated scams and the growing use of artificial intelligence, data and technology to detect and prevent fraudulent activity. We are looking for news and views from insurers, loss adjusters, brokers and law firms on what is changing in insurance fraud, where the biggest threats are emerging, and how the industry is fighting back. NewsPost is looking for news stories and announcements from: - Insurers – fraud strategies, detection technology, AI tools, fraud teams, claims initiatives, data-sharing programmes, fraud trends and significant cases.
- Brokers – how fraud is affecting clients, new approaches to fraud prevention, broker-led initiatives and emerging risks they are seeing.
- Loss adjusters – trends in fraudulent claims, claims investigations, emerging fraud typologies and new techniques for identifying suspicious activity.
- Law firms – significant fraud cases, litigation trends, legal developments, organised fraud, and the changing legal response to insurance fraud.
We are particularly interested in what is new or changing, rather than general commentary on the scale of insurance fraud. Please contact emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com by Thursday 15 October if you wish to share your news story. ViewsPost is also looking for 600-word comment pieces from insurers, brokers, loss adjusters or law firms on: - How can insurers tackle organised fraud without creating unnecessary friction for genuine customers?
- Are insurers doing enough to share data and intelligence to combat fraud?
- What does the next generation of insurance fraud look like?
Please send your opinion pieces of no more than 600-words, along with a photograph of the author, to emma.hughes@infopro-digital.comby Thursday 22 October. End of the Year Reviews Post will be publishing reviews of the year in December and is seeking responses to the following questions. Please note you don’t have to answer all the questions. Also, you do not have to use the same spokesperson within your business for every answer and can mix it up if you’d prefer. Please email your answers to emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com by Wednesday 11 November along with a photo of your spokesperson. Insurers - What was your highlight as a business in 2026?
- What was your biggest disappointment as a business in 2026?
- What was the best news for the UK insurance sector in 2026?
- If you had a time machine and could go back to the 1 January 2026, what would you do differently?
- How would you say the insurance sector is positioned for 2027?
- If you could be granted one wish for 2027, what would it be?
- What would be the title of your dream insurance conference in 2027 and where would it be held?
Brokers - What was your highlight as a business in 2026?
- What was your biggest disappointment as a business in 2026?
- What was the best news for the broker sector in 2026?
- If you had a time machine and could go back to the 1 January 2026, what would you do differently?
- How would you say the broker sector is positioned for 2027?
- If you could be granted one wish for 2027, what would it be?
- What would be the title of your dream insurance conference in 2027 and where would it be held?
MGAs - What was your highlight as a business in 2026?
- What was your biggest disappointment as a business in 2026?
- What was the best news for the MGA sector in 2026?
- If you had a time machine and could go back to the 1 January 2026, what would you do differently?
- How would you say the MGA sector is positioned for 2027?
- If you could be granted one wish for 2027, what would it be?
- What would be the title of your dream insurance conference in 2027 and where would it be held?
Insurtechs - What was your highlight as a business in 2026?
- What was your biggest disappointment as a business in 2026?
- What was the best news for the insurtech sector in 2026?
- If you had a time machine and could go back to the 1 January 2026, what would you do differently?
- How would you say the insurtech sector is positioned for 2027?
- If you could be granted one wish for 2027, what would it be?
- What would be the title of your dream insurance conference in 2027 and where would it be held?
Claims and Legal Sector - What was your highlight as a business in 2026?
- What was your biggest disappointment as a business in 2026?
- What was the best news for the claims/legal sector in 2026?
- If you had a time machine and could go back to 1 January 2026, what would you do differently?
- How would you say the claims/legal space is positioned for 2027?
- If you could be granted one wish for 2027, what would it be?
- What would be the title of your dream insurance conference in 2027 and where would it be held?
Features Topic: Who is most likely to make a fraudulent insurance claim? Writer: David Worsfold (david@worsfoldmedia.com) Deadline: Wednesday 21 October Who commits insurance fraud, what drives fraudulent claims, and how insurers can distinguish genuine vulnerability from deliberate deception is set to be examined by Insurance Post. - What does the latest claims and fraud data reveal about the characteristics of people most likely to submit fraudulent claims? Are there meaningful patterns by age, income, geography, type of insurance or previous claims history?
- How does financial pressure, perceptions of insurers, changing economic conditions and attitudes towards fraud influence claimant behaviour? Where is the line between deliberate fraud and consumers misunderstanding, embellishing or opportunistically interpreting their policy coverage?
- How should insurers distinguish intentional fraud from behaviour linked to financial hardship, cognitive impairment, limited financial literacy or other forms of vulnerability?
- How can insurers deter fraud while maintaining fair treatment for legitimate claimants and avoiding assumptions based on demographic or behavioural characteristics alone?
Topic: El Niño and the insurance risks of a warming Pacific Writer: Rachel Gordon (rachelcgordon@hotmail.com) Deadline: Wednesday 21 October El Niño can have consequences far beyond the Pacific, influencing weather patterns, temperatures and extreme events across multiple regions and creating a complex mix of risks for insurers. Insurance Post will examine what El Niño means for the insurance industry, from property and catastrophe exposure to agriculture, business interruption and reinsurance, and whether insurers are sufficiently prepared for the volatility it can bring. - What insurance risks does El Niño create or amplify, and which lines of business and regions are likely to be most exposed?
- How are insurers and reinsurers using climate models, catastrophe modelling and historical data to understand and price El Niño-related risks?
- Is the industry sufficiently prepared for El Niño-driven volatility, and what can insurers, brokers and policyholders do now to improve resilience?
Topic: How the Grinch stole Christmas Writer: Emma Ann Hughes (emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com) Deadline: Friday 30 October Customers forgetting to notify insurers of new acquisitions are creating ideal conditions for a “Grinch Christmas” in the form of theft, cyber scams and unexpected underinsurance gaps. Brokers say clients often underestimate how quickly values shift, and many policies still rely on valuations more than five or even 10-years old. With crime concerns rising - both in-person and online - insurers face growing pressure to ensure clients know how to protect themselves and their sums insured during the most risk-intensive shopping period of the year. - What steps should Christmas shoppers take during the festive buying season to avoid underinsurance when wrapping up high-value items and placing them under their trees?
- How are insurers addressing the issue of outdated valuations, and which asset categories present the greatest inflation-driven risk at Christmas?
- What trends are insurers seeing around festive-season crime - both physical theft and cyber scams - and how should policyholders protect themselves?
- How can brokers and insurers collaborate more effectively to ensure clients receive timely guidance on valuations, sums insured and disclosure of new purchases?
Topic: Has motor insurance kept pace with the modern car? Writer: Hemma Visavadia (hemma.visavadia@infopro-digital.com) Deadline: Wednesday 4 November Cars, drivers and the way people use vehicles have changed dramatically, from the rise of electric and hybrid vehicles and increasingly sophisticated driver-assistance technology to new ownership models and changing driving habits. But has motor insurance evolved at the same pace? - Have motor policies kept pace with changing vehicles and how they are powered? How are EVs, hybrids, connected cars, ADAS and increasingly software-defined vehicles challenging traditional approaches to cover, pricing and claims?
- Are insurers keeping up with how people drive and use cars? What do changing driving habits, telematics, car-sharing, subscription models and younger drivers mean for the traditional motor insurance proposition?
- What needs to change next? Are insurers, manufacturers and regulators doing enough to ensure motor insurance remains relevant as vehicles become increasingly connected, automated and electrified?
Topic: Cyber insurance’s next phase Writer: Scott McGee (scott.mcgee@infopro-digital.com) Deadline: Thursday 12 November Cyber insurance is entering a new phase as artificial intelligence changes the risk itself, insurers rethink what their policies cover, and the market becomes more competitive. Post will examine how affirmative AI coverage is evolving, what insurers learned from the PRA’s cyber scenario exercise, and whether recent moves by major players are set to reshape competition for cyber business. - How are cyber policies changing as insurers move towards affirmative AI coverage? What are insurers now willing to cover, what remains excluded, and how are they approaching the uncertainty around AI-driven losses?
- What did insurers learn from the PRA’s cyber scenario exercise in Dygist? What did the exercise reveal about systemic cyber risk, accumulation and the industry’s ability to respond to a major event, and have insurers changed their approach as a result?
- How will consolidation and senior appointments change competition in cyber? What could Zurich’s proposed acquisition of Beazley and CFC’s appointment of Adam Winslow mean for capacity, underwriting expertise, distribution and the battle for cyber business?
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