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Biba flood scheme pays £9m in claims over first decade
A specialist commercial flood insurance scheme from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association and Mi Specialty has paid more than £9m in claims to businesses over its first decade, with the scheme now covering £600m of assets.
How does the London Market keep its edge post-Blueprint Two?
Following the shelving of Blueprint Two, Tom Luckham explores how the London market is learning from the successes and failures of the programme in order to transform the technical capabilities of the sector.
Pen’s capacity; Clear’s Lloyd’s acquisition; MS Amlin’s head of cyber
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Dive In 2026 opens registration for final festival year
Registration has opened for the final Dive In festival, with Lloyd’s famous diversity and inclusion event this year exploring how human skills and artificial intelligence can work together.
Energy leaders say insurance is ‘essential’ to their business
Energy business leaders view insurance as essential to their business and reckon insurers’ importance will grow, according to new data gathered by Reuters Insights and Axa XL.
Axa XL and Scor stress need for multi-peril climate change insurance
Axa XL and Scor have said multi-peril coverage, in comparison to parametric solutions, can increase investor confidence for successful climate change coverage.
Iran war puts energy security at top of priority lists
Axa XL’s CEO of UK and Lloyd’s Sean McGovern said the ongoing war in Iran has put a firm spotlight on energy security for businesses across the globe.
Insuring the Birkin boom: risks in plain sight
As iconic handbags appreciate significantly in value, Tim Evershed examines how insurers are adapting to challenges around portability theft risk, valuation volatility and the limitations of traditional home insurance policies to cover the cost of such…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: IWD marathon; Insurtech UK’s pastries
Penny Black is back, sharing the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector’s social media posts.
Insurance ERGs pivot towards data amid AI bias risks
Insurers are shifting employee resource groups towards data, collaboration and commercial value, while some in the industry warn of AI internal bias risks.
Chubb’s launch; Duck Creek’s reinsurance offering; UIB’s marine MD
Weekly Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Arc Legal’s landlord proposition; HDI’s motor fleet portal; Gallagher’s interim CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Where next for cyber insurance?
After a 2025 peppered with headline-grabbing cyber attacks, Harry Curtis looks at how cyber insurers can regain control of risk, both before an incident occurs and in the critical hours and days after a breach.
Alps’ landlord support; Pen’s PI expansion; QBE’s partner
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Allianz’s unemployment insurance; Acrisure's MGA network; Lucida's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Axa XL's McGovern named LMA chair
Sean McGovern, Axa XL’s UK and Lloyd’s CEO, has succeeded Andrew Brooks as chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association.
Lloyd’s leads City breast and chest cancer checks campaign
Lloyd’s will host what organisers claim is the largest ever City-wide workplace health and wellbeing campaign this month.
Marsh McLennan’s Lay announced as new LMG chair
Marsh McLennan UK CEO Chris Lay is set to become the next chair of the London Market Group, taking up the role on 1 January, 2026.
Winners of British Insurance Technology Awards 2025 revealed
The winners of the second British Insurance Technology Awards were unveiled last night (23 September) at a The Brewery in London.
Marsh’s Fort slams ‘rigid’ insurance culture stifling ethnic talent rise
Shannan Fort, international cyber product leader at Marsh, argued insurance’s “rigid” culture is the challenge preventing racial inclusion in leadership.
Protesters interrupt closing events of Dive In Festival
The plug was pulled on one of the final sessions of this year’s Dive In Festival on Thursday afternoon (18 September) after a climate change activist stepped onto the stage.