Cyber
CFC’s AI-augmented underwriting cuts costs tenfold
CFC’s first agentic underwriting system has returned tenfold cost savings, according to the specialist insurer.
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.
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.