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Why shipbuilding insurance is making waves in marine risk
Shipbuilding insurance, once a niche part of marine cover, is now expanding rapidly. Fiona Nicolson unpicks the complex projects, new technologies, and sustainability trends that are reshaping global ship construction and the risks insurers must navigate.
Redefining loss adjusters role in fraud prevention
Sarah Durkin, head of counter fraud at Woodgate & Clark, explains why loss adjusting expertise should be leveraged much earlier than at claim to help prevent claims from happening in the first place.
Classic car insurance keeps vintage motors running
How the classic car insurance market has geared up for changing vehicle values, supply chain challenges, shifting owner expectations, plus environmental pressures is examined by Emma Ann Hughes.
Zurich reveals ‘puzzle pieces’ approach to AI is paying off
Zurich Insurance is reaping the rewards of a modular “puzzle pieces” approach to artificial intelligence, according to Penny Jones, responsible AI lead at the insurer.
Ship fires fuelled by mis-declared cargo on the rise
The number of fires at sea caused by mis-declared or undeclared cargo is on the rise, according to Halliwell Forensics, a specialist forensic investigation firm tasked by loss adjusters and insurers with ascertaining the cause of blazes on ships.
Sparking debate: Lithium-ion risks
The latest episode of the Insurance Post Podcast tackles the growing risks and insurance challenges posed by lithium-ion batteries.
Burning point: insurance and heat-driven perils
With a series of heatwaves dominating summer 2025, Fiona Nicolson looks how insurers are changing their approach to underwriting, modelling and climate-risk planning.
Handling film production claims caused by climate change
Extreme weather is forcing film and television productions, insurers and loss adjusters to rethink cover limits for climate-related disruptions, according to Marion Jones, director of Spotlite Claims.
Throwback Thursday: Safety tyre discount; explosion risk
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to August 1975 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when safer wheels could slash your motor insurance premiums and concerns were raised about foam.
Beazley share price falls 12% after revised growth forecast
Beazley saw its share price fall by 12% today (13 August) after publishing half-year results that showed lower profits and included revised premium growth guidance.
How the e-bikes boom is testing insurance models
As e-bike use surges across the UK, Chris Marshall examines how insurers are grappling with complex risks related to the vehicle, legal grey areas and theft and how insurtechs are racing to plug the coverage gap.
Allianz sponsors Rugby World Cup; Alps's motorhome product; Send's CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How extreme weather is transforming caravan insurance
As British summertime weather can now range from heatwaves and droughts to intense thunderstorms and floods, Emma Ann Hughes examines how caravan insurance has had to adapt to climate extremes.
Throwback Thursday: Hiccupping claim & women driver claims
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to July 1970 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history, when the courts ruled an insurer had to pay a claim from a hiccupping policyholder and the AA made claims about women…
The challenge of insuring asylum seeker accommodation
Oli Williamson, co-founder and chief underwriter at Aspect, explores how civil unrest and political tensions are complicating insurance for asylum seeker accommodation and highlights the vital role insurers, developers, and communities must play in…
No NatCat respite predicted as property pay-outs increase
Natural catastrophes will not give any respite to insurers in 2025 according to Willis, as UK property pay-outs hit £1.6bn for Q2 2025.
CII’s Connell on how case studies are key to understanding vulnerability
Trade Voice: Dr Matthew Connell, director of policy and public affairs at the Chartered Insurance Institute, says insurers should use case studies, like those from the ombudsman, to better recognise, understand and respond to customer vulnerability.
Air fryers causing growing numbers of home fires
Air fryers are challenging chip pans in keeping the kitchen at the heart of fire risk in the home, according to data analysis from Aviva and Crawford.
Monzo’s new cover; Aviva boosts renewables; Laka raises £7.7m
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Big Interview: Blanca Berruguete, Descartes
Earlier this year Blanca Berruguete joined Descartes Underwriting as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa distribution and client management.
Warning issued over improperly discarded lithium ion batteries
Lee Masson, MD of Halliwell Forensics, has called for focus on how batteries are discarded and entering the waste stream, as these pose a real fire threat.