Analysis – Page 5
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Insurers must attract talent from outside the industry
Sector must work harder to engage talent with a focus on ‘future gazing’ and a more digitised era
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Covid-19 drives losses of £2bn for Lloyd’s
’Financial pressures will continue to affect businesses’ as economies emerge from the pandemic - Insurance DataLab
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UK government launches event cancellation scheme
Several syndicates in the Lloyd’s market, including Arch, Beazley, Dale Underwriting, Hiscox and Munich Re, are supporting the initiative
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D&O market ready to “move on” from COVID
A softening of the pricing curve is being observed, but the outlook remains uncertain for UK D&Os - Gallagher
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Aborted Aon WTW deal a “victory for competition”
Insurance buyers stand to benefit from greater choice as regulators lose appetite for monopolistic tie-ups - Brokerslink
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McLarens taps Broadspire in TPA expansion
Reporting into global head of TPA, Kirsten Early, the six-strong team will support the development of McLarens’ TPA capabilities
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Aon and WTW call off mega merger
Brokers terminate merger agreement following “an impasse” with the US Department of Justice
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Insurers must meet buyers’ changing needs
Only 54% of insurance buyers say their cover is addressing their business challenges very well, finds Beazley
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Is the ‘harsh market’ starting to ease?
At mid-year, pricing for most classes of business was back to technical levels - but cyber remains an outlier
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UK insurers settle over £750m of COVID-related BI claims
Data reveals Hiscox has more than double the number of COVID-related BI claims in comparison to its peers
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Amrae: Cyber insurers in “vicious cycle”
Claims frequency and severity grew substantially between 2019 and 2020, outpacing cyber insurance premium growth
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Sedgwick in flood resilience push
A combination of recoverable and resistant measures for properties could avoid the high cost for future floods
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D&O market is ‘brutal’, say brokers
The D&O market is ‘absolutely brutal’ and ‘in a world of pain’ as a result of the hard insurance market, said panellists at Insurance2025
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GVNW urges action on pandemic risk solution
German insurance buyers’ association calls for immediate discussion at an EU and national level
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GVNW renewal survey shows “loss of trust”
Two thirds of German insurance buyers are actively seeking alternative risk transfer solutions, such as captive insurance and parametric covers
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Suez: 300 ships on standby
The Suez Canal situation will unveil which organisations have a strong understanding of their supply chain risk, and which do not
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Digital health sector overexposed - survey
More than two thirds lack insurance coverage for bodily injury claims arising from system failure or cyber breach
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ABI: Insurers took reputational hit on COVID
Speaking at the association’s virtual conference, director general Huw Evans said the industry had to ”learn the lessons” from the FCA test case
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Airmic contributes to UK resilience debate
Country is vulnerable due to “the absence of risk assessment across sectors and organisations” and “diminishing influence on the global stage”
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UK firms underinsured for flood risk
Nearly three quarters of businesses are aware of their flood risk, but less than half have comprehensive flood cover