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Broker stocks bounce back as US-Iran strikes restart
WTW climbs 6.4% as broking and other re/insurance stocks outperform
UK cloud service outage event loss could reach £1.7bn
UK’s exposure is concentrated in small number of ‘critical aggregation points’, Cyber Monitoring Centre warns
Perils decreases loss estimate for Windstorm Goretti to €468m
Goretti was the second-largest European windstorm loss event of the 2025/26 season
ANV completes Iris Insurance Brokers acquisition
Acquisition of London-based firm strengthens ANV’s UK distribution and adds MGA incubator platform
Bank of England warns of climate insurability risk
Supervised firms have made ‘uneven’ progress in strengthening their climate risk capabilities, central bank says
Heatwaves are an emerging employers’ liability risk
The increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves raises important questions about future claims trends and risk management expectations
Beazley and Hiscox lead top-performing stocks at half-year point
Insurance and reinsurance shares have largely underperformed this year — but there have been some standout stocks
Flood Re unveils insurance incentive to boost resilience
Reforms focus on strengthening incentives for property-level resilience and supporting a smoother transition towards a sustainable flood insurance market
Reform of the UK’s senior managers regulations make progress
Senior Managers and Certification Regime reforms seek to address concerns that some of the rules undermine the governance and conduct benefits they seek to deliver
Bill raises fears of lack of oversight of UK regulators
Insurance associations and House of Lords committee worry Financial Services and Markets Bill weakens proportionality requirement
Insurers must prepare for UK’s Crime and Policing Act 2026
Companies that move quickly to strengthen governance, monitoring and accountability frameworks will be better placed to reduce their exposure to criminal liability
Travelers and Swiss Re lead as insurance stocks continue to rise
US insurance giant’s shares climb 4.8% as Swiss reinsurance heavyweight’s stock gains 4%
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