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Why home insurers must cut to the chase
Why has the cost of home insurance suddenly gone through the roof? The Guardian has been inundated with complaints about huge price rises, for building and contents cover. This article explains what is pushing up home insurance premiums.
2025 construction insurance risks report
Designed for insurance brokers, this report considers the key trends that will impact construction insurance risks in 2025, from the small tool theft epidemic to the technologies leading the sector’s digital transformation.
Verisk London 2024: Key takeaways
In the fourth and final video recorded at the Verisk Insurance Conference in London, Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift spoke to delegates and speakers about the lessons they learned at this year’s event.
Insuring property damage caused by cyber attacks
As clients in heavy industry and manufacturing look to insurance to cover property damage that occurs due to cyber-attacks, this article explores the risks at the intersection of cyberspace and the physical world plus what options for cover exist for businesses facing fires, floods and explosions.
Why insurers armed with risk insights don't need to retreat
As climate change intensifies weather-driven natural catastrophes, Moses Ojeisekhoba, CEO of Swiss Re Global Clients and Solutions, argues sophisticated, data-driven risk insights are needed by society to both mitigate as well as adapt to evolving perils before our options narrow.
Why non-standard home insurance is increasingly the norm
Non-standard household insurance is a growth area but all too often mainstream insurers turn down the business. This article examines whether it is time for a rethink or if MGAs can meet the need for non-standard cover.
Spotlight: Emerging risks in the property sector
The property sector faces long-established risks from storms and floods to subsidence and fires. However, new risks are constantly emerging and the insurance industry must ensure customers are aware and prepared to face them. This spotlight focuses on the emerging risks in the property sector.
View from the top: Aviva’s Jason Storah on flood-proofing the UK
Aviva’s mapping shows that nearly one in four homes in the UK is already at risk of flooding. There should be no excuse for adding to that by building tomorrow’s problems today. This article argues that stronger planning rules are required to guard against future floods.
Spotlight: Why we need risk management for everyone, not just the 2%
For over 200 years, the insurance industry has understood the benefits of risk management in reducing and controlling exposure. But in a world of evolving risks, the traditional way of making improvements through site surveys creates a fundamental problem, as RiskSTOP’s Nigel Raywood explains.
Is technology the solution to property underinsurance?
This article explains why without technology insurers and brokers haven't got a hope in hell of knowing whether a property is underinsured.