Zurich Insurance has partnered with Quantexa and implemented its AI-enabled Decision Intelligence platform to help validate claims in real time across multiple lines of business. The platform cross-references data from the Claims and Underwriting Exchange database as well as from the Insurance Fraud Register. It also links to open-source data sets such as Companies House.

Covéa has extended its 20-year partnership with The AA and joined its van insurance panel. In the past, Covéa has offered private car and standard home insurance products to The AA’s customers. Earlier this year, The AA expanded its proposition to include van insurance and it has now appointed Covéa to its panel of providers.

Specialist loss adjuster Criterion, which is part of Charles Taylor Adjusting, has launched a new division called Signature Claims Service to deal with particularly complex and specialist claims in the high net worth and ultra high net worth markets.

Coversure Nottingham has opened its doors for business and will cater for local firms under the leadership of Scott Miles. In addition, Miles has launched Platform Insurance Training Services to help plug the industry skills gap and offer learning and mentoring opportunities to those seeking to develop their professional abilities.

Flood Re says the UK economy could save £740m by implementing simple and affordable property flood resilience measures that would protect more than 3 million homes from flooding. It said 3.1m homes in the UK were exposed to possible flood depths of 60cm, the range at which PFR measures are proven to be effective.

Ecclesiastical Insurance's Broker Wellbeing Survey, which canvassed responses from 201 brokers, has found that almost half of those questioned rate their stress level as either high or very high. This is the highest percentage recorded since the survey launched in 2019. During the last 12 months, almost half said they had experienced anxiety or had been overwhelmed. A fifth said they had found themselves unable to cope.

Marsh McLennan is rebranding. From January 2026, it will be known as Marsh.

Property focused climate and risk consultancy ZestyAI, has published a report in which 61% of the 220 executives canvassed said the insurance market was not adapting quickly enough to climate remated risks. The 2025 State of Property Insurance report found that 68% of executives believed advanced AI models can help manage climate-related losses more effectively, but that only one in four cited AI as a primary method for managing perils.

Broker Willis has highlighted a significantly softening international mining market in its latest Mining Market Review. The report said capacity for mining liability risks had increased for a third successive year and that premiums for mining property damage and business interruption insurance were seeing double-digit rate reductions.

Data from pricing consultancy Pearson Ham has shown that motor premiums fell by 2.9% in Q3 of this year, extending a downward trajectory that began in April 2024. Combined buildings and contents premiums were down by 4.9% in Q3, which was the fifth consecutive quarter of decline.

PIB Group Ltd has acquired Guernsey-based general insurance broker Ross Gower Group. It was founded in 1948 and has a team of 18 led by owner and director Dean De La Rue and director Gareth Burchell. It provides car, home and commercial vehicle insurance to clients in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Managing general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder Blenheim Partnerships, which is part of White Bear Capital Limited, is to establish a new cyber team and has appointed Geoff Pryor-White to build out the proposed delegated cyber and technology E&O offering. Pryor-White founded Tarian Underwriting in 2016, which he grew and led through to a sale in 2022.

Specialist managing general agent services platform OneAdvent, has secured a Lloyd’s capacity agreement for its Financial Lines MGA that will enable it to pursue growth opportunities in the EU and emerging markets. Lloyd’s coverholder and financial lines managing general underwriter Casper Specialty (UK) will lead the new facility.

Specialist managing general agent Carrow Insurance has launched a new range of accident and health covers for the UK, which is aimed at the corporate and affinity market. Carrow is supported by MGA incubator Mission, which provides Carrow’s infrastructure and support services.

Davies has launched two new AI agents on its ClaimPilot product suite to assist casualty claims handlers and adjusters. One will assist on opening a claim and conducting initial tasks such as reading documentation. The other will focus on automating claim validation tasks.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau has launched ‘Connected to Protect’, its new five-year fraud strategy that centres on increasing the quality and quantity of data held and raising public understanding of insurance fraud. The IFB said it would deliver a unified technology platform that will bring the IFB datasets together in one place, alongside a fraud investigation case management system.