Julia Graham will be stepping down as chief executive of Airmic in April 2026, with Diane Maxwell set to succeed her. Maxwell will join the association next month as CEO designate before formally taking over in Spring.

JMG Group has acquired Solihull’s Boston Insurance Brokers, Kendal’s Hayton Insurance Brokers and Edinburgh’s Gateway Insurance Services (pictured). The deals expand JMG’s footprint in the North West and Scotland.

A fraudster who was involved in a minor motor accident eight years ago and claimed damages of more than £350,000, has received a two-month custodial sentence following a long-running investigation by Hastings Direct, acting on behalf of Advantage Insurance Company Ltd and supported by law firm HF.

Summer 2025 premiums for annual multi-trip travel insurance policies were down by 12% on those from the previous year, according to pricing consultancy Pearson Ham. In contrast, it said single-trip travel insurance premiums had held steady over the same period. It said the divergence between single and annual policies suggested carriers were trying to boost renewal business.

Sustainable motor insurance broker The Green Insurer, has had to stop writing new business after it was unable to secure new funding. The firm said all its existing policyholders had been transferred to broker Cornmarket Insurance Services Limited. The Green Insurer launched in December 2023. It collected the mileage drive by its clients, which it then offset using carbon offsetting specialists.

Underwriting platform Incept launched this week at the UK Mortgage Finance Conference in London, enabling users to generate title insurance policies in real time, based on data sourced directly from the Land Registry. Target users include mortgage and bridging lenders, real estate funds, auction houses and funders of renewable energy projects.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has published a report on the difficulties faced by firms producing Consumer Duty Board reports, following a survey of members that gathered 337 responses in July of this year. The publication highlights challenges in knowing what data to include, the availability of appropriate data and being able to integrate the data as required.

Korean property and casualty insurer DB Insurance Co Ltd has signed a deal to acquire specialty carrier Fortegra Group Inc, which provides capacity to the UK and European managing general agent market through operations in London and Brussels. Following the deal, DB Insurance said Fortegra would continue to operate independently as part of its specialty insurance business.

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc has published its results for the six months to 30th June 2025 and reported gross written premiums of £305.5m, up by 1.5% on the £301.1m achieved in the same period last year. Its underwriting profit held steady at £20.2m, compared to the £20.4m reported in H1 2024. Profit before tax, driven by a strong investment result, was £54.5m, up from last year’s £41.4m.

Professional services and technology business Davies says its new AI underwriting workbench platform can reduce internal costs for users by an average of 25% and eliminate around three-quarters of associated manual processes. Davies said the platform can be integrated with existing policy administration systems as well as other systems for claims, billing, rating and document management.

Geospatial Insight has released FloodCast, which is a flood prediction and analysis service available through an API. The software provides early warning and automated triggers in near-real time to enable users to enact mitigation measures. Its modelling capabilities generate damage predictions for both evolving events and scenario testing.

Consumer watchdog Which? has submitted a super-complaint to the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to poor levels of customer service and outcomes in the home and travel insurance markets, which it says the regulator has tolerated for too long. Which? said the FCA had failed to meet its statutory objective to secure “an appropriate degree of protection for consumers”.

Patons Insurance, which specialises in providing cover for professional drivers, is extending its proposition to include people working in the motor trade. It has established a dedicated team at its Manchester office to grow this new offering.

Re/insurance broker McGill and Partners has signed a sponsorship deal with GB Snowsport, which is the governing body for British snow sports, ahead of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan Cortina in February and March 2026.

Insurer Peach has agreed to provide capacity for Roots Contractor Insurance’s range of contractor business products, which are available via its online portal. RCI, which is part of Vestura Group, launched its range of contractor covers in 2020 and has more than 5,000 policyholders.

Veridox has raised £1m to support the launch of its AI-powered forensic document and image manipulation analysis platform for insurers. The platform assesses all documentation related to a claim and generates a report on where potential fraud exists and why an issue needs further investigation.