Opinion

Why Software Quality Needs to be a Board-Level Responsibility

The cost of poor software quality extends far beyond the IT department This article is by Carl Andrews, CEO, Original Software. For many years, software quality was considered a technical issue. It sat comfortably within […]

Opinion

Why Adaptability, Not Prediction, Will Define the Next Reinsurance Cycle

This piece is by Ben Rose, President and Co-Founder of Supercede. The pricing reductions seen in the reinsurance market at 1 June renewals were largely as expected for many in the reinsurance market. Property-catastrophe rates […]

Opinion

The Alternatives Boom Creates a Transparency Problem Nobody Wants to Admit

This article is by Yuriy Shterk, Global Head of Alternatives, Clearwater Analytics   Anyone remember a time when institutional investors simply treated private markets as a useful way to diversify alongside traditional portfolios? How times have changed. […]

Opinion

‘Financial Ambulance Chasers’ Could be Heading Towards a Dead End

A proposed FCA crackdown on Claims Management Companies (CMCs) is welcome news for insurers and law firms, according to Kella Bowers, Head of Insurance at national law firm Forbes Solicitors. New FCA review The FCA […]

Opinion

AI in Delegated Authority: From Bordereaux Bottlenecks to Decision-Ready Data

This article is by Paul Templar, CEO, VIPR Solutions The London market’s delegated authority underwriting space is ripe for disruption, and artificial intelligence offers a pragmatic solution to achieving this goal. To put it bluntly, […]

Opinion

The Product Gap at The Heart of The AI Insurance Boom

This article is by Tim Hardcastle, CEO, INSTANDA. The latest Gallagher Re Global InsurTech Report includes a statistic that should capture industry attention. In Q1 2026, AI-focused Insurtech firms captured 95.2% of all Insurtech funding: […]