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The insurance conversation brokers avoid - and clients keep starting anyway

The insurance conversation brokers avoid - and clients keep starting anyway

Brokers assume asking wealthy clients about their belongings sounds like a sales pitch but underwriters say it's usually the client who raises it first

Daniel Wood Jul 31, 2026
MAS profit holds firm while Tower's weather costs mount

MAS profit holds firm while Tower's weather costs mount

Two insurers, one stormy year, and two very different outcomes

Super El Niño to reshuffle global catastrophe risk

Super El Niño to reshuffle global catastrophe risk

Atlantic hurricane threat set to ease as Pacific, wildfire and flood exposures rise

Kaikōura river's repair bill exposes New Zealand's funding fight

Kaikōura river's repair bill exposes New Zealand's funding fight

A $15 million scheme elsewhere avoided 10 times its cost

WTW Q2 broking margin rises as firm bets US$625 million on AI

WTW Q2 broking margin rises as firm bets US$625 million on AI

Revenue rose 9% to US$2.47 billion as the firm launched its Propel AI plan

Everest Q2 underwriting income hits US$317 million despite premium decline

Everest Q2 underwriting income hits US$317 million despite premium decline

Treaty and wholesale specialty deliver a 90% combined ratio as the group's retail exit accelerates and share buybacks nearly double

Markel Insurance Q2 combined ratio holds at 93% as profit doubles

Markel Insurance Q2 combined ratio holds at 93% as profit doubles

Adjusted operating income jumped 40% to US$376 million as underwriting discipline offset Middle East conflict losses

Aon hits record buyback pace as reinsurance and P&C drive Q2 growth

Aon hits record buyback pace as reinsurance and P&C drive Q2 growth

The broker topped its full-year buyback target three quarters early, even as net income dipped on the NFP Wealth divestiture

Lockton launches global Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure Practice

Lockton launches global Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure Practice

The brokerage's new global practice arrives as insurers race to keep pace with soaring project values and constrained capacity

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Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore

How brokers can protect themselves and clients as environmental exposures reshape the risk landscape

Underwriters under the microscope

Do they really deliver on speed, flexibility and claims service?

Water risks: Closing coverage blind spots for manufacturing and agriculture

A broker playbook for identifying water exposures

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