Flood Re has announced plans to develop BeFloodReady into a national platform providing information, guidance and support on flood resilience across the UK. The initiative follows Flood Re’s acquisition of the BeFloodReady brand from Cornwall Council. The brand originated as an Environment Agency Pathfinder project.

Belfor UK is expanding its operational capacity and specialist services to support growth into 2027, following a strong financial performance in 2025. The property reinstatement and recovery company is investing in people, technology, equipment and operational infrastructure, with plans to strengthen asbestos management, leak detection and services for the small and medium-sized enterprise market.

In July, the Government published its AI strategy for insurance. This is an ambitious task: adopting new technology is remarkably difficult. Research from Boston Consulting Group suggests that some 70% of technology projects fail to meet their objectives, and yet only a small proportion of AI investment (3 to 6%, according to analysis of data produced by Deloitte) is directed towards employee training and AI literacy.

At a recent Institute of Risk Management roundtable with a delegation from the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce, we discussed human capital and people risk, followed by cyber and AI. During the conversation, I suggested that, increasingly, these are not separate subjects at all. AI risk is people risk.

Allianz UK has enhanced its Commercial Select manufacturing proposition for businesses with annual turnover of £10m to £1.5bn, increasing cover limits and extending protection against production disruption, supply chain issues and workplace injuries.

Geopolitical tension in the Middle East has rarely remained localised and has usually had implications beyond the region itself. That is also true for the insurance market, where events rarely remain contained within national borders. For insurers, reinsurers and policyholders, instability in the region can quickly translate into questions around pricing, coverage, claims exposure, sanctions compliance and the availability of reinsurance support.