Cupican Insurance Brokers has opened for business under the umbrella of the Coversure network. Also known has Coversure Stevenage the firm has a focus on commercial healthcare insurances including medical malpractice, professional indemnity, employers' liability, public liability, product liability, business interruption, commercial legal expenses and commercial combined.

Managing general agent rrelentless has agreed partnerships with cyber security firm LevelBlue and security awareness training specialist Pistachio to boost the risk management services it offers policyholders.

Investec Premium Finance, a division of Investec Bank Plc, is now available via the Acturis trading platform and will offer commercial lines brokers access to premium finance solutions for their business clients. Investec Premium Finance was launched in 2022.

Graphco Ltd, which is the holding company of Uris Group Limited, has acquired distribution and administration business Cavere Group Ltd, which is the parent firm of Cavere Ltd and coverbaloo Ltd.

Axa Insurance UK has launched an emerging leaders programme to support leaders from partner businesses that work with the carrier’s delegated authority division. The first three-day event, hosted at Woodlands Park Hotel in Cobham, comprised professional learning and networking opportunities.

Transport Scotland’s Road Safety Framework Fund is financing a project led by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety called The Young Driver Insurance Safety Framework. It will explore how motor insurance can help reduce crashes involving young drivers and their passengers.

UK customers can now secure household insurance cover for domestic humanoid robots through Adrian Flux’s home insurance offering, which is underwritten by Tokio Marine HCC International, which is part of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies.

Direct Line for Business, which is part of the Aviva group, has released figures from a freedom of information request to UK police forces that show there were more than 26,000 tool thefts in 2025.

Prestige Insurance Holdings is on the hunt for investment opportunities in independent brokers and is offering options ranging from full acquisitions to phased transitions by way of partial investment to firms in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Ageas has launched a plugin with ChatGPT that enables customers to get a quote from its esure brand. ChatGPT guides customers through a series of questions and then generates a quote. People can then click though to the esure website to tailor their policy, access additional policy options and complete the purchase.

Aviva says analysis of its claims data shows that jewellery claims jump by around 25% in the week spanning Halloween compared to the surrounding eight weeks. The biggest reason for claims is accidental loss.

Allianz UK has overhauled its commercial select policy to include a new proposition for hotels and restaurants with a turnover of between £10m and 1.5bn. It will cater for restaurants and restaurant chains as well as business, resort, leisure and city centre hotels. It will also support conference centres with hotels.

Managing general agent NBS has expanded its commercial insurance proposition with a new D&O product that is backed by A-rated capacity from Accelerant Insurance Europe SA. In addition to the cover afforded to individual directors, officers and managers the product provides corporate legal liability for the business entity.

Lloyds Banking Group has partnered with Superscript to power its digital business insurance proposition, which it aims to launch before the end of the year. The offering will support the group’s UK business customers through Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland.

The Ardonagh Group has unveiled plans to rebrand Geo Underwriting as Orvia UK, which is the managing general agent platform it launched at the beginning of the year. The transition will take place next year under the leadership of chief executive officer, Mark McIlquham who has joined from Acrisure, where he led the firm’s entry into the UK market.

Tesco Insurance has partnered with Prestige Underwriting to launch products for second homeowners and private landlords who rent out a property. Prestige will provide the products through its Open and Direct brand.