Data from McLarens Aviation points to significant rises in aviation claims costs across the board and suggests the increases are driven by structural market issues rather than cyclical trends. The firm’s latest aviation claims cost index details annual rises of between 6% and 10.8% across a dozen different categories.

Open GI has added Arkel’s landlord product (premier let) to its SME platform, which already supports Arkel’s non-standard household product and its let property scheme. The new product includes landlords’ building insurance, loss of income, contents and property owners’ liability up to £2m.

The Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority have issued a consultation on a new regulatory framework for captive insurance in the UK. The consultation relates to single-parent captives and runs until 14th October. The regulators will then publish finalised rules with implementation following in mid-2027.

The Association of British Insurers and the British Insurance Brokers’ Association have issued a joint statement detailing the industry’s bid to support drivers in Northern Ireland who are struggling to secure MOT appointments due to a lack of capacity in the testing market.

Manchester-based managing general agent Ripe generated turnover of £24.9m in 2025, a jump of 21% on the previous year. It says this is the 18th consecutive year in which it has achieved double-digit growth. Policyholder numbers rose 15% to 430,000.

Motor fleet specialist Flock has launched a new chatbot assistant Jay that is housed in the Flock portal and is available to every fleet policyholder. Brokers also have access to the assistant for every fleet they place. Flock says Jay can complete risk analysis, spot emerging threats and suggest risk mitigation actions by studying the vehicle, claims and connected miles of each fleet.

NBS Underwriting has launched a new product for golf clubs, courses and their associated facilities. NBS says the proposition builds on its established focus on the sports and leisure sector and can accommodate the mixture of sporting, hospitality and retail risks found in golf clubs.

In the five years since the Financial Conduct Authority recognised the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s travel medical directory as a suitable signposting service it has helped more than 400,000 people with a medical condition explore their travel insurance options.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has established a cross-sector vulnerability data sharing taskforce to minimise the number of times vulnerable customers have to disclose the same data to different firms across the distribution chain.

Lockton has secured renewal of its professional indemnity accredited broker status from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association for a further three years. BIBA provides members with access to PI support through an online PI hub as well as a number of accredited brokers.

Aviva and Axis have come together to create a Lloyd’s consortium that is focused on UK onshore renewable energy risks. The consortium aims to create a consolidated solution for risks including onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems.

Consolidating broker Acrisure has launched Acrisure Private Office to serve high net worth clients. It will provide insurance and risk support across property, collections, travel, cyber, health and personal liability.

Managing general agent Amulet Specialty, which is backed by capital partner Mission, has launched with a portfolio of products offering property, casualty, liability and business interruption covers in the UK. The 5-year rolling capacity agreement with Mission provides access to capacity rated A-.

Addept Insurance Services has launched a legal expenses insurance product aimed at owners of leisure homes and caravans. Pitch+ provides legal protection for owners defending criminal prosecutions, pursuing or defending contractual and site owner disputes and seeking to recover uninsured losses associated with the ownership of their leisure home of caravan.

Allianz UK has increased its risk appetite on its SME digital trading offering, Complete Business, as well as reducing the number of referral points in the online journey and increasing the cover limits available.

Figures from Defaqto’s latest motor insurance price index show that motor insurance premiums rose by 2.1% in Q2. This was on top of the 1.4% uptick in Q1, taking the total increase since the beginning of the year to 3.6%.