Drought-hardened ground raises the flash flood risk as storms sweep across England and Wales

Underlying earnings up 8.2% at the Australian group that owns HWS Specialty, with a December completion targeted

Results reflect sound technical performance despite an operating environment shaped by geopolitical uncertainty and evolving risks

Record underlying earnings and a bigger UK platform frame a week in which ANZ's two largest broker networks report

Faster planning approvals could speed up housebuilding, but insurers are already pulling back from construction risk

Crew happiness fell to 6.87 out of 10 in Q2 - and P&I insurers are increasingly treating that as underwriting data, not just a welfare metric

Norman steps into the role days after QBE flagged financial lines pressure