In this bulletin: InsureTech urban jungle drives change in the motor market, Seventeen Group expands in Scotland and why there is less reassurance capital around in 2022.

In this update: scientists warn of California megaflood, Brown & Brown grows healthcare team and USAA introduces crash detection technology.

Head of financial institutions at Travelers Europe, Walid Youssef, looks at some of the biggest issues facing financial clients in the next six months: higher inflation; growing risk in the world of ESG; geopolitical risk and central banks’ retreat from quantitative easing. What do these issues mean for underwriters and brokers, as well as financial clients?

In this update, a head of retail underwriting at Zurich, Jensten Group’s fourth deal this month and LV suffers from heatwave.

<p>Is insurance broking a profession that can be compared to accountancy and law? A recent CII survey found that 60% of customers think it is, with even more thinking that brokers already have to be qualified. </p> <p>In this debate Insure TV asks whether insurance brokers should have to be qualified. We ask:</p> <ul><li>Will a mandatory qualification unfairly disadvantage small brokers and neurodiverse individuals?</li> <li>Is enough being done to protect the end-customer from bad-broking?

Responsible for some £300bn in assets, Dafria discusses the outlook for inflation, rates and debt and what this means for investments, liabilities and insurers. All against a backdrop of geopolitical turmoil.

<p>In January 2022, Sam White fired herself as CEO of Freedom Services Group to replace herself with an organisational psychologist. Six months on, she speaks to Insure TV about the impact of that decision as well as the importance of psychology in insurance.

In this update: Dive-In opens its doors for 2022 and NFU Mutual comes out top for customer experience.

In this update: Allstate responds to profit drop, Captives outpace commercial peers and registration opens for the industry’s diversity and inclusion festival. <p>Register for Dive In at <a href="https://diveinfestival.com/"target="_blank">https://diveinfestival.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220804005798/en/Best%E2%80%99s-Market-Segment-Report-U.S.-Captive-Insurance-Stepping-In-Amid-Capacity-and-Pricing-Challenges"target="_blank">Businesswire: Best’s Market Segment Report: U.S.

Security expert William Altman of CyberCube talks through the growth in Russian cyber activity in recent months, why wiper malware is on the rise; the reasons ransomware gangs are steering clear of US critical infrastructure but are targeting German renewables companies; and how big tech is collaborating with US intelligence agencies.