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With the peak of spooky season in sight, it’s time to finally get your Halloween watchlist together. For many, that’ll mean diving into the horror vault to find something suitably scary. But, if you’re someone for whom your typical horror movie requires a 30-minute pep talk beforehand, multiple tea breaks midway through, and a one-hour…
A lot of the conversation around dating advice focuses on what women are sick of hearing, and there’s plenty of it. From “it’ll happen when you least expect it” to “maybe your standards are too high,” single women are constantly being handed clichés by their happily coupled-up friends. But what about men? What advice are…
After months of relentless heatwaves, which left many of us sweating profusely and unable to sleep at night, cooler weather’s finally here, properly heralding the start of cosy season. It’s perhaps no surprise then that our sex lives might take a turn for the better (or possibly, the worst) come autumn. Vanessa Cushing, a sex…
PERILS, the Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, has disclosed its fourth and final industry loss estimate for the Australia East Coast Severe Convective Storms (SCS) of late October 2025, placing the loss at AUD 1.620 billion. The estimate is based on loss data collected from the majority of the Australian insurance market, and covers property…
Raise your hand if you don’t identify as a “people person”. Perhaps you even take it one step further: “I don’t like people”, “I don’t do people” or even “I hate people” are all common refrains some may say after a long day or hear from a stressed-out co-worker or fed-up partner. These kinds of comments are…
HDI Global US, a corporate and specialty insurance provider operating within the HDI Global group, has confirmed the appointment of Maria Duhart as Chief Underwriting Officer for US Specialty and the promotion of Dan Feige to Chief Underwriting Officer for US Short-tail Lines, as the insurer continues to develop its presence in the United States….
Shabana Mahmood has U-turned on her immigration crackdown following a Labour backlash. The Tories said the home secretary had “capitulated” to her critics, including communities secretary Angela Rayner. Mahmood had previously announced that workers who arrived in the UK on health and social care visas during the so-called “Boriswave” from 2022 would have to wait…
The last time I had a cold, I woke up with my pillow drenched. It wasn’t sweat from a fever. It was drool, still clinging to the side of my face. Fortunately, the only witness to the deluge on my pillow was my dog, Rusty. If he could talk, he’d probably tell you that I…
Willis Re, a specialist international reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Mark Ladbrook to its Property Treaty team, as well as the addition of Vinay Ananthanarayanan. Ladbrook brings 35 years of experience in the London insurance market to Willis Re’s expanding Property Treaty team. He has spent the past 12 years at Talbot Underwriting,…
One of Netflix’s most popular hidden treasures returned for its fourth season last week. The mystery thriller Lupin earned rave reviews and a loyal global following when it debuted in 2021, with its latest iteration continuing that streak with a coveted 100% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing (it should perhaps…