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ICW Group Insurance Companies, a US insurance provider, has appointed Travis Noland as Head of Ceded Reinsurance and Enterprise Risk Management. The company said the creation of the position reflects its ongoing business development and focus on maintaining robust underwriting practices, managing risk and supporting long-term financial stability. Noland has been with ICW Group since…
With just weeks to go until one of the year’s most bizarre cinematic offerings, Wicker, hits cinemas, hype is really starting to build around Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman’s new movie. The twisted fairytale centres around a lonely fisherwoman, who wishes for a husband to be woven for her, only for him to come to…
Jordan Stephens has revealed that he turned down an offer to appear in the Star Wars series Andor as bosses wanted him to shave off the locs he was sporting at the time. The Rizzle Kicks star and actor previously appeared in the Star Wars spin-off Rogue One as Corporal Tonc, a member of the…
Richard E Grant was responsible for the most chaotic launch show in Traitors history earlier this month, when he let slip to his co-stars that he’d been recruited to the dark side within minutes of it happening. Speaking to the BBC following his elimination, the Oscar nominee admitted that his daughter had already warned him…
Subscribe MGA, a Lloyd’s-backed underwriting agency, has strengthened its underwriting platform by securing a new long-term capacity agreement with Fortegra Insurance UK Ltd. (FIUK), a subsidiary of global specialty insurer Fortegra. Launched in November 2025 by Acies MGU, Subscribe is a Lloyd’s-backed MGA specialising in financial lines insurance, including Professional Indemnity, Management Liability and Directors…
Famous aviator Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, has been part of a 90-year-long mystery. During a 1937 attempt to fly around the world with navigator Fred Noonan, the pair disappeared without a trace. Their last communications suggest they had been experiencing issues with radio transmission. These…
Reform UK wanted this year’s annual conference in Birmingham to be about “making Britain fall in love with Nigel Farage again”. But that plan to woo voters and consolidate their base by presenting a strategy for their first 100 days in power fell apart before it had even begun. Channel 4 News broadcast an undercover…
An El Niño is now “firmly established” and set to intensify even further in the run up to December. The phenomenon, which is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5°C above the long-term average, is set to have major impacts globally on rainfall and temperature patterns, resulting in more flooding, drought…
We’ve already shared the (many) great books to read based on 2026’s TV and movie offerings, including Sense and Sensibility, The Odyssey, and yet another Dune instalment. But back then, we missed what has turned out to be a mega-hit: Netflix’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden. Though the show strays from the…
Miller, an independent specialist re/insurance broker, has expanded its Delegated Authorities offering with the launch of a new team dedicated to the Italian market. Dario Rebeschini will lead the newly launched team as an Associate Director. He will be joined by Nick Kennedy and Arianna Schiavato, who have both been appointed Brokers, and Adam Cater,…