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Insurance Insights: The Word, November 2025
27 November 2025
Welcome to November’s edition of Insurance insights: The Word, bringing you key developments and emerging trends from across the insurance industry.
In this edition, we explore:
- Life sciences
- Rise in complex stress claims puts UK employers and insurers on alert
- Bridging the divide in insurance product value
- Illegal teeth-whitening: A growing risk for beauty salon insurers
- UK data centre expansion creates insurance challenges
- MS Amlin court win sets major precedent for English contract law: Marine insurers entitled to rely on pay-first clauses
From landmark court decisions to emerging risks in sectors such as beauty services and technology infrastructure, this edition offers valuable insights across a broad spectrum of insurance matters.
I hope you find this edition interesting and insightful,
Tim
Contents
- Current life sciences insurance trends and the imperative for specialised coverage
- Rise in complex stress claims puts UK employers and insurers on alert
- Bridging the divide in insurance product value: Legal and regulatory insights
- Illegal teeth-whitening: A growing risk for beauty salon insurers
- UK data centre expansion creates insurance challenges
- MS Amlin court win sets major precedent: Marine insurers entitled to rely on pay-first clauses
Meet the team
Tim Johnson
Partner
Joanna Wallens
Associate
Felicity Pallas
Paralegal
Jeanette Flowers
Claims Handler
Thomas Gibby
Principal Associate
Contact
Tim Johnson
Partner
tim.johnson@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)115 976 6557
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