Capgemini: Life insurers under pressure: 42% of consumers are confused and unconvinced by policies September 10, 2026 Technical language (37%), affordability concerns (35%), and lack of relevance to life stage (25%) among top barriers to purchasing life insurance Half of consumers plan to use generative AI tools to discover and compare life insurance products Nearly 40% of policyholders rarely hear from their life insurer after purchasing a policy, while half of those who discontinue coverage do so within the first three years Best-in-class life insurers, representing 10% of the industry, achieve 41% higher revenue growth and 12% lower lapse rates by combining consumer-led strategies with intelligence-powered operations
As it happened: FTSE 100 dives as oil marches to $106; Trump threatens long war September 10, 2026 Welcome back to City AM’s FTSE 100 liveblog. The UK’s blue-chip index shed as much as 0.4 per cent on Thursday morning, as Associated British Foods’ 11 per cent dip cancelled out modest gains from London’s oil majors and consumer giants like JD Sports and Whitbread. Despite recent expectations that the Iran war is far [...]
Businesses urge Healey to reduce cost pressures in pre-Budget campaigns September 10, 2026 The bosses of Britain’s largest industry groups have urged Chancellor John Healey to reduce the cost of business in order to boost growth across the UK economy, City AM has been informed. Several business chiefs sent letters to the Treasury on Wednesday night with demands for the government to relieve pressures on employers. Correspondence landing [...]
Badger Beer maker Hall & Woodhouse doubles profit ahead of tie-up with James May September 10, 2026 The maker of Tangle Foot, Fursty Ferret and Hopping Hare has doubled its profit after cheering a jump in brewing volumes. Dorset-based brewer Hall and Woodhouse, which also operates over 130 pubs across England including the Old Nick in Holborn, St Stephen’s Tavern in Westminster and The Ship and Shovell in Charing Cross, recorded a [...]
Dude Perfect Trickshot Challenge Launches Exclusively on Nex Playground September 9, 2026 The motion-controlled game invites families to step onto the Dude Perfect set and take on increasingly difficult trick shots using full-body movement
Giving Neets jobs in hospitality would generate £2.3bn, Hilton claims September 9, 2026 Hilton has urged the government to encourage unemployed young people into hospitality, claiming that filling all the industry’s vacancies would add £2.3bn to the economy. The hotel group, in collaboration with trade body UK Hospitality (UKH), has urged Andy Burnham to lower taxes on hospitality firms to give them the breathing space to take a [...]
North Highland Recognized in Two IDC MarketScape Reports September 9, 2026 Firm Named a “Major Player” in 2026 Employee Experience and People and Organizational Consulting Services
FTSE boss calls on City businesses to hire former offenders September 9, 2026 Beazley chief executive Adrian Cox has encouraged City business leaders to hire ex-offenders as he believes in “looking beyond convictions and recognising potential”. The boss of the FTSE specialist insurer, which agreed to be acquired by Zurich Insurance for approximately £8.14bn earlier this year, said: “City employers can transform lives while strengthening their organisations’ access [...]
After 40 Years Powering Customer Communications for the UK’s Leading Brands, MBA Group Launches Pulse September 9, 2026 MBA Group, a leader in customer communications for both print and digital, today announces a major new expansion with the launch of its brand-new conversation intelligence platform, MBA Pulse. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260909816930/en/ For over 40 years, MBA has worked with major regulated brands, including industry giants such [...]
DNA Payments Partners With iwoca to Deliver New Funding Options That Empower UK SME Growth September 9, 2026 DNA Payments, one of the UK’s largest independent payment companies, has expanded its merchant funding offering through a new partnership with one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, iwoca. Through this partnership, DNA Payments’ clients can now easily apply for an iwoca Flexi Loan of between £1,000 and £1 million, directly from their Merchant Portal and [...]