Matthew Sellers

Matthew Sellers

Matthew Sellers is a financial journalist who loves to write about the news that affects professional readers. His specialities include mortgage, insurance and HR topics. He has written for a wide range of titles.

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Can AI save Canadian insurance from its talent crisis?

Can AI save Canadian insurance from its talent crisis?

Canada’s insurance industry is confronting a demographic reckoning that has been building for years

The Iran War's hidden insurance crisis

The Iran War's hidden insurance crisis

Losses are falling precisely between policy wordings

Iran threatens international tourist sites as war with U.S. and Israel deepens

Iran threatens international tourist sites as war with U.S. and Israel deepens

Tehran vows attacks on parks and tourist hubs as war with U.S. and Israel escalates, raising fears for travelers worldwide

Chubb picked to lead US insurance backstop for Hormuz shipping

Chubb picked to lead US insurance backstop for Hormuz shipping

The insurer will act as lead underwriter for a DFC reinsurance scheme backing as much as US$20 billion in war-related losses

War risk cover expires today for shipping as risks escalate

War risk cover expires today for shipping as risks escalate

Rising Gulf tensions and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered insurers to cancel war risk cover under standard short notice clauses

Carriers start issuing cancellation notices over Gulf conflict

Carriers start issuing cancellation notices over Gulf conflict

Risks start to be covered on hour by hour pricing, premiums set to surge

Tariff ruling lifts transport stocks – and reshapes trucking insurance risk

Tariff ruling lifts transport stocks – and reshapes trucking insurance risk

Transport stocks pop on tariff relief, but shifting routes, cargo and litigation exposures leave trucking insurers facing a tougher risk equation

Supreme Court reins in Trump’s trade powers, reshaping tariff risk for global businesses

Supreme Court reins in Trump’s trade powers, reshaping tariff risk for global businesses

The Supreme Court invalidated Trump’s tariffs imposed under IEEPA, narrowing the president’s authority and clarifying the legal basis for trade duties

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In 2026, SMEs face evolving risks and opportunities and need the right broker to navigate them

WTW's Grant Williamson shares key insights for SMEs on managing cyber, supply chain and emerging risks

Why interconnected threats are reshaping complex risk strategy in Canada

Climate, cyber and supply chain shocks are colliding, forcing Canadian firms to rethink how they understand and structure risk

What Canadian boards need to prepare for as D&O risk evolves

As ESG rules diverge globally and AI accelerates faster than regulation, Marsh's Robyn Campbell outlines the risks set to define executive liability in the years ahead

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