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The 2026 World Cup is two weeks away.Across the United States, Canada and Mexico, 16 venues are finalising operations. S...
05/06/2026

The 2026 World Cup is two weeks away.

Across the United States, Canada and Mexico, 16 venues are finalising operations. Security teams are running final checks. Broadcast infrastructure is being tested. Travel systems are bracing for simultaneous demand across three countries.

The planning behind events this size makes specialty insurance essential - not optional.

03/06/2026

In 2018, KFC switched logistics partners and within days had no chicken. Not some chicken. No chicken.

Over 600 UK restaurants had to close. The Sun ran the headline “Where’s My Fillet-O?” People genuinely called the police. It was the most British crisis imaginable.

One distribution network. One bad week. A very loud reminder that supply chains only look invisible when they’re working. Specialty insurance models exactly this kind of exposure - before anyone notices the shelves are empty.

01/06/2026

In December 2018, reported drone sightings forced Gatwick Airport to shut down for 33 hours.

More than 1,000 flights were cancelled or diverted, affecting roughly 140,000 passengers and causing major disruption across the aviation network. Despite over 100 reported sightings, no drone was ever recovered.

The incident became a turning point for aviation security and risk planning - exactly the kind of disruption aviation specialty insurance is designed to manage.

29/05/2026

The 2026 World Cup isn’t just football. It’s a travelling mega-operation.

Three countries. Sixteen host cities. Millions of fans crossing borders, flights and stadium gates.

Moving people, teams, broadcasting equipment and security across that scale takes serious coordination long before the first whistle blows.

Specialty insurance supports the specialists planning events where the world shows up at once.

27/05/2026

In January 2023, the US aviation system temporarily halted departures after a nationwide FAA computer failure.

More than 11,000 flights were delayed and over 1,300 cancelled, disrupting travel across the country. One software glitch. Eleven thousand flights grounded. The whole country’s aviation network frozen before most people had finished their morning coffee.

Planning for system failure before it happens - not after - is exactly what specialty insurance is built around.

25/05/2026

Your parcel left a warehouse in Shanghai, transferred onto a cargo ship, cleared three ports, went through customs twice, and is currently sitting in a van two streets away.

That journey involves ships, planes, lorries, ports, warehouses, and about fifteen different hand-offs where something could quietly go wrong. Multiply that across billions of deliveries a year and you start to see why supply-chain risk is a whole career in itself.

Specialty insurance is built around understanding exactly what breaks, when, and who picks up the cost.
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22/05/2026

In 1979, NASA’s Skylab space station fell back to Earth and scattered debris across Western Australia.

The town of Esperance famously issued NASA a $400 fine for littering. NASA paid it in 2009 — after a radio DJ fundraised the money. Genuinely.

Space is a serious risk environment. Debris zones, re-entry planning, liability across borders - specialty insurance is already working in this space. Literally.

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21/05/2026

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20/05/2026

In March 2021, the Ever Given got wedged across the Suez Canal and held up about 12% of global trade for six days.

Around 369 ships were stuck waiting. The estimated cost? Nearly $10 billion a day in delayed cargo. One navigational error, one very bad week for international trade.

Marine specialty insurance exists precisely for moments when one thing going wrong takes everything else with it.

18/05/2026

When Eras Tour tickets dropped, demand exploded.

More than 3.5 million fans tried to buy tickets at once, crashing Ticketmaster and sending the internet into meltdown mode. The fallout even triggered US government investigations into the ticketing industry. When digital platforms fail at scale, the ripple spreads fast.

That’s exactly the kind of risk specialty insurance exists to handle.

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