The Joint Specie Committee met on 06 May to discuss a broad range of market issues, with particular focus on cross-market collaboration, cyber wordings, digital asset risk codes, and emerging regulatory developments. Points of interest included the expert fees pilot, which has significantly improved first-time approval rates from around 55% to over 91%, ongoing work on the loss of artwork authentication certificates wording, and preparations for the 2026 JSC Education Forum, where potential topics include AI, data centres, cyber security, algorithmic underwriting and the new CIT wording