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Big Interview: Jon Walker, Axa Insurance UK
Following the merger of Axa’s retail and commercial businesses under one brand, Axa Insurance UK’s CEO Jon Walker runs through the thinking behind the move plus what to expect next from the provider.
Axa aims to double schemes business
Sarah Mallaby, chief distribution officer and mid-market trading director at Axa Commercial, has revealed the provider is looking to double its schemes business as the firm looks to become a “£2bn business”.
Climate and Union activists protest at Biba conference
Activists from both Extinction Rebellion Manchester and Unite the Union have staged protests at the British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference in Manchester.
Best Insurance Employer Award shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the 11 companies in the running to be crowned the industry’s best employers at the British Insurance Awards on 8 July.
Insurance industry’s most powerful leaders revealed
Insurance Post’s Power List cuts through the noise to reveal who really moved markets, shifted outcomes and shaped the UK general insurance sector over the last 12 months.
Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley’s leadership of Axa UK & Ireland is defined by a commitment to showing how general insurance can protect all sectors of society.
Roundtable: Can commercial insurers crack the fraud conundrum?
Insurers, brokers and fraud experts discussed the challenges of better data sharing, earlier detection and stronger cross-market cooperation.
Avantia scales AI ambition after record 2025 results
Avantia Group is stepping up its push towards an agentic artificial intelligence operating model after posting record 2025 results, Insurance Post can reveal.
Axa offers financial assistance to staff affected by domestic abuse
Axa UK has launched a domestic abuse internal financial fund to support employees with financial assistance to help them get out of an abusive situation.
Insurance ERGs pivot towards data amid AI bias risks
Insurers are shifting employee resource groups towards data, collaboration and commercial value, while some in the industry warn of AI internal bias risks.
Road Safety Strategy: boon or burden for motor insurers?
How the UK government’s new Road Safety Strategy could reshape underwriting, pricing and claims trends is the focus of a special Motor Week episode of the Insurance Post Podcast.
Why rural roads remain a deadly blind spot for insurers
With crashes on rural roads far more likely to prove fatal than those in urban areas, Emma Ann Hughes explores how insurers are shifting from simply pricing risk on country lanes to trying to prevent the collisions that lead to claims.
Consumer trust and claims satisfaction rates on the rise
Both trust and claims satisfaction rates among insurance customers are on the rise, according to new data from Fairer Finance.
Axa’s Keane on how motor insurance is evolving for a new era
Andy Keane, technical head of commercial motor at Axa Insurance UK, explains how providers are adapting to electric vehicles, digital innovation and regulatory change to deliver more sustainable and customer-focused outcomes.
Insurers risk falling behind if they stay silent on AI
While many insurers are actively building AI capabilities, Alexandra Mousavizadeh, CEO at Evident, warns reluctance to discuss strategy or results publicly could leave late communicators struggling to catch up with early leaders.
CFC launches agentic AI underwriting pilot
CFC has launched Lane Assist, a pilot of agentic underwriting in specialty insurance that aims to speed up submissions from email through to quote recommendation.
Markerstudy’s Beal outlines two paths for ChatGPT in insurance
Andrew Beal, director of architecture and innovation at Markerstudy, predicts two ways in which ChatGPT could transform insurance distribution, and urges the industry to be prepared for both.
Is it third time lucky for Axa as it merges divisions again?
Content Director’s View: With Axa UK and Ireland combining its personal and commercial businesses into one, Jonathan Swift reflects on why insurers often oscillate between splitting and merging these divisions, and what led the insurer to believe this…
Ageas joins Axa on Sky panel
Ageas has been revealed as the latest insurer to be on the home insurance panel for Sky Protect.
Pool Re pushes SME terror cover with steep discounts
Pool Re has launched an incentive scheme offering insurers large discounts on reinsurance costs if they integrate terrorism cover as standard into SME commercial property policies.
Axa shares AI approach after Aviva’s ChatGPT move
Axa has confirmed it is working with partners on using AI to “develop new capabilities that enhance trust, value and convenience for our customers”.