Analysis/Personal
Tweakments tamed: how reform reshapes insurance risk
Rachel Gordon examines how UK reforms that aim to tame the aesthetics ‘Wild West’ will give insurers clearer risk signals, more consistent underwriting data and a market that may finally balance growth with greater accountability.
Eight out of 10 UK insurers secretly track customers
Eight out of 10 UK insurance websites are setting tracking cookies before users have given their consent, according to research by Birmingham-based ALT Agency.
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.
Luisa Barile, ManyPets
Few people better embody the transformation from growth-obsessed insurtech to disciplined, profitable provider than Luisa Barile, group CEO of ManyPets.
Sten Saar, Zego
Sten Saar, co-founder and CEO of Zego, has been steering the insurtech through a critical phase of growth.
Oliver and Alexander Kent-Braham, Marshmallow
Oliver and Alexander Kent-Braham’s journey from running a start-up on free wi-fi in a Virgin Active gym to leading one of Europe’s largest fintechs has become one of the most compelling success stories in UK insurance.
Craig Bundell, Tesco Insurance
Craig Bundell, CEO of Tesco Insurance and Money Services, intends to make the most of Club Card data to give traditional providers a run for their money.
Steve Hardy, Policy Expert
Steve Hardy has form when it comes to building challenger brands that punch above their weight.
Matthew Crummack, Domestic & General
Matthew Crummack has been CEO of Domestic & General since October 2021 and saw the nation’s biggest appliances insurer bought by US-based Asurion at the end of 2025.
Kevin Spencer, Markerstudy
Kevin Spencer has built Markerstudy into a UK insurance powerhouse with millions of policyholders, but is now working under a Financial Conduct Authority-imposed cap on customer numbers while concerns raised by the regulator are addressed.
Mark Roberts, Chubb
Few insurance executives have in recent times found themselves at the intersection of consolidation, technology and underwriting discipline quite as visibly as Mark Roberts, division president for UK, Ireland and South Africa at Chubb.
Nick Turner, NFU Mutual
NFU Mutual Group CEO Nick Turner earns his place on this year’s Power List thanks to the real difference he makes to rural communities.
Ant Middle, Ageas
Ant Middle, CEO of Ageas UK, has been busy snapping up rivals to grow the personal lines provider significantly in 2025.
Alistair Hargreaves, Admiral
Since taking the helm of Admiral’s UK insurance business in late 2024, Alistair Hargreaves has made a mark overseeing strong growth across motor and completing the More Than acquisition.
Aki Hussain, Hiscox
Since taking the helm of Hiscox as group CEO in 2022, Aki Hussain has been making waves in general insurance when it comes to innovation, growth and culture-building.
Drazen Jaksic, Zurich
Drazen Jaksic climbs higher on this year’s Insurance Post Power List as the takeover of Beazley sees his influence expanding further into the London market.
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.
Colm Holmes, Allianz
In the Marvel universe, the Hulk’s power is his strength and ability to shift things. In UK insurance, Colm Holmes plays a similar role to many people's favourite Avenger.
Jason Storah, Aviva
Jason Storah has been busy steering Aviva’s UK & Ireland General Insurance business through a period of significant change.
Shoib Khan, Prudential Regulation Authority
Shoib Khan, director of insurance supervision for the Prudential Regulation Authority, appears on Insurance Post’s Power List for the first time at a moment when his influence over the sector is particularly acute, as he leads a major stress test of the…
What it takes to be a Power List player in 2026
This year’s Insurance Post Power List ranking of the general insurance industry’s movers and shakers weights four core factors.