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Direct Line fined £10.6m for solvency miscalculation
The Prudential Regulation Authority has fined Direct Line Group £10.6m after it miscalculated its Solvency II balance sheet during 2023 and 2024.
Soft market dynamics forcing innovation and discipline
With the insurance market currently experiencing a period of growing competition, increased capacity and decreasing premiums, how are firms within the market adapting to this to secure margins and increase profits?
Building homes back better after floods
With the Environment Agency warning one in four homes is now at risk of flooding, the latest Insurance Post Podcast explores what the insurance industry is doing to make properties more resilient from storms.
SME cyber insurance gap is a risk too big to ignore
Markel’s Josh Brown and Rachel Nestor unpick the nature and frequency of today's cyber attacks against SMEs, future threats on the horizon, plus what steps can be taken to mitigate business interruption.
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Five future female insurance leaders
In honour of International Women’s Day, Insurance Post highlights five women working in the insurance industry in 2026 who are on a trajectory to become bosses in the UK’s largest insurance businesses.
Crypto adds a dangerous new twist to insurance fraud
Crypto’s speed and anonymity are making it easier for criminals to disguise fraudulent insurance activity. Fiona Nicolson examines what insurers are doing to rethink detection and governance.
What do insurers need before the UK goes driverless?
With the UK government moving full steam ahead with autonomous vehicle testing, Scott McGee asks how close we are to a driverless world, and what do insurance providers need before that becomes a reality.
Enter Best Insurance Employer 2026 today
If you work for one of the greatest employers in the insurance industry and want to shout about it, make sure you complete Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employer survey today.
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Pet insurers with the most satisfied customers revealed
Fairer Finance’s latest survey shows the impact of an animal’s age on policyholders satisfaction with their pet insurer, plus which provider has the happiest customers is revealed.
Insurers' greatest IT headaches revealed
Delays in data updates (75%) and inflexible screening tools (80%) are the insurance sector’s most acute challenges, a London Stock Exchange Group Risk Intelligence survey of compliance professionals has revealed.
Why 70% of UK properties remain underinsured
Seven out of 10 UK properties remain underinsured, according to RebuildCostAssessment.com latest data, leaving owners exposed to increasing rebuild costs.
Hash oil fires are the next big property risk for insurers
A new wave of butane hash oil explosions linked to illegal cannabis production is causing severe property damage and multi-million-pound insurance losses, posing a growing and under-recognised risk to insurers and landlords, warns James Nathaniel, major and complex loss adjuster at Sedgwick.
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