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News

AM Best warns protectionism is fragmenting insurance market

Rising protectionism is threatening to reverse years of global insurance market integration and increase costs for international carriers, AM Best has warned.

By Emma Ann Hughes

News

Allianz to re-platform commercial products over next two years

Allianz Commercial is in the process of moving all its products over to a new platform, chief distribution officer Nick Hobbs has told Insurance Post.

By Scott McGee

a syringe and a pink suitcase on the sand, on a blue background, depicting the medical tourism business

Personal

Staysure calls for radical digital overhaul of medical record access

Staysure has called for the building of a digital medical record, taking inspiration from Open Banking, to save GPs 110,000 hours a year.

By Scott McGee

Technology

Insurtech funding stabilising following ‘volatility’

Insurtech funding has showing signs of “maturing and becoming more selective” according to Gallagher Re’s Global InsurTech Report for the third quarter of 2025.

By Damisola Sulaiman

Personal

Q&A: Etienne Legangneux, Vet-AI

Etienne Legangneux, CEO of Vet-AI, discusses the opportunities for the firm’s AI triage tools to assist insurers in reducing claims and retaining customers in an increasingly price competitive market.

By Damisola Sulaiman

Claims

Motor insurers can’t tackle professional enablers of fraud alone

View from the Top: Clare Lunn, group head of fraud at Markerstudy, argues the industry needs the help of regulators and law enforcement to clamp down on professional enablers of fraud.

By Clare Lunn

Personal

Throwback Thursday: RSA embraces colour and data

Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to November 1975 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Sun Alliance was being innovative with technology and Royal Insurance was embracing colour.

By Insurance Post Staff

News

Ex-Esure CEO warns of seismic shift from autonomous cars

David McMillan, former CEO of Esure, has warned that the rise of manufacturer-led insurance and self-driving technology could drastically shrink the UK’s £20bn personal motor market within a decade.

By Tom Luckham

News

PRA promises to help build ‘internationally competitive’ captives regime

Shoib Khan, director of insurance supervision at the Bank of England, has said the government's upcoming captives regime will endeavour to be “internationally competitive”.

By Tom Luckham

Editor’s Choice

Commercial

Space congestion pushes insurers towards a new frontier

With low-Earth orbit becoming more crowded, Harry Curtis examines how the rise of in-orbit servicing and tighter de-orbit rules could reshape the market for satellite cover.

By Harry Curtis

Commercial

Providing cover for construction

From green buildings and supply chain bottlenecks to keeping premiums viable amid increasingly complex projects – the latest Insurance Post Podcast explores how changes in the construction sector are causing insurers to adapt.

By Emma Ann Hughes

Technology

Could Applied be lining up a bid to buy a UK software house?

Deputy Editor’s View: It has been a few months now since Applied Systems pulled its Epic product from the UK. However, Scott McGee asks if they are lining up an even more shocking move?

By Scott McGee

Broker

Could the Trocadero ruling threaten broker commission arrangements?

After the High Court ordered the landlord of London’s Trocadero Centre to repay £653,150 to Picturehouse Cinemas because of commission-sharing arrangements, Tom Luckham examines whether similar deals could face legal challenge.