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Ageas x Wrisk; Zurich’s flexibility; Policy Expert’s chief growth officer
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lloyd’s launch event lifts lid on men’s health gap
Lloyd’s hosted the launch of the government’s first ever 10-year men’s health strategy as a series of City-based free events and webinars will be available this summer.
Gallagher forecasts growth in parametric climate protection
Parametric insurance will play a growing role in closing climate protection gaps, according to Gallagher’s head of climate strategy, carbon insurance and parametric solutions, James Bosley.
Curious case of Aon’s co-CEOs as Page and Kielty exit
Content Director’s View: The appointment of co-CEOs at Aon following Jane Kielty and Julie Page stepping down reignited a familiar debate – is joint leadership ever a good idea? Jonathan Swift examines whether the sceptical reaction was justified.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Metal Meets Marsh; Haggie’s buffet
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Fake death fraudster's claim fails to hold water
The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has arrested a man who faked his own death to support an insurance claim in a nationwide fraud crackdown.
Duck Creek bets on AI and Lloyd’s to drive UK expansion
As Lloyd’s looks beyond Blueprint Two, Duck Creek is positioning itself to become a leading technology provider to the London Market, backed by new artificial intelligence capabilities and a push for market certification.
‘Embrace regulation’, industry told
Insurance Datalab has urged insurer partners to embrace financial services regulations as a means to building greater trust with consumers while improving underwriting and profitability.
Q&A: Massimo Cavadini and Pardeep Bassi, WTW
Massimo Cavadini, head of product, pricing, claims and underwriting for Continental Europe at WTW, and Pardeep Bassi, global proposition leader for data science, insurance consulting and technology at WTW, delve into the 2025 European Insurance & Occupational Pensions Authority’s Generative AI Market Survey and whether a rewrite of the rules of insurance analytics is required.
Pride exposes prejudice LGBTQ+ individuals face in insurance
Editor’s View: LGBTQ+ network Link’s latest survey shows many insurance professionals still feel pressure to hide parts of themselves at work, which Emma Ann Hughes argues highlights the need for insurers to move beyond Pride branding and ‘pinkwashing’ to build actually inclusive cultures.
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FCA’s Reynolds outlines insurance priorities
Graeme Reynolds, director of competition and interim director of insurance at the Financial Conduct Authority, takes centre stage in the latest Insurance Post Podcast, setting out the regulator’s key priorities for the market.
Why the regulators are looking more closely at MGAs
MGAs are facing intensified oversight as regulators review delegated authority models, but Marcel Le Gouais asks could the scrutiny jumpstart measures to resolve claims and data quality issues?
Can brokers survive the rise of ChatGPT insurance apps?
After the launch of the world’s first ChatGPT insurance app sent share prices of major brokers tumbling, Fiona Nicolson examines what the future of insurance distribution looks like when conversational AI becomes a primary customer interface rather than a supplementary channel.
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.
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Home insurers with the most satisfied customers revealed
Customer trust and satisfaction in home insurance is improving, but Fairer Finance’s latest consumer survey shows claims handling remains weak and vulnerable customers continue to face the poorest outcomes.
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.
Recalls surge to record highs amid reform drive
European product recall activity has increased for the seventh year in a row, with 15,608 events recorded by Sedgwick across the UK and European Union in 2025.
Home insurance market shrinks as product strategies evolve
Although home insurance provider numbers have declined significantly since 2016, Angela Pilley, insight consultant for general insurance at Defaqto, reveals insurers are maintaining consumer choice through expanded product options.
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