Analysis
Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley was appointed CEO of Axa UK & Ireland in September 2023 and used her first full year in the top job to ensure the sector continues to become more diverse and inclusive, plus she pushed for the UK government to increase the country’s resilience…
Ken Norgrove, RSA
Ken Norgrove has more than 35 years’ experience in the insurance industry and a history with RSA that dates back to 1986, but it is how he is shaping the business today that earned him fourth place on Insurance Post’s 2025 Power List.
Sam Woods, Prudential Regulation Authority
Sam Woods, CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority, has soared up Insurance Post’s Power List 2025 by fearlessly pushing back against successive governments’ political posturing and understanding the burden of red tape.
David Howden, Howden Group
David Howden’s 30th year as founder and chief executive of Howden Group “proved to be one to remember”, with Howden managing to break the £3bn revenue barrier.
Amanda Blanc, Aviva
Amanda Blanc once again wins the top spot in Insurance Post’s Power List after steering Aviva to one of the biggest takeovers in its history and annoying social media platform X owner and the US government's Department of Government Efficiency leader…
State of the nation’s roofs: A top-down perspective
John Kimmance, chief customer officer of Ordnance Survey, reveals the depth of the data his organisation has on the state of the nation’s roofs, including the risk and insurance ramifications of their use, construction material and age.
Gibson, Johnson and Malik... do we read too much into parting words?
Content Director’s View: With a trio of senior claims managers moving on in recent weeks, Jonathan Swift reflects on whether they were given enough due praise, and as a consequence did their outgoing employers open themselves up to people reading too…
How IT innovation is affecting insurance brokers
As thousands pack their bags for next week’s British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester, Tom Luckham explores the ongoing reinvention of insurance distribution and the different challenges as well as opportunities this new era…
How RSA’s exit and FCA action transformed motor insurance
How the exit of RSA from personal lines, plus extra regulation, caused motor insurers to slash windscreen cover, increase fees and up their game when it comes to accident management services is examined by Mike Powell, insight manager for banking and…
Rental cover: who is it good for?
Whether rental protection should be the focus of regulatory scrutiny and if insurers are falling short on compliance is examined by Saxon East.
Was I too quick to write off loss adjusting start-ups?
Content Director’s View: Having concluded that loss adjusting start-ups are diminishing in numbers due to compliance, procurement and lack of market disruption content director Jonathan Swift revisits the question of what might help someone buck the…
Tackling the insurance challenges created by cosmetic tourism
As cosmetic tourism continues to grow in popularity among Brits enticed by the promise of cheap surgery, Tim Evershed examines the kind of claims travel and medical insurers are seeing.
Insurers struggle to fill IT and data job vacancies laid bare
Roles that are critical to core insurance operations are still heavily concentrated in London, plus providers are struggling to fill their IT and data roles, data analysis produced by Michael Stefan, partner at executive recruitment firm Hanover, has…
How Brexit has affected the UK insurance market
Five years on from the UK exiting the European Union, David Worsfold examines if the insurance industry benefitted or received a blow from Brexit.
Tech shift in insurance slashes underwriting and pricing job vacancies
Automation and artificial intelligence-driven algorithms are reducing the number of new underwriting hires at the start of 2025, according to exclusive data analysis by Michael Stefan, partner at executive recruitment firm Hanover.
What the future holds for multi-storey property insurance
One year on from the launch of the Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility, Scott McGee examines if it has improved access to cover and if efforts to remove cladding are enough to reduce the price of buildings insurance on a long-term basis.
Millions are multiple manipulators when seeking car insurance
More than a third of UK motorists are altering five or more pieces of information when obtaining a car insurance quote, new data from Percayso Inform has revealed.
Spring Statement 2025: What insurers should know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her 2025 Spring Statement today (26 March) with a mix of spending cuts, investment pledges, and economic forecasts.
Lessons from the LA wildfires for the UK’s flood resilience
As the scale of losses from the Los Angeles wildfires becomes clear, Marcel Le Gouais examines if insurers are ready for a climate change-induced ‘new normal’ plus how the sector needs to step up efforts to improve policyholders' risk resilience.
Roles that got a pay rise or cut in insurance revealed
Some insurance employees in 2024 enjoyed a 15% uptick in their salary while others saw their wages fall by nearly 10%, according to Reed’s Salary Guide for 2025.
Is the OIC portal a success after one million claims?
With one million claims submitted over four years at a cost of £47m to the insurance industry, Scott McGee asks: Has the Official Injury Claim portal been a success?
How insurers are helping businesses grow
As chancellor Rachel Reeves says the UK must go “further and faster” to achieve economic growth, Edmund Tirbutt examines how insurance is providing the safety net required to ensure businesses focus on getting bigger and better in the months and years to…
FCA spots 30 misleading insurance adverts
Just 30 general insurance and protection adverts were amended or pulled in 2024, following intervention from the Financial Conduct Authority.
How the pandemic transformed travel insurance
Tom Luckham explores the travel insurance market post-Covid and analyses what kind of effect the pandemic had on the industry, and which effects are still lingering.