Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Aon Re’s UK CEO Andrew Laing passes away
Andrew Laing, CEO of reinsurance for the UK and chairman of global facultative for Aon, has passed away.
Brit’s launch; Apollo x Generali; Acrisure’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: Royal retreats from Moscow
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1991 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Royal International was reconsidering its plans for a Moscow-based insurance company.
What will the insurance policy of the future look like?
Examining the role of agentic AI in tomorrow's underwriting process
Q&A: Kumar Utpal, Decerto
Kumar Utpal, head of business development at Decerto explans how insurers can use AI to beat the fraudsters at their own game, meet Consumer Duty requirements and make more consistent claims decisions.
Howden's pet launch; Brown and Brown's grad programme; Flood Re's chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: ABI’s amateur dispensation
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1991 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the Association of British Insurers was willing to make allowances for add-on cover.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: AIG
AIG slips from seventh position last year to eighth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2026.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026 table
The top 100 Prudential Regulation Authority regulated companies listed by gross written premium, net written premium, underwriting result, retention ratio, solvency capital requirement and SCR ratio.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Direct Line
Direct Line Group slips from third to fifth place in the Top 100 UK Insurers List 2026 and will disappear from next year’s rankings as the provider is now fully part of Aviva.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Convex
Convex UK climbs from the eighth spot on last year’s list to seventh place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2026.
60 Seconds With... LexisNexis’s Tom Clarke
Tom Clarke, motor strategy director of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, would live to be fluent in Spanish, hates cleaning the bathroom, and couldn't live without a passport.
Clear’s M&A; Konsileo’s investment; FOS’s chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Shyam Bhatt, Quantexa
Shyam Bhatt, Quantexa’s global head of insurance fraud solutions, offers insights into how it cracked ‘Operation Pot Noodle’, and why it is so important to contextualise claims.
Throwback Thursday: Satellite insurance attempts take-off
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1991 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when our award-winning publication's editor Alyson Rudd examined space insurance.
Howden chair steps down as listing edges closer
Howden has revealed that Dominic Collins will step down as executive chairman after 11 years in post.
Probitas rebrands; Benefact x parkrun; Allianz’s CEOs
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Winners of the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards 2026 revealed
Aviva, Bamboo Connect, DWF Law and DAC Beachcroft were all multiple winners at the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards held last night (1 October) at The Brewery in London.
Throwback Thursday: Casualty of Eagle Star fallout
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1991 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Eagle Star’s restructuring caused a senior exit.
60 Seconds With... Scenario’s Jarrod Johnson
Jarrod Johnson, managing director of Scenario Risk Partners, is the captain of safety superheroes and would like to be Robin Hood.
Beazley’s cyber expansion; Bishop Street’s restructure; OpenGI’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Winners of British Insurance Technology Awards 2026 revealed
Domestic & General, Mind Your Business Group (InsureTec.com) and DynaRisk were all two time winners at the British Insurance Technology Awards held last night (24 September) at The Brewery in London.
Throwback Thursday: Cheaper motor insurance
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to September 1981 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when General Accident was placing several regions of the UK in lower rating areas for private cars.