Articles by Emma Ann Hughes
Adam Winslow, Direct Line
Before he even had a chance to get his feet under the table, Adam Winslow, who only joined Direct Line as group CEO on 1 March, had to deal with Ageas making a takeover bid for his business.
Chris Lay, Marsh McLennan
Chris Lay was appointed CEO of Marsh McLennan UK in March 2023 and has served as CEO of Marsh UK since 2018.
Paul Jewell, Bridgehaven
Paul Jewell launched Bridgehaven in the summer of 2023, touting the business as the UK’s first hybrid fronting insurer.
Matthew Crummack, Domestic & General
Matthew Crummack was appointed CEO of the Domestic & General Group in 2021 and is making sure the provider reduces the amount of waste in landfills.
Donna Scully, Carpenters Group
Donna Scully is a joint owner and director at Carpenters Group, plus a skilled Irish dancer – as demonstrated on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall at last year’s British Insurance Awards.
Sam White, Stella Insurance
Sam White is the founder and CEO of Stella Insurance, a female-centric motor insurance business that’s unapologetically led by and designed for women.
Mark Roberts, Chubb
Mark Roberts, division president for UK, Ireland and South Africa for Chubb, is responsible for the organisation’s property and casualty, accident and health and consumer lines operations.
Steven Wallace, McLarens
Steven Wallace is managing director of EMEA for global claims services provider McLarens and is the current president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Stephanie Ogden, HDI Global
Pregnancy didn’t pause Stephanie Ogden, managing director of HDI Global SE for UK & Ireland, pushing for profits and inclusivity in 2023, which is why she features even higher up in Insurance Post’s 2024 Power List than she did last year.
Ajay Mistry, iCan
Ajay Mistry is the co-founder and co-chair of iCan, The Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, an industry-wide group set up to support multicultural inclusion and career progression.
Steve Hardy, Policy Expert
Since Steve Hardy joined Policy Expert as the organisation’s chairman and CEO at the start of 2022 he has quickly grown the business to have more than 1.5 million UK customers.
Neil Gibson, Sedgwick
Neil Gibson leads Sedgwick’s UK executive team as CEO and has overall responsibility for the 2,500 colleagues who work for the claims management company.
Louise O’Shea, CFC
Louise O’Shea was appointed group CEO at CFC in January 2024 having served as an independent non-executive director since 2021.
Adrian Cox, Beazley
Last, but certainly not least, to make it onto this year’s Insurance Post Power List is Adrian Cox, CEO of Beazley.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
Power List: Ones to watch in insurance in 2024
Here are the ones to watch who narrowly missed out on a place in this year’s Insurance Post Power List, but based on their role, career to date and growing influence look set to feature in future rankings.
Insurance Post Power List 2024’s Top 10 Podcast
To find out who made it into the Top 10 of Insurance Post’s Power List for 2024, make sure you listen to the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Q&A: Matt Hicks, Recorder
Matt Hicks, chief commercial officer and co-founder of Recorder, a new London-based insurtech from the creators of Codat, explains how he has built a platform and artificial intelligence co-pilot for brokers.
60 Seconds With... Optalitix’s Dani Katz
Dani Katz, founding director of Optalitix, would like to be the Caped Crusader, keeps on running, and recalls launching Vitality.
Big Interview: Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley, CEO of Axa UK & Ireland, outlines how the business can now do intraday pricing, shares the provider’s growth plans, and reveals how artificial intelligence is changing ways of working at the insurer.
Is the home insurance market set for a reckoning?
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes warns home insurers to brace themselves to be the next target of policyholders’ wrath as moaning motorists are replaced by angry-looking property owners on national newspapers’ personal finance pages.
Axa reveals how AI is transforming the business
Axa UK & Ireland has 12 “between proof of concept and proof of value” artificial intelligence initiatives currently ongoing across the business, according to CEO Tara Foley.
Axa CEO Foley on why another XL-sized deal isn’t on the cards
Axa UK & Ireland CEO Tara Foley won’t rule out another acquisition but said her growth plan for the business is to build plus consolidate everything currently within the multi-line provider.
FCA to work with Big Tech on sharing data with insurers
The Financial Conduct Authority intends to examine how Big Tech firms’ datasets could unlock better insurance products, more competitive prices, and wider choice for customers.