Articles by Emma Ann Hughes
Best Insurance Employer: The Plan Group
The Plan Group achieved five stars in this year’s Insurance Post Best Employers 2023 list because staff love being part of a business that turns customer input into innovation.
Best Insurance Employer: Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe
The Best Large Insurance Employer in 2023 is Aioi Nissay Dowa, according to Insurance Post’s poll of 4,000 employees working at all levels of the industry.
Best Insurance Employer: HSB
HSB was rated five stars in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list, and is stepping up diversity and inclusion work to climb to the top of future rankings.
Best Insurance Employer: Ageas
Ageas was praised by long-serving members of staff, earning the provider a five-star ranking in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list.
Best Insurance Employer: RSA
RSA was praised by employees, earning the insurance giant a three-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list.
Best Insurance Employer: Flood Re
Flood Re may be small, but the mighty feeling staff get from making a difference to people who live at risk of flooding is why it was rated five stars in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list.
Best Insurance Employer: Domestic & General
Domestic & General managed to achieve a four-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list thanks to the company’s purpose to “save the planet one repair at a time".
Best Insurance Employer: Axa
Axa achieved a five-star rating in this year’s Best Insurance Employer list thanks to eight out of 10 employees feel a sense of inclusion and belonging.
Best Insurance Employer: Beazley
Eco-friendly initiatives within the business has helped Beazley achieve a three-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list.
Best Insurance Employer: So-Sure
So-Sure appears on the Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list for the first time after achieving a four-star rating.
Best Insurance Employer: Zurich
Zurich has once again been rated a five-star place to work in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list.
Best Insurance Employer: Gallagher
Gallagher received a four-star rating from staff surveyed for this year’s Best Insurance Employers list, with employees praising the business for having “the feel of a family firm.”
Best Insurance Employer: Pen Underwriting
Pen Underwriting achieved a four-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list, with staff praising managers they can respect and trust.
How Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employer List 2023 was produced
Each year, Insurance Post asks thousands of employees working across the insurance sector to rate their employer.
Best Insurance Employer: Allianz
Allianz was rated a five-star place to work in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list, thanks to the provider’s returners programme, trans policy and race at work training.
Best Insurance Employer: Arch
Arch bosses showing “genuine interest in employee wellbeing” helped the business achieve a four-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list.
Swiss Re predicts motor insurance’s return to profitability
As general insurers have been absorbers – rather than multipliers – of market woes in 2023, Swiss Re is predicting premium and profitability growth for the industry over the next couple of years.
Why insurers’ COOs and insurtechs need to combine forces
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes says it is time chief operating officers in the insurance industry realise holding the key to floors of servers isn’t going to save them from regulatory action.
Three things you need to know about the PRA’s Solvency plans
Analysis: Emma Ann Hughes unpicks the devilish details in the Prudential Regulation Authority's 182-pages of proposals to throw the European Union's capital requirements for general insurers on the Brexit bonfire.
Big Interview: Aon UK CEO Julie Page
Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes catches up with Aon UK’s chief executive Julie Page about why she remains a rarity, her ambition for the business, and how she is making insurance a more diverse industry.
Chaucer reports surge in interest in civil unrest cover
Chaucer has received double the volume of inquiries for strikes, riots and civil commotion clause cover from just one broker year-on-year.
60 Seconds with... Val Pitt, HF Scotland
Val Pitt, partner at HF Scotland, reveals how as well as being a lawyer she knows a good show tune and can belt out a Shakira hit.
Zurich CEO Bailey named ABI president
Tim Bailey, UK CEO of Zurich, has been named as the new president of the Association of British Insurers, with Clare Bousfield, chief executive for retail and savings at M&G, becoming deputy president.
Novidea plans 'hyper growth' by targeting providers
Mike Scott, sales manager at Novidea, has revealed the broker platform provider is currently in talks with several providers to build systems for schemes, binders and cover holders.