Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Throwback Thursday: Lifeguard in difficulty
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to November 1975 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Lifeguard Assurance ran into difficulty.
60 Seconds With… Trium’s Hanna Metsanvirta
Hanna Metsanvirta, Trium’s director of underwriting performance and one of the few female active underwriters in the market, shares her career milestones, love for Wonder Woman, and why Darude always gets her dancing.
Giving AI arms and legs to move insurance forward
At a recent webinar hosted by Insurance Post in association with Hyland, insurers explored how agentic AI could reshape underwriting, claims and fraud – and the challenges of keeping humans in the loop.
Alps' Gap product; Westfield partners with Insurwave; Gallagher’s NED
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: RSA embraces colour and data
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to November 1975 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Sun Alliance was being innovative with technology and Royal Insurance was embracing colour.
Ageas x RAC; Starr buys ERS-owner; Allianz's distribution director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: Axa’s size boast
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Axa was bragging about it’s size.
60 Seconds With... Resilience’s Si West
From fending off cyber villains to mentoring global security teams, Si West, director of customer engagement at Resilience, blends digital defence with dad jokes and a dash of Queen.
Brown & Brown buys MGA; MS Amlin x CyberCube; Acrisure’s triple appointments
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: Yesterday’s CEOs share future vision
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when CEOs shared how they thought their role would change by the year 2000.
PWC’s launch; Bentley’s insurance product; Howden’s group CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: EU shapes insurance & Allied Dunbar’s ambition
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the European Commission was reshaping insurance.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Convex
Convex UK is the newest company - only created in 2019 - to appear towards the peak of Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2025.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Direct Line
Direct Line Group remains in third place on the Top 100 UK Insurers List 2025, but will disappear from next year’s rankings as the provider becomes part of Aviva.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: AIG
AIG slips from fifth position last year to seventh place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2025.
How has Trump’s approach impacted Net Zero plans?
Insurance Post is inviting ESG and sustainability leads at insurance companies to take part in a short survey examining how US President Donald Trump’s approach to climate and energy policy has influenced Net Zero strategies over the last year.
60 Seconds With... Collegiate’s Tinu Ayoola
Tinu Ayoola, senior underwriter at Collegiate, talks career wins, 200-metre records, Don Draper dreams, and why peace of mind - not paychecks – defines success.
Video Q&A: Osman Khurshid, Synectics Solutions and Katriona Cunningham, Aviva on the latest fraud trends
In the latest Insurance Post video, we caught up with Osman Khurshid, chief client officer at Synectics Solutions, and Katriona Cunningham, policy application fraud lead at Aviva, to discuss how to align fraud prevention with customer protection.
PIB buys Ross Gower Group; Zego x Clearspeed; Miller's head of P&I
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
IFB highlights policy fraud hotspots
The UK’s worst-affected areas for policy fraud have been revealed to help protect people at risk, following record-high cases of identity theft.
The camper van and motorhome insurance risks we never saw coming
The world of motorhoming has rapidly evolved since Comfort Insurance started 1995. Here It highlights some of the surprising risks the provider didn’t see coming, showing the evolving nature of risks and the need to always be looking ahead.
Throwback Thursday: Food safety; Swiss Re’s promise
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to October 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when hopes were high the Food Safety Act 1990 would reduce contamination claims.
Sky-high car insurance premiums driving customers to break the law
Millions of drivers in the UK admit to getting behind the wheel without insurance due to the recent rise in premium costs, new research has found.
Outsmarting fraudsters with connected intelligence
At a recent roundtable hosted by Insurance Post and sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, insurers explored smarter, connected approaches to fraud.