Commercial
Intact’s Norgrove highlights ‘values’ when rebranding
Intact Insurance UK and international CEO Ken Norgrove has shared his insights with brokers on four key rebranding elements with ‘values, values, values’ top of the list in his experience having taken the provider on the journey.
Why AI is creating D&O risks no-one would have imagined
View from the Top: Kate Lyes, head of specialty lines, CFC, questions whether the directors and officers insurance industry is ready for the complexities an AI-driven world will bring.
Q&A: Mark Rose and Luke Anyon, Tracker
Mark Rose, managing director, and Luke Anyon, sales director of Tracker, explain how their multi-layered technology and close collaboration with insurers and police are helping recover stolen vehicles at scale – and why wider adoption could significantly…
Throwback Thursday: Biba’s new rules and tidy commercial
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1981 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the British Insurance Brokers’ Association was changing designations and commercial combined was a hot new thing.
Biba unveils cyber broker directory and ad campaign
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has launched a national advertising campaign focused on cyber insurance alongside a specialist broker directory aimed at helping SMEs improve their resilience.
Reeves stand-in Rigby calls for insurance innovation in insecure world
Speaking at the Global Risk Summit, Lucy Rigby, economic secretary to HM Treasury, said the government needs to act with urgency to ensure it is supporting financial services and the economy.
Best Insurance Employer Award shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the 11 companies in the running to be crowned the industry’s best employers at the British Insurance Awards on 8 July.
Distribution flexibility isn’t optional in a soft market
As pricing power fades in a soft market, Simon Pritchard, managing director of insurtech IS2, argues insurers and MGAs must embrace flexible, API-led distribution to unlock growth and reach underserved commercial customers.
Moody’s predicts slow and uneven AI impact for insurers
Artificial intelligence’s impact on the insurance sector will unfold gradually and be “credit-neutral to positive” for the industry, Brandan Holmes, vice president and senior credit officer at Moody's Ratings, has predicted.
FM targets broader scope of clients with new product
FM Insurance Company has launched its FM Essential product in the UK, targeting manufacturers looking to increase their risk resilience.
Insurance Post Podcast reveals 2026 Power List
The latest Insurance Post Podcast, hosted by deputy editor Scott McGee, unveils how this year’s Power List identifies the UK insurance industry’s most influential figures.
Insurance industry’s most powerful leaders revealed
Insurance Post’s Power List cuts through the noise to reveal who really moved markets, shifted outcomes and shaped the UK general insurance sector over the last 12 months.
Stuart McMurdo, Accredited
Stuart McMurdo has firmly established Accredited UK & Europe as a specialty MGA, driving sustained growth and strategic expansion across the region.
Simon McGinn, Dual UK
Simon McGinn joined Dual UK as CEO in early 2024 with a clear mandate: to accelerate the MGA’s growth while reinforcing the provider’s regional presence and strengthening its service proposition.
Paul Brand, Convex
AIG’s $2.1bn (£1.5bn) acquisition of a 35% minority stake in Convex marks a defining moment both for the specialty insurer and for Paul Brand, the CEO who has been tasked with steering its growth since 2022.
Adrian Cox, Beazley
Since becoming Beazley Group CEO in 2021, Adrian Cox has overseen a continued evolution of the specialist insurer, which is soon set to become part of Zurich Insurance.
Lee Mooney, Markel
While he is a fresh face on the Insurance Post Power List 2026, Lee Mooney was already a familiar one to the market’s movers and shakers long before he took over from Neil Galjaard as UK managing director at Markel in 2025.
Louise O’Shea, CFC
From cyber threats to carbon markets, Louise O’Shea, group CEO of CFC, has positioned the provider at the forefront of innovation.
Chris Rash, AIG
Chris Rash has had to navigate a turbulent start to his tenure as CEO of AIG UK, with the hiring of John Neal as the insurer’s president called off and speculation mounting about a potential takeover.
Mark Roberts, Chubb
Few insurance executives have in recent times found themselves at the intersection of consolidation, technology and underwriting discipline quite as visibly as Mark Roberts, division president for UK, Ireland and South Africa at Chubb.
Nick Turner, NFU Mutual
NFU Mutual Group CEO Nick Turner earns his place on this year’s Power List thanks to the real difference he makes to rural communities.