Lloyd’s/London Probitas CEO to retire a year on from Aviva acquisition Probitas CEO Ash Bathia will retire at the end of July, with Aviva’s global corporate and specialty managing director Matthew Washington set to take the reins at the Lloyd’s insurer. 24 Apr 2025   |  News

News Axa UK reports £148m turnaround in underwriting fortunes Axa’s UK general insurance operation returned to an underwriting profit in 2024, as its loss ratio plummeted nearly 16 percentage points. 24 Apr 2025   |  News

News Commercial insurance rates fall 6% in Q1 UK commercial insurance rates fell 6%, on average, in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released today (24 April) by Marsh. 24 Apr 2025   |  News

Commercial More Cowbell coming to UK insurance market Managing general agent Cowbell has made its first move beyond the standalone cyber insurance market in the UK with the launch of a hybrid professional indemnity and cyber solution for technology firms. 24 Apr 2025   |  News

Commercial Managing PI exposures amid Labour’s building push When it comes to the government’s target to build 1.5 million homes over the next five years, Tinu Ayoola, senior professional indemnity underwriter at Collegiate Management Services, reckons more haste less speed is required to ensure adequate cover is provided for evolving risks. 24 Apr 2025   |  Opinion

Commercial Throwback Thursday: Strikes impact Post Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to April 1980 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when our publication was lighter than usual on news due to the printing industry going on strike. 24 Apr 2025   |  Column

Claims Gibson and Johnson to exit Allianz following claims shake-up Allianz’s commercial and personal lines claims heads are to leave the business Insurance Post can reveal. 23 Apr 2025   |  News

Regulation Rental cover: who is it good for? Whether rental protection should be the focus of regulatory scrutiny and if insurers are falling short on compliance is examined by Saxon East. 23 Apr 2025   |  Analysis

Commercial Big Interview: Stephanie Ogden, HDI Stephanie Ogden, CEO of HDI Global for UK and Ireland, outlines how she is raising recognition of the brand, making sure the provider is “punching where it should be”, plus gives a glimpse of the ways she is redefining what leadership looks like in 2025. 22 Apr 2025   |  Interview

Commercial Arch GWP falls due to Gap pause and softening rates Arch’s UK insurance company saw gross written premiums tumble by more than 10% last year as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority’s pause on Gap insurance sales and softening London market rates. 17 Apr 2025   |  News