Subject: Probitas rebrands; Benefact x parkrun; Allianz’s CEOs

#POSTPEOPLE WEEKLY
TOP STORY
News
Probitas rebrands; Benefact x parkrun; Allianz’s CEOs
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
02 Oct 2026   |  News
Personal
Is Admiral’s job cull a wake-up call for the UK insurance market?
Content Director’s View: Despite recording significant profits in a difficult market, Admiral last week announced it was cutting 500 roles. Jonathan Swift looks at what the move – remarkably not linked with artificial intelligence – means for the rest of the UK insurance sector.
02 Oct 2026   |  Analysis
News
Dive In closes with warning AI poses risk to gender equality
Women need to be entrepreneurial with artificial intelligence and use the technology without fear to ensure progress on gender equality is not reversed, according to AI Governance Limited founding director Sue Turner.
25 Sep 2026   |  News
News
Beazley’s cyber expansion; Bishop Street’s restructure; OpenGI’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
25 Sep 2026   |  News
News
Ripe’s classic car move; Percayso x Driverly; Sompo's UK CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
18 Sep 2026   |  News
News
Turn off legacy reporting with small teams says Hiscox’s Bishop
Insurers need to be disciplined when turning off reporting to old legacy system and instead adopt small, self-sufficient, and accountable data teams said Hiscox UK’s head of data Dan Bishop.
17 Sep 2026   |  News
News
Allianz’s Lalwani on need for collaboration around AI governance
The insurance industry must work together to implement customer-centric artificial intelligence governance, according to Allianz UK’s chief data officer Akhil Lalwani.
17 Sep 2026   |  News
Regulation
Why insurers belong in the room before infrastructure is built
Trade Voice: Agata Gorecka, general insurance policy adviser at the Association of British Insurers, argues insurers should be brought into national infrastructure planning from the outset.
15 Sep 2026   |  Column
Regulation
Staff will reject ‘Ask Jeeves’ AI tools if options are limited
Ed Jackson, chief commercial officer at MGA HomeProtect has urged firms not to give staff “the Ask Jeeves equivalent of artificial intelligence” and establish some key principles in how to use the technology from the outset.
11 Sep 2026   |  News
Claims
Foil appoints Huxley as CEO after Besemer steps down
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has appointed Mark Huxley as CEO to succeed Laurence Besemer as he steps down after 17 years, effective 1 October 2026.
08 Sep 2026   |  News

i

LinkedIn x Facebook