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Ageas the latest to move into pet insurance
After refusing to rule out a product in the future, Insurance Post can reveal Ageas UK has started the process of entering pet insurance.
Ant Middle, Ageas
Ant Middle, CEO of Ageas UK, has been busy snapping up rivals to grow the personal lines provider significantly in 2025.
Road Safety Strategy: boon or burden for motor insurers?
How the UK government’s new Road Safety Strategy could reshape underwriting, pricing and claims trends is the focus of a special Motor Week episode of the Insurance Post Podcast.
Why rural roads remain a deadly blind spot for insurers
With crashes on rural roads far more likely to prove fatal than those in urban areas, Emma Ann Hughes explores how insurers are shifting from simply pricing risk on country lanes to trying to prevent the collisions that lead to claims.
Are motor premiums nearing equilibrium?
To kick off Motor Week, Stephen Kennedy, director at Defaqto, reveals after a sharp correction, falling motor premiums are beginning to level off, suggesting a more stable yet uneven competitive landscape ahead.
Is it third time lucky for Axa as it merges divisions again?
Content Director’s View: With Axa UK and Ireland combining its personal and commercial businesses into one, Jonathan Swift reflects on why insurers often oscillate between splitting and merging these divisions, and what led the insurer to believe this…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Lloyd’s tours; Ageas’s chocolate
Penny Black is back, sharing the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector's social media posts.
Saga and Ageas to launch home insurance this month
Following the launch of a motor insurance product in December, Saga and Ageas are launching a home insurance product by the end of this month.
Ageas joins Axa on Sky panel
Ageas has been revealed as the latest insurer to be on the home insurance panel for Sky Protect.
Direct Line fined £10.6m for solvency miscalculation
The Prudential Regulation Authority has fined Direct Line Group £10.6m after it miscalculated its Solvency II balance sheet during 2023 and 2024.
Ageas Group sees continued growth following Esure and Saga deals
Ageas Group has recorded a 9% growth in revenue, as well as a 33% increase in operating profit thanks to “transformative M&A”.
Apologies to Donaldson: Passing on the crown for shortest GI CEO stint
Content Director’s View: With a host of recent – mostly surprising – announcements relating to short leadership/CEO stints, Jonathan Swift revisits his column from last February where he awarded the crown for briefest tenure at the top to Ardonagh’s Ian…
2026 to see more ‘selective’ but still frequent consolidation
Insurance market consolidation is set to continue in 2026, driven by private equity exit cycles and specialist acquisitions, according to Sicsic Advisory founder Michael Sicsic.
Big Interview: Craig Bundell, Tesco Insurance
With Tesco Bank now owned by Barclays, Craig Bundell, CEO of Tesco Insurance & Money Services, is carving out a future for his business that includes accelerating growth by using Clubcard data to build frictionless, personalised insurance experiences for…
Tesco Law and the insurer legal services revolution that never was
Content Director's View: More than a decade ago many insurers could not wait to seize the opportunities afforded by a change in the law that allowed them to set up their own legal services arms. Jonathan Swift reflects on what happened next - and the…
Which provider will challenge the Aviva-DLG giant in 2026?
Deputy Editor's View: After Aviva’s acquisition of Direct Line Group in 2025, deputy editor Scott McGee ponders what rivals could be planning to do in 2026 to compete for a place on the nation's biggest personal lines player podium.
Insurance M&A deal value quadruples in 2025
UK insurance M&A deal value more than quadrupled from £4.6bn in 2024 to £19.8bn in 2025, according to data from EY.
Ex-Esure CEO re-emerges as Jensten chair
Former Esure CEO David McMillan has been appointed non-executive chair of the Jensten Group board.
Four biggest challenges facing insurers in 2026 revealed
Insurance Post reveals the four main challenges general insurers face in 2026 and the solutions experts from EY, the International Underwriting Association, AM Best, Moody’s, S&P, KPMG, Pathlight Associates and Sicsic Advisory say will matter most in the…
Insurers Forecast of 2026
Insurers are heading into 2026 well-capitalised, technologically accelerated and increasingly data-driven but softening markets, geopolitical volatility and emerging risks are set to test their resilience in the year ahead.
AIG buys Salford City FC; Prestige x Urban Jungle; Biba’s deputy chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.