Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (Airmic)
Diary of an Insurance PR: Full Circle’s Matt Beasley
From school-run chaos and tube strikes to embargoed announcements and client pitches, Full Circle executive director Matt Beasley reflects on a week balancing family life with the demands of insurance PR.
Zurich’s Seach urges industry to tackle AI risk blindspots
As businesses face volatility from artificial intelligence and cyber security, Penny Seach, group chief underwriting officer at Zurich, kicked off the Airmic Conference by telling insurers to identify and overcome “blindspots” to evolving threats.
Airmic CEO calls for return to risk management fundamentals
Airmic CEO Diane Maxwell has urged the industry to return to the fundamentals of crisis risk management and to foster human connections in an increasingly digital and technological world.
Q&A: Tom Hughes, IUA
Tom Hughes, appointed director of underwriting at the International Underwriting Association last year, outlines the company market body’s priorities from an underwriting perspective for 2026.
Airmic CEO Julia Graham to step down next year
Julia Graham is set to step down from her role as CEO of Airmic next year and will be succeeded by Diane Maxwell.
Big Interview: Chris Jones, CEO of the International Underwriting Association
Chris Jones, CEO of the International Underwriting Association, shares his plan to prepare members for increasingly interconnected risks, improve their operational efficiency and ensure they win the war for talent.
London shouldn’t be allowed to dominate UK captives sector
Industry leaders have warned that efforts to launch a UK captives sector would need to be a nationwide initiative, and not just focus on London in order to fully realise the opportunity at hand.
Aon using AI to identify insurer breaking points
Aon UK CEO Jane Kielty has revealed the broker is using artificial intelligence to identify points in the negotiation process where it may be able to extract more favourable terms from insurers.
Treasury set to greenlight new UK captives regime
HM Treasury is expected to push ahead with plans to reform regulations in order to encourage the growth of a UK captives sector.
Liverpool’s insurance sector is still alive and kicking
As the Airmic conference lands in Liverpool, Insurance Post’s Harry Curtis takes a look at the city’s storied insurance past as well as how the industry is still quietly thriving on Merseyside.
Only 7% of businesses adopt parametric flood insurance
Just 7% of businesses have included a parametric insurance solution in their flood risk financing programme, according to research from Previsico and Airmic.
Myrie nets £30k from insurance industry conferences
BBC journalist and presenter Clive Myrie has netted at least £30,000 in fees for insurance industry events, including the Biba and Airmic conferences, over the past two years.
Reeves announces consultation on UK captives regime
Rachel Reeves has announced a consultation on a new approach to regulating UK captive insurers in her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
How insurers address evolving supply chain risks
How incidents like the attacks in the Red Sea, drought in the Panama Canal and Baltimore bridge collision have the potential to create cascading exposures for insurers is examined by Tim Evershed.
Cover for damage caused by social unrest faces uncertain future
Cover that UK businesses currently take for granted is increasingly being hived off into the political violence insurance market, a report published by Airmic has highlighted.
Marsh CEO scores insurers ‘C+’ for innovation
Marsh president and CEO Martin South has said that he would score the insurance industry at best ‘a C+’ for innovation and that market structures are preventing the sector putting client needs first.
Lloyd’s captive pipeline ‘strong’ as government explores separate regulatory regime
Lloyd’s has signalled that the launch of the market’s first captive syndicates in decades could be close at hand.
Trade Voice: Airmic on managing the climate risks of tomorrow
Julia Graham, Airmic CEO, argues the events of last month demonstrate the important of tackling climate risks in both the near and far term.
Commercial renewals leave businesses open to cyber attacks
Current industry practices around commercial insurance renewals leave businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks, the founders of an industry-backed data sharing platform have said.
Blanc wants Aviva to persist as ‘massive voice’ on sustainability
Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc has said she hopes to continue to use the insurer’s voice to push for the “sustainability agenda.”
Trade Voice: Airmic’s Julia Graham on how the industry is shaping up in an uncertain world
Julia Graham, Airmic CEO, says that there’s no use in waiting for normality to return, and that the industry must instead continue the work of becoming more resilient in the face of multiplying risks.