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Heatwaves reminder us that climate change resilience is crucial
View from the Top: Sarah Brown, risk engineering and resilience director at Axa Insurance UK, explains why the risk posed from regular heatwaves must be better understood in order to mitigate risk.
Pen’s capacity; Clear’s Lloyd’s acquisition; MS Amlin’s head of cyber
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Axa to add SME terrorism cover at no extra cost from November
Axa UK has confirmed its intention to add terorrism cover to its intermediated digital SME business from November, with the insurer planning to absorb the additonal costs.
Stop being hypocritical and give PCWs what they want
Deputy Editor’s View: Scott McGee argues that if insurers want aggregators to focus on more than just price, they should provide the claims data they’ve been asking for.
Pen’s capacity; Seventeen’s acquisition; Bspoke’s hires
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is a gen AI-enabled fraud tsunami heading for multiple business lines?
Amid an escalation of artificial intelligence-enabled fraudulent claims in the home and motor lines, Marcel Le Gouais explores how insurers are ramping up detection measures and collaborating with police to aid fraudster convictions.
Has broker Bennetts set a record with seven owners since 2000?
Content Director’s View: Private equity, consolidators, insurers seeking diversification ... these have all contributed to a boom in M&A and investment in the UK insurance sector since 2000. Jonathan Swift looks at which businesses have – as a result –…
Best Insurance Employers to work for in 2026 revealed
QBE and Equipsme are the UK’s best large and small to medium-sized insurance respectively to work for respectively, according to Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers survey.
Dive In 2026 opens registration for final festival year
Registration has opened for the final Dive In festival, with Lloyd’s famous diversity and inclusion event this year exploring how human skills and artificial intelligence can work together.
Diary of an Insurer: Axa’s Chris Walsh
Chris Walsh, commercial claims director of Axa UK, enjoys time with his two sons, reflects on a comedian-led campaign challenging perceptions of insurance careers and contemplates the evolving role of claims in a risk-driven industry.
Open GI x Covéa; Aviva’s cyber cover; PIB’s CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Marco Distefano departs Axa UK
Marco Distefano, managing director of retail home and motor at Axa UK, has departed the business, Insurance Post can reveal.
Time:To – Axa’s Briggs on product innovation priorities
In the latest Insurance Post Time:To video, Matt Briggs, UK technical director for commercial property underwriting at Axa UK, sets out three priorities for insurers when it comes to product innovation.
How do you solve a problem like SME under-insurance?
From property and business interruption to cyber and terrorism risks, David Worsfold explores how insurers and brokers are battling to close a widening protection gap among Britain’s small businesses.
Insurers told to brace staff for AI disruption
Artificial intelligence will reshape rather than replace many roles, provided insurers invest in training and encourage employees to experiment safely, according to panelists at the Managing General Agents' Association conference.
John Lewis relaunches motor insurance offering
John Lewis Money has relaunched its car insurance proposition following the overhaul of its insurance business earlier this year.
Throwback Thursday: Internet fears; Axa’s trade push
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to July 1996 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when insurers feared the internet and Axa was pushing into the tradesperson’s sector.
Charity accuses Lloyd’s agents of ‘underperforming’ on climate change
Climate change progress has stalled significantly since 2024, with Lloyd’s managing agents performing worse across the board in ESG underwriting practices, according to a charity’s major climate change assessment.
Ifed steps up fight against spoof insurer websites
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has teamed up with the UK domain registry, Nominet, to prevent criminals spoofing recognised insurance companies online.
CII creates insurer board as qualification changes lag
The Chartered Insurance Institute has created a new advisory board of insurance professionals as it seeks to strengthen practitioner input following executive turnover and a delayed overhaul of its qualifications framework.
Morrisons’ pet insurance; Clear Group’s launch; Gauntlet’s MD
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.