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Diversity & Inclusion in Insurance Award winners revealed
Tara Foley, CEO of Axa UK & Ireland, has been named Diversity & Inclusion Leader of the Year at Insurance Post’s Diversity & Inclusion in Insurance Awards 2025.
Bloomberg forecasts fines will cause surge in cyber cover demand
Demand for cyber insurance is set to grow amid a spate of high-profile attacks and fines for accidental leaks, according to a market report from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Top 50 Reinsurers of 2024 revealed
Munich Re and Swiss Re remain at the top of Insurance Post’s Top 50 Reinsurers 2024 list, despite Christopher Pennings, financial analyst at AM Best, observing the rankings have been shaken up by a shift in accounting requirements.
Top risk for UK businesses; WTW’s latest launch; Lloyds Bank’s head of insurance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Dive In registration opens
Registration has opened today (15 August) for the 2024 Dive In Festival, which aims to promote diversity and inclusion in the insurance industry.
Q&A: Daniel Grimwood-Bird, McKenzie Intelligence Services
Daniel Grimwood-Bird, head of sales and marketing at McKenzie Intelligence Services, shares how the provider of geospatial data and analytics plans to insurance industry plans to make it big in the UK and US.
Aviva revamps financial lines management and pushes into Scotland
Aviva has announced several new hires in its financial lines team, including underwriters that expand its presence into Scotland.
Winds of change in renewable energy insurance
Post Podcast: How insurers are supporting the switch from fossil fuels, providing cover for older windfarms and helping develop greener forms of energy is the subject of the latest podcast.
Growing cyber insurers look to ILS market for catastrophe loss protection
Issuance of cyber catastrophe bonds took off in Q4 of 2023, with four carriers securing more than $400m of coverage – more than five times what the capital markets had provided prior to the quarter.
Hiscox and Google collaborate; Axis syndicate; Biba’s 2024 conference theme
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 50 Reinsurers of 2023 revealed
Munich Re remained in first place of Insurance Post’s Top 50 Reinsurers 2023 list, with Swiss Re and Hannover Rück SE joining Munich Re on the podium this year.
CII reveals who scored top marks in insurance exams
Marsh, Axa, Gallagher, Zurich, Allianz, QBE, RSA, NFU Mutual and Hiscox employees were among those who scored the top marks in Chartered Insurance Institute exam and coursework submissions in 2022.
Dive In aims to unlock innovation through inclusivity
Insurance Post is media partner for this year’s Dive In Festival, which will take place from 26 to 28 September and launch a mentoring programme.
How insurers are supporting King Charles’ green agenda
To mark HRH King Charles III's coronation, Fiona Nicolson examines the impact of his Sustainable Markets Initiative Insurance Task Force.
FCA reveals hundreds of BI claims still being considered
Three years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, the industry is still considering whether 341 business interruption insurance claims are valid.
Aercap protests fail as Russian aircraft claims to be heard together
Five lawsuits in which aircraft leasing companies are collectively seeking more than $4bn for the loss of planes stranded in Russia are to be heard concurrently in one trial, a Commercial Court judge has decided.
Review of the Year 2022: Insurers
Senior figures from the insurance market look back on 2022 and reflect on what 2023 might bring.
Top 50 global reinsurers: The changing faces of the market
With the reinsurance community once again convening in Monte Carlo and then Baden-Baden, AM Best brings its latest top 50 global reinsurance group rankings. Carlos Wong-Fupuy and Catherine Thomas break down the numbers and highlight the biggest risers…
'Off the shelf' products and 'ridiculous' coverage components driving up insurance prices: Aurora's Finn
Aurora, a digital commercial insurance platform for micro, small and medium-sized businesses, has gone live with the launch of its initial offering.
British Insurance Awards 2022: Specialist Insurance Company of the Year - Axis Insurance International
The judges commended Axis Insurance International for its strong performance and growth, and success in realigning its business following the Novae integration.
Zurich, Amanda Blanc and Vicky Carter among big winners at the 2022 British Insurance Awards
Zurich was the big winner at the 2022 British Insurance Awards this evening, taking home three awards – including the highly coveted General Insurer of the Year gong.