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Devil is in the detail for CrowdStrike outage claims
Last week’s global IT outage could produce insurance losses of up to $1.5bn, though how policies will respond remains uncertain.
British Insurance Awards 2024 winners revealed
Aviva was among the big winners with four outright prizes at last night’s (3 July) British Insurance Awards, on an evening where former British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Steve White was recognised with The Achievement Award.
Protesters target Biba conference with street theatre
Greater Manchester Stop EACOP coalition chose to protest at the British Insurance Broker’s Association conference because the insurance industry is the “Achilles’ heel” of the fossil fuel projects it is campaigning against, according to member Martin…
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
Adrian Cox, Beazley
Last, but certainly not least, to make it onto this year’s Insurance Post Power List is Adrian Cox, CEO of Beazley.
Big Interview: R;pple Suicide Prevention’s Alice Hendy
Tom Luckham sits down with R;pple Suicide Prevention founder and CEO Alice Hendy MBE to discuss her career so far, mental health in insurance, and of course, West Ham United.
SimplyBusiness and Zurich partner; Howden buys Hencilla Canworth; Flood Re joins Biba
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Beazley CEO hails ‘standout year’ for property underwriting
Beazley CEO Adrian Cox has labelled property risks as one of the insurer’s “biggest long-term opportunities”, saying that underwriting conditions increasingly favour the specialty market.
Beazley’s cyber security arm; Brokerbility joins Insurtech UK; Lloyd’s confirms general counsel
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lloyd’s DEI role model Rob Anarfi
Last year, Lloyd’s commissioned Franklyn Rodgers to create six portraits of diverse role models and over the coming weeks we will feature them all with today’s spotlight on Beazley chief risk officer Rob Anarfi.
Gracechurch announces Claims Quality Marque achievers
Ten insurers within the London Market and three regional market insurers have been awarded Gracechurch’s Claims Quality Marque.
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.
Most-read insurance stories in 2023 revealed
Like Cher, Insurance Post is turning back time to remember the industry Consumer Duty’s efforts, business interruption cases continuing to rumble on, developments at Direct Line, RSA’s personal lines exit, plus the other major insurance events of the…
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.
Sabre chair Andy Pomfret passes away
Sabre has announced that its chairman and McGill and Partners director, Andy Pomfret, passed away at the weekend following an illness.
Five key takeaways from Post's AI roundtable
Insurance Post recently gathered together a group of insurance technology experts to discuss the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and how insurers need to position themselves to respond to the changing business landscape. Frances Stebbing recounts…
ManyPets completes flurry of executive hires as CEO Eleazu departs
ManyPets has a new line-up for its UK executive team, as CEO Oke Eleazu announces he is to leave the business, Insurance Post can reveal.
RSA’s PI product; Jensten’s One Broker deal; GTA names chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How Birmingham’s insurance sector is evolving
As sister title Insurance Age takes over the Birmingham NEC for Broker Expo and the Broker Awards, Insurance Post looks at the challenges and opportunities facing the city’s insurance sector.
Insurance must ‘level the playing field’ and accept more diverse ideas
Industry experts have challenged what diversity really means and how creating diverse teams reduces the risks of “blind spots” at this year’s Dive In Festival.
Q&A: Katherine Conway, Aon
Ahead of Dive In’s ninth festival, Katherine Conway, global inclusion lead at Aon, speaks to Frances Stebbing about how she got involved with the initiative and what to expect from this year’s event.