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Previsico to expand intelligence to more flooding types
Previsico’s head of product, Sam Wilks, has said the risk intelligence company will move to a “hybrid approach” to expand its coverage to multiple flooding types, as severe weather becomes more frequent due to climate change.
Convex’s MGA; Instanda’s launch; Aon’s claims officer
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Flood Re launches UK-wide tour to boost exposure and take-up
Flood Re has launched a UK-wide educational tour to improve take up and improve communication with households as 8 million properties are predicted to be at-risk of flooding by 2050.
Why insurers need to talk about garden design
Editor’s View: Following a visit to Chelsea Flower Show to admire Flood Re’s Contain the Rain garden, Emma Ann Hughes reflects on why insurers need to talk more about gardens, drainage and flood resilience.
Five key takeaways from the Global Risk Summit
Navigating the new geopolitical order, AI, changing climate risk, and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks were on the agenda at the inaugural Global Risk Summit in London.
Ones to watch in 2026: Future Power List contenders
These industry leaders narrowly missed out on a place in Insurance Post’s 2026 Power List, but based on their role, career to date and growing influence look set to feature in future rankings.
Intact calls for improved flood resilience products
A study has called for more sophisticated flood protection products for commercial properties, warning that millions of buildings are facing increased flood risk across the UK.
Home insurance market shrinks as product strategies evolve
Although home insurance provider numbers have declined significantly since 2016, Angela Pilley, insight consultant for general insurance at Defaqto, reveals insurers are maintaining consumer choice through expanded product options.
Government’s deregulation would worsen home insurance outlook
Louise Clark, general insurance policy manager at the Association of British Insurers, has urged the government to reconsider proposals to further relax building regulations following the close of a recent consultation.
Building homes back better after floods
With the Environment Agency warning one in four homes is now at risk of flooding, the latest Insurance Post Podcast explores what the insurance industry is doing to make properties more resilient from storms.
Aviva’s minifleet proposition; Antares’ restructuring; IUAD’s board member
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Market must act now to avert undoing of Flood Re’s successes
Trade Voice: Perry Thomas, CEO of Flood Re, calls for the wider insurance market to fully embrace the property flood resilience education challenge and head off the emergence of a new UK flood protection gap.
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.
Insurers Review of the Year 2025
Insurers managed to post profits amid a softening market in 2025, invested in technology and pushed to reaffirm the industry’s vital role in protecting society with the Labour government and regulators.
Property insurance pay-outs hit record £4.6bn
Association of British Insurers members paid out a record £4.6bn in property insurance claims during the first nine months of the year.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: IQUW’s kitchen; Aon’s sliders
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.
Flood Re CEO confesses scheme ‘failing’ customers on resilience
Flood Re CEO Perry Thomas has said the organisation is “failing” in preparing customers for the resilience needed for the transition to fully risk reflective pricing for flood insurance in 2039.
Swiss Re CEO urges ‘prevention over cure’ for climate risk
Swiss Re group CEO Andreas Berger has called for an industry-wide shift in the approach to climate risk.
Flood Re calls for property flood resilience to be made mainstream
Flood Re has kicked off this year’s Flood Action Week with a call for government, insurers, lenders and homeowners to work together to make property flood resilience a mainstream part of protecting property across the UK.
Allianz sponsors Rugby World Cup; Alps's motorhome product; Send's CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
RSA researching commercial flood resilience
RSA Insurance, soon to be Intact, has launched an 18-month research project into commercial flood resilience with the University of Hull.