Urban Jungle eyes AI as next major insurance distribution shift
With consumers already choosing insurance providers via large language models, Urban Jungle co-founder and CEO Jimmy Williams said his business is trying to be model-agnostic because it is unclear which general AI platform will become "the new Google."
Avantia scales AI ambition after record 2025 results
Avantia Group is stepping up its push towards an agentic artificial intelligence operating model after posting record 2025 results, Insurance Post can reveal.
ChatGPT will reshape UK insurance faster than expected
Editor’s View: Aviva launching a ChatGPT insurance app plus data showing how consumers are already using the technology to purchase policies convinces Emma Ann Hughes the insurance industry is underestimating a significant distribution shift.
Meta and YouTube case creates multi-line risk for insurers
A Los Angeles jury’s decision that Meta and YouTube are liable for harms associated with addictive platform design has far reaching implications for insurers, according to Jonathan Edwards, partner at HCR Law.
Aviva to launch first UK ChatGPT insurance app
Aviva is set to be the first major UK insurer to launch an app on ChatGPT, Insurance Post can exclusively reveal.
Allianz’s unemployment insurance; Acrisure's MGA network; Lucida's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Who’s winning the war for UK insurers’ tech spend: Google, Amazon or Microsoft?
As the artificial intelligence-dominated future we are all set to inhabit continues to unfold, Insurance Post examines landscape of the cloud-based infrastructure insurance AI solutions are likely to sit on. Of the UK’s big three cloud providers, who…
Big Interview: Mark Allan, Ki
Mark Allan, CEO of Ki, tells Insurance Post how the firm has maintained its innovation culture as it scaled from a side of desk project to a standalone business writing over $1bn of premium, and reveals its opportunities to accelerate that growth in the…
Advertising regulator scolds firms for fake insurance links
The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on two claims management firms that have been falsely implying to work for motor insurers.
Broker Review of the Year 2025
A softening market put downward pressure on brokers revenue in 2025 but businesses that embraced digital breakthroughs and delivered exceptional service have succeeded in holding on to their clients in a competitive market.
My Mum, Alzheimer’s, and the importance of IUAD’s Day
Nigel Walsh, global head of insurance at cloud-based platform ServiceNow, shares his family’s rapid and painful experience of Alzheimer’s and why Insurance United Against Dementia’s Day (27 November) holds deeper meaning for him this year.
Winners of British Insurance Technology Awards 2025 revealed
The winners of the second British Insurance Technology Awards were unveiled last night (23 September) at a The Brewery in London.
Home Protect ready to roll out AI-powered claims system
Home Protect is getting ready to launch a fraud detection and claims settlement system in September that chief technology officer Dan Huddart has called a “genuine game changer” for insurance.
Q&A: Julian Schoemig, Diesta
Julian Schoemig, CEO and co-founder of Diesta, discusses the challenges with insurance premium payment processing and how he has set up the processing platform for insurers and brokers to fundamentally shift the current landscape.
Hiscox achieves 6% UK growth and eyes double digits by 2028
Hiscox UK is on track to hit its 6% growth target for 2025 at the halfway mark, with group chief underwriting officer Joanne Musselle revealing plans for double-digit retail growth by 2028.
AI models threaten to ‘blow apart’ price comparison sites
Artificial intelligence large language models such as ChatGPT are set to “blow apart” price comparison website distribution, according to Stella Insurance CEO Sam White.
Insurance Post journalists win Headlinemoney Awards
Insurance Post’s news editor Scott McGee and senior reporter Damisola Sulaiman walked away with two of the top Headlinemoney Awards trophies.
British Insurance Technology Awards 2025 shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the businesses and individuals who have been shortlisted for the 2025 British Insurance Technology Awards.
Google warns cyber attackers are targeting insurers
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has warned “the insurance industry should be on high alert” after analysts spotted several US insurers are being targeted using Scattered Spider tactics.
Big Interview: Mark Eastham, Avantia
Mark Eastham, CEO of Home Protect and Avantia Group, reveals how he will turn the business into the first insurer to have an artificial intelligence-driven operating model, plus whether an acquisition of the non-standard home insurer could be on the…
Ki slashes model development from years to weeks with genAI
Ki’s technology managing director Alan Tua has revealed how switching from traditional machine learning models to generative artificial intelligence models for algorithmic underwriting has resulted in “double digit” accuracy improvements.