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Claims and Fraud Awards 2025 shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the businesses and individuals who have been shortlisted for the 2025 Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards.
Weightman’s AI tool; Markel’s insurtech product; NFL player promoted
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Sonya Bryson to depart RSA
Sonya Bryson is leaving RSA just 18 months after being appointed MD of the joint commercial lines business.
Diary of an Insurer: Markel’s Nick Line
Nick Line, chief underwriting officer of Markel, empowers underwriters, put his coffee order in first thing through the Markel app on his phone, identifies pressing issues as chair of Inclusion at Lloyd’s and reads about developments in cosmology and…
Lee Mooney resurfaces at Markel as Galjaard steps down
RSA’s former head of commercial Lee Mooney is to take over as head of UK for Markel, as Neil Galjaard steps down.
Galjaard cautious of history repeating itself with returning competition
While he hopes the market has matured in the last few years, Markel’s managing director for the UK, Neil Galjaard, is hoping brokers “have long memories” of providers that exited markets when things got tough.
Markel’s Galjaard outlines plan to double the UK business
Markel’s UK managing director Neil Galjaard shared the business has just signed off a growth strategy that aims to double the size of the business by 2030.
Ardonagh’s rebrand; Google Cloud’s expansion; Insure Your Paws’ product
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance industry’s most powerful players revealed
Making multi-billion-pound takeover bids for rivals and challenging political posturing is what it took to secure the top spots on Insurance Post’s 2025 Power List.
Neil Galjaard, Markel UK
Neil Galjaard, Markel’s managing director in the UK, leads its retail business across insurance, tax, and legal services, collaborating with brokers, accountants and lawyers.
Addept’s legal expenses suite; Allianz’s sports fund; Admiral Money’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How cyber insurers are preparing for a Black Swan event
How cyber insurance is evolving because of black swan events is tackled in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Career Returners programme could reduce Markel gender pay gap
Markel’s Career Returners programme could aid in reducing its gender pay gap, according to head of diversity and inclusion Julie Humphreys.
Five future female insurance CEOs
As International Women’s Day approaches, Insurance Post spotlights five women in the insurance industry that are likely to be at the helm of our nation’s biggest insurers in the years to come.
Cunliffe appointment continues Axa reunion at Markel
Nicola Cunliffe, formerly head of insurance operations at Flock and head of SME trading operations at Axa, has joined Markel as head of trading in the UK.
How insurance helped and hindered the care sector
Almost five years on from the first Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Scott McGee examines how insurers helped care providers make sense of the barrage of government guidance, why some have pulled back from offering cover, plus what the industry is doing today…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Rodeo and Markel’s déjà vu tie
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.
Two insurers fall short as Gracechurch hands out service awards
18 insurers across the UK regional and London markets have been awarded service quality marques by Gracechurch.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Howden’s tackle & Polaris potatoes
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.
Climate protesters fail in attempt to cut insurer comms
Climate protesters Shut The System have claimed to hit major insurers by cutting communication cables yesterday (20 January). However, disruption appears to be minimal.
Cyber market under pressure to pass on know-how to the next generation
The cyber insurance market needs to expedite the passing on of know-how from experienced staff to new recruits, Markel’s head of cyber has said.
IS2 more than doubles revenue in three years
In 2024, IS2 has reported a 50% growth in revenue compared with the previous year, contributing to the firm growing revenue by 125% since 2021.
Insurers Review of the Year 2024
Insurers share their highlights of 2024 and hopes for more economic stability, less regulatory tinkering and fewer storms in 2025.
How to build a sustainable insurance brokerage
Networking is key to establishing a sustainable insurance brokerage in specialist sectors, according to Jo Sykes, divisional director – broker at Markel.