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British Insurance Awards 2025 winners revealed
Aviva was crowned General Insurer of the Year and Airmic CEO Julia Graham, pictured, took home the Achievement Award at the 2025 British Insurance Awards last night (9 July).
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.
How and why businesses should embed sustainability in procurement
View from the Top: Patrick Piggot, head of procurement at Markerstudy Group, looks at the benefits of sustainable procurement and how companies can ensure they’re hitting the mark.
Insurers exposed for pricing bias over payment preference
Some insurers and brokers on price comparison websites are inflating motor premiums based solely on whether a customer indicates a preference for paying monthly instead of annually, an investigation by Insurance Post has revealed.
Markerstudy’s Williams claims stakeholder pressure key to sustainability push
Insurance firms will need stakeholder requests to pursue sustainability certifications, according to Markerstudy group head of sustainable business strategy Tom Williams.
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…
Markerstudy sets up premium finance division
Markerstudy has created a new specialist division, focusing on all premium finance activities across the group.
Markerstudy to ditch self-build genAI tool for partner product
Markerstudy is set to replace its self-build call summarisation generative artificial intelligence tool with an off-the-shelf product from one if its partners in the next six months.
Claims managers warned against trying to ‘solve the world’ using AI
Insurers and brokers are looking for the “golden nuggets” – but progressing with caution by keeping “the human in the loop” when it comes to integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their property claims functions.
The insurance stories set to dominate the headlines in the second half of 2025
Content director’s view: Things might have gone quiet of late, but Jonathan Swift expects the lull to offer only a short respite before the deal-doers and headline-makers are back in force fueling the market conversation. And here are some predictions as…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Markerstudy’s premiere; iCan’s lassi
Penny Black shares the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviews the quality of buffets at conferences, and gives a thumbs up – or down – to the sector's social media posts.
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.
David Ross, Ardonagh Group
David Ross, CEO of The Ardonagh Group, is a man with a growing global reach who continues to shun social media.
Kevin Spencer, Markerstudy
Founder of Markerstudy Kevin Spencer considers the creation of the group, one of the fastest growing companies in the UK, to be his proudest achievement.
Insurance complaints take a slight dip
The Financial Conduct Authority’s latest data has shown insurance and pure protection complaints decreased 6% from 764,272 in the first half of 2024 to 718,496 in the second half.
Is Esure enough for Ageas?
News Editor’s View: After securing two acquisitions, Scott McGee asks if Ageas will look to acquire more rivals in the future to ensure it is a top three personal lines provider or whether it will focus more on organic growth.
Markerstudy not exhibiting at Biba this year
Markerstudy has decided against exhibiting at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference this year.
Ardonagh boosts revenue as it completes more than 60 purchases
Ardonagh Group’s financial results for 2024 showed while total income grew by 24%, most of that was due to the 68 acquisitions the business made throughout the year.
Ardonagh confirms Ian Donaldson's next steps
Ardonagh has confirmed Ian Donaldson's next move as it launches a global data and tech unit that aims to “harness the best of robotics, machine learning, and data enrichment" across the broker.
Spring Statement 2025: What insurers should know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her 2025 Spring Statement today (26 March) with a mix of spending cuts, investment pledges, and economic forecasts.
FCA unveils new strategy to ‘support growth’
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a new five-year strategy that the regulator’s chiefs claimed will “deepen trust, rebalance risk, support growth and improve lives”.