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CII to adapt for AI-dominated insurance sector
The Chartered Insurance Institute’s CEO Matthew Hill has urged the sector to embrace artificial intelligence “not as a threat, but as a tool”. But warned professionalism, ethics and human judgment must remain central as the technology reshapes the…
Diary of an Insurer: Zurich’s Paula Robinson
Paula Robinson, team manager for Zurich Engineering, scales heights in lifts and cranes but she’s not so keen on underground tunnels.
CII conference to examine how AI is reshaping insurance
“Artificial intelligence won’t replace your job, but someone who uses AI better than you will,” warns Artur Niemczewski, AI champion and former non-executive director of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Why part-time men are a full-time win for everyone
View from the Top: Having seen the number of men working part-time increase by nearly 50% in recent years, Zurich’s chief HR and sustainability officer Steve Collinson argues the change is good for employees, their families and companies.
Top 30 European Insurers of 2025 Revealed
Europe’s Top 30 non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2024, with the average rate being 11%.
Dive In proves insurance superheroes no longer need masks
Editor’s View: Insurance once rewarded only Superman-style displays of strength, but as Emma Ann Hughes observes, this year’s Dive In shows the sector now thrives when Clark Kent qualities are embraced.
Zurich’s Ahmad on how flexibility fosters faith belonging
Madiha Ahmad, senior data engineer at Zurich, shares how support for her faith and flexible policies have helped her feel truly valued and included.
Smashing the class ceiling in insurance
Damisola Sulaiman examines why social mobility data and initiatives remain patchy in insurance and how recruitment and culture need to change to smash the sector's class ceiling.
How Zurich helped me understand how my mind works
Richard Kirkham, assistant sales manager at Zurich Municipal, shares how being diagnosed autistic, dyslexic and ADHD led to life-changing support and a renewed sense of self at work.
Zurich’s fleet change; Ariel Re’s syndicate; Applied’s purchase
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Samantha Owen, Zurich Community Trust
Samantha Owen, interim head of Zurich’s independent charitable arm in the UK Zurich Community Trust, discusses the various elements of the trust’s work and how it is likely to evolve over the coming years.
Spotlight: The ESG opportunity: insurers as partners in SME resilience
Insurers and brokers look set to play a pivotal role in ESG education and risk management – and potentially, there is a role for more specialist products and incentives to reward firms that demonstrate best practice, writes Rachel Gordon.
Zurich growth not enough despite new business surge
Zurich saw new business for its UK regional business increase 20% in the first half of the year, but the insurer’s head of retail commercial Morgan Lyons believes it can boost that further, despite competitive market conditions.
Q&A: Georgina Davis, Zurich UK
Georgina Davis, head of regional market for Midlands, South West and Wales at Zurich, speaks to Insurance Post about Club Blue’s progress, enhancing diversity in the industry, and the insurer’s partnership with Teach First.
Tomorrow’s World: Distributing Insurance
How digital channels, embedded insurance, and data-driven personalisation are redefining the way customers buy insurance, is the topic of Insurance Post's latest episode of Tomorrow’s World about the future of distribution.
Aviva and Zurich highlight inadequacy of UK climate action
Aviva and Zurich Resilience Solutions, as part of the Green Alliance Adaptation Taskforce, have concluded that 65% of UK actions to address the biggest climate risks are currently inadequate.
Best Insurance Employers to work for in 2025 revealed
Zego and Konsileo are the UK’s best large and small to medium-sized insurance respectively to work for, according to Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers survey.
Industry welcomes launch of captives regime
The insurance industry has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement launching a captives regime in the UK.
Zurich rebrands tradespeople offering to include homeworkers
The scope of Zurich’s trades and professions product has been broadened to include home workers, Insurance Post can reveal.
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).
Sky and Zurich to part ways
Sky Protect is moving to a panel structure as its partnership with Zurich enters run-off, Insurance Post has learnt.
Zurich seeks consistent guidance at lift safety summit
Zurich Engineering is joining forces with a host of major players in lift and escalator safety to push for consistent and standardise reporting to reduce the number of people who get stuck in lifts every year.
Court blasts Zurich’s ‘extraordinary’ behaviour
A High Court judge has slammed Zurich for its handling of a high-net-worth home insurance claim and ordered the insurer to pay almost £90,000 in costs.
Zurich to deploy agentic AI property claims system
Zurich Group is set to take its agentic artificial intelligence application for property claims into production later this year.