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Curious case of Aon’s co-CEOs as Page and Kielty exit
Content Director’s View: The appointment of co-CEOs at Aon following Jane Kielty and Julie Page stepping down reignited a familiar debate – is joint leadership ever a good idea? Jonathan Swift examines whether the sceptical reaction was justified.
Diary of an Insurer: Zurich’s Iain Brumpton
Iain Brumpton, head of engineering at Zurich UK, juggles site visits, team mentoring, recruitment, AI innovation, sustainability initiatives with watching The Traitors.
LGBTQ+ family leave at insurers must be ‘normalised’
Sam White, founder and CEO of Stella Insurance, has said adoption and parental leave parity for the LGBTQ+ community in the sector must be normalised.
Pride exposes prejudice LGBTQ+ individuals face in insurance
Editor’s View: LGBTQ+ network Link’s latest survey shows many insurance professionals still feel pressure to hide parts of themselves at work, which Emma Ann Hughes argues highlights the need for insurers to move beyond Pride branding and ‘pinkwashing’…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: CII’s Paddington pitstop; Arch’s bunnies
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Throwback Thursday: CII CEO praised
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to June 1971 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the Chartered Insurance Institute's CEO retired prompting reflections on his legacy.
HDI makes Hunt permanent following Ogden exit
HDI Global has named Simon Hunt as CEO of HDI Global UK & Ireland following the departure of Stephanie Ogden.
Adele Sumner to leave Intact after 27 years
Adele Sumner, Intact Insurance UK’s director of counter fraud and financial crime, is leaving the insurer at the end of June after 27 years.
Diary of an Insurer: Rokstone’s Darren Guymer
Darren Guymer was hired as head of surety at Rokstone in June 2025. His working week sees him take a hands-on approach to building relationships with both carriers and brokers while also coaching his son’s under eight’s football team.
Q&A: Will Pritchett, Accenture UK and Ireland
Will Pritchett, insurance lead for Accenture UK and Ireland, talks to Insurance Post about how insurers can cope with changing demands as AI transforms the industry, and how the company’s role in supporting providers is evolving.
Long-standing insurtech CEO replaced in new expansion push
Previsico chief executive Jonathan Jackson has been replaced as the insurtech enters what it has described as its next phase of growth with its sights set on expanding in the UK, the US and beyond.
60 Seconds With… IPI’s Craig Farley
Craig Farley, artificial intelligence and customer experience strategist at IPI, shares his dream of going back to the age of the dinosaurs plus his ambition to tackle mountain climbing.
Big Interview: Callum Beaton, Chartered Insurance Institute
Halfway through his stint as president of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Callum Beaton talks about bringing stability to the professional body, and how it is building relevance with the industry again.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Insurtech Run Club; Qover’s divorce
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.
Page and Kielty to step down as Aon CEOs
Aon has announced the appointment of two co-CEOs for EMEA, meaning both Julie Page and Jane Kielty are to step down as CEOs.
Why insurance should be winning the war for talent
View from the Top: Frank Streidl, head of commercial insurance for Zurich UK, lays out why the industry needs to a better job at challenging misconceptions around working in insurance.
Q&A: Fiona Marry, Bridgehaven
Fiona Marry, recently appointed European chief executive of Bridgehaven, tells Insurance Post about the company’s international expansion plans and what sets the hybrid model apart.
Throwback Thursday: London Institute’s growth plan
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1981 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the London Insurance Institute wanted to grow.
Tom Needs to leave Applied Systems
Applied Systems Europe CEO Tom Needs is leaving the tech provider at the end of June, with Dave Chapman being named managing director and leading the company moving forward.
Lloyd’s culture head Lomas to exit
Mark Lomas, head of culture at Lloyd’s, is to leave the London Market after four years in the role.
Markel restructures UK business ‘to facilitate growth’
Markel UK has named divisional director of broker, Jo Sykes, as divisional director for commercial lines as part of a restructure of its services division, Insurance Post can reveal.