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FSCS intervenes as Premier Insurance enters administration
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has stepped in to protect the 16,000 UK customers of Premier Insurance Company after it entered administration yesterday (14 October).
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Axa
Axa slips one place to ninth position on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list, but the provider plans to grow by being a market mover, not follower, through harnessing data and technology.
Biba hails progress on speeding up authorisations
British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Graeme Trudgill has told Insurance Post that its members have been reporting quicker authorisations following changes implemented by the regulator.
Motor market softening puts spotlight on service
Allianz is putting greater emphasis on service and claims delivery in commercial motor amid market softening, Mike Thomas, broker distribution director has told Insurance Post.
Commercial motor pricing stabilised but capacity constraints remain
Price increases in the UK commercial motor market have subsided over the course of 2025, but capacity constraints remain in pockets, according to several brokers and providers that spoke to Post.
Nearly a third of young professionals looking to abandon insurance
Nearly a third (29%) of early career insurance professionals are considering leaving the sector, according to research from specialist insurance creative agency Free.
Markel looking to expand geographies within the UK
Lee Mooney, Markel UK managing director, has revealed to Insurance Post that the company is in the early stages of expanding its geographical footprint.
Insurance job numbers bounce back after Covid
The number of financial services and general insurance jobs in the UK has increased 5% in the last decade, led by London and Wales, while regions like Yorkshire and Midlands seeing fewer hires or stagnation.
Marsh McLennan’s Lay announced as new LMG chair
Marsh McLennan UK CEO Chris Lay is set to become the next chair of the London Market Group, taking up the role on 1 January, 2026.
Covéa Insurance UK CEO Macedo to step down
Georges De Macedo is stepping down from the role of Covéa UK CEO.
Insurers should turn to YouTube to demonstrate value
Insurance firms should utilise social media platforms such as YouTube to demonstrate value to customers, delegates at the Defaqto conference have heard.
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%.
Big Interview: Andy Rice, Charles Taylor Adjusting
From a guitar-playing teenager to CEO of Charles Taylor Adjusting International, Andy Rice shares how his loss adjusting journey started in 1985 and outlines how he is orchestrating to growing the business globally in 2025.
Allianz UK uncovers £93m in insurance fraud
Allianz UK identified more than 15,800 fraudulent cases across personal, commercial and specialty lines, worth a total of £92.6m in the first half of 2025.
Insurance pay gap persists as Cardiff and Newcastle trail London
In the last decade, the number of general insurance jobs in Wales and Northern Ireland has grown more than in other regions but pay remains far behind the salaries achieved in London - exposing deep regional divides for employers to navigate.
ManyPets achieves profitability for the first time
Many Group, the parent company of ManyPets, has reported a profit of £6.25m for the year ending 31 March 2025, after posting a £33m loss in the previous year, Insurance Post can reveal.
Actress warns domestic abuse hits insurers’ profits
Actress Samantha Beckinsale has warned insurers that domestic abuse is directly impacting the industry by stripping victims of their financial independence and ability to maintain cover.
Markel launches domestic abuse support framework
Markel Insurance has rolled out a domestic abuse support framework for UK employees, Insurance Post can reveal.
Diary of an Insurer: Charles Taylor’s Jeremy Stevens
Jeremy Stevens, head of EMEA business at Charles Taylor InsureTech, keeps running up and down Crystal Palace’s hill, briefs the team on new client projects across the globe, and gets home in time to finish reading Fantastic Mr Fox with his daughter.
Changes at the top of Clear Group as Europe CEO exits
Clear Group has announced the departure of its Europe CEO, Andreas Luberichs, following two years with the business.
UK only soft spot in Axa’s personal lines pricing growth
Axa Group released its first half of 2024 results this morning (1 August), revealing the UK as the only European personal lines market to report a pricing decline.
Ransomware ban could increase ‘administrative burden’ on victims
Tom Draper, managing director, UK, at Coalition, has told Insurance Post the insurance industry has a role to play in guiding firms through cyber requirements of the government’s proposed ransomware payment ban.
Storm Éowyn losses creep up again to £650m
Perils has increased its industry loss estimate for Storm Éowyn for a third time from €696m (£592m) to €747m (£650m).
WTW Networks MD teases ‘transformational’ plans
John Read, managing director of WTW Networks has noticed a reduction in consolidation, and teased some “transformational” changes at the firm.