Infrastructure
Axa’s du Rostu: Why firms need a chief geopolitics officer
As conflict, sanctions and supply chain shocks reshape markets, Pierre du Rostu, CEO of AXA Digital Commercial Platform, says every companies may soon need a chief geopolitics officer to help leadership anticipate risk, connect fragmented insights, and navigate an increasingly unstable world.
Bspoke's capacity deal; Mission's MGA launch; Hiscox's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Does Blueprint Two still matter to the Lloyd’s market?
Following rumours Lloyd’s shelved Blueprint Two after years of delays, Insurance Post asks if the market still needs the programme when both businesses and technology have changed drastically in the seven years since its inception.
Who’s winning the war for UK insurers’ tech spend: Google, Amazon or Microsoft?
As the artificial intelligence-dominated future we are all set to inhabit continues to unfold, Insurance Post examines landscape of the cloud-based infrastructure insurance AI solutions are likely to sit on. Of the UK’s big three cloud providers, who…
How Belfast’s insurance sector is overcoming Brexit blues
As Belfast enters a new year of investment, consolidation and post-Brexit adjustment, Tom Luckham examines how its insurance sector is proving resilient, fast-growing and increasingly strategic for both UK and Irish markets.
Big Interview: Colin Johnson, Hadron International
As a former footballer turned fronting-carrier CEO, Hadron’s Colin Johnson knows the best managers succeed by creating a top team, who can achieve goals, and know the way the opposition plays.
Big Interview: Robert Kennedy, Howden
Howden’s UK and Ireland CEO Robert Kennedy shares his growth plans for the business and explains why the broking giant won’t abandon the high street any time soon.
Insurtech forecast for 2026
Insurtech sector leaders expect to stand stronger, smarter and more pragmatic than ever in 2026 by shifting from experimentation to execution, embedding artificial intelligence at scale, strengthening data foundations and proving their value through real…
Q&A: Rob Kemp, Aon
Rob Kemp, head of commercial risk at Aon, speaks to Insurance Post regarding his role so far, the broker's recent M&A activity, and its investments in AI.
Alps' Gap product; Westfield partners with Insurwave; Gallagher’s NED
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Brown & Brown buys MGA; MS Amlin x CyberCube; Acrisure’s triple appointments
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Burning point: insurance and heat-driven perils
With a series of heatwaves dominating summer 2025, Fiona Nicolson looks how insurers are changing their approach to underwriting, modelling and climate-risk planning.
Claims costs calm but tech gaps persist for brokers
A majority of brokers are still reporting rising claims costs, but fewer say costs went up this quarter than a year ago, according to Direct Commercial’s latest Broker Barometer.
SRG buys broker; Evolution’s office; Davies’ insurance CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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.
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.
Aviva’s GCS proposition; Aon’s co-pilot; Ecclesiastical’s finance director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Art of the M&A insurance deal
With mergers and acquisitions hitting delays, or even collapsing, due to cyber security vulnerabilities, Tim Evershed examines how M&A insurance works and digs deep into the risk management advice insurers are giving plus deal makers to prevent data loss.
Marsh launches €1bn data centre construction facility
Marsh has launched Nimbus, an insurance facility which covers the construction of large-scale data centres across the UK and Europe.
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.
Ransomware ban could lead to higher claim costs
The government’s proposed ban on ransomware payments is “well intentioned” but lacks “nuance”, according to Tom Egglestone, head of international claims at Resilience.