Insurtech
Penny Black’s Social Diary: IWD marathon; Insurtech UK’s pastries
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.
Ones to watch in 2026: Future Power List contenders
These industry leaders narrowly missed out on a place in Insurance Post’s 2026 Power List, but based on their role, career to date and growing influence look set to feature in future rankings.
Insurance industry’s most powerful leaders revealed
Insurance Post’s Power List cuts through the noise to reveal who really moved markets, shifted outcomes and shaped the UK general insurance sector over the last 12 months.
Sten Saar, Zego
Sten Saar, co-founder and CEO of Zego, has been steering the insurtech through a critical phase of growth.
Jason Storah, Aviva
Jason Storah has been busy steering Aviva’s UK & Ireland General Insurance business through a period of significant change.
Why insurance innovation ambitions keep stalling
A gap is widening between what insurers want to achieve and what their operations can actually support. This blog sheds light on the forces driving the ambition gap within the insurance industry, why automation needs strong foundations and how insurers…
Intelligence behind the fraud patterns that matter
Synectics Solutions’ new Signals report uncovers the critical fraud patterns impacting insurers. Based on insights from National SIRA and the counter-fraud community, this report reveals where hidden exposure is building, how fraud moves across the…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: WTW’s escape room; small plaice
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.
SSP plans M&A this year as it restructures
SSP UK & Ireland MD Martyn Mathews is confident the firm will complete M&A this year, as the provider gears up for a restructure.
Wakam refocuses growth plans on MGA collaboration
Wakam has announced it is moving to act as a "strategic partner" for MGAs as it pushes on with its UK growth plans.
The performance gap: Your biggest competitive risk
Insurers facing identical volatility are producing divergent results. The differentiator is operating system readiness. This content highlights five specific enterprise performance gaps which are compounded by static operating foundations and three key…
Five operational gaps in insurance
When operating models can't keep pace with real-life volatility, an insurance performance gap opens up. This infographic sheds light on five structural gaps that affect financial performance, executive decision-making, and the customers insurers exist to…
Legacy insurers face long road to launching ChatGPT apps
Rory Yates, former chief strategy officer at EIS, has warned traditional insurers will struggle to launch ChatGPT-style applications at pace, with legacy systems and complex technology stacks likely to delay progress.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Zurich’s Baker show; Insurtech chocolate
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.
The urgent question facing your insurance leadership team
Today’s insurance ecosystem is fundamentally different from previous ones, yet the urgent question facing every leadership team remains the same: is our operating model ready for what comes next? This blog outlines why operating model problems are…
Digital Maturity Report 2026: The UK's Top 20 Insurance Companies
Every insurer in the UK has a digital presence but very few have digital performance. This report assesses how the UK’s top Insurance companies are performing digitally by evaluating 20 insurers across 10 areas, including: strategy; search; app use;…
BYD partners with Bolttech on embedded insurance
Electric car manufacturer BYD has appointed insurtech business Bolttech as its European strategic partner for embedded insurance.
Five insurtech capabilities the c-suite is discussing
The insurance industry is ripe for disruption if it doesn’t address the challenge of core modernisation, especially now with AI, which can be an accelerator or threat. This blog highlights five insurtech capabilities that insurance CEOs and CIOs are…
Why insurance remains a human business despite the growth of AI
Trade voice: Melissa Collett, CEO of Insurtech UK asks whether agentic artificial intelligence is a distant concept, or an achievable and necessary evolution for the insurance industry.
The performance gap: Why operating models define competitive outcomes in insurance
The question facing every insurance leadership team is the same: is our operating model ready for what comes next? This whitepaper explores why the performance gap is not primarily a technology problem but an operating model one and how insurers can…
Zego targets £1bn in premium as it achieves profitability
As Zego announces a new round of funding, plus a partnership with Sompo, the insurtech's CEO Sten Saar has told Insurance Post the unicorn has achieved profitability for 2025.