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Soft market dynamics forcing innovation and discipline
With the insurance market currently experiencing a period of growing competition, increased capacity and decreasing premiums, how are firms within the market adapting to this to secure margins and increase profits?
Aviva’s Storah calls for ‘more rate’ despite £1bn profits
Aviva UK and Ireland general insurance CEO Jason Storah has said the entire insurance spectrum across commercial and personal lines “needs more rate”.
UK claims service hits record high as effort drives NPS
UK claims service reached a record high at the end of 2025, the latest data from Gracechurch reveals, with improving consistency and visible insurer effort emerging as the strongest drivers of broker satisfaction.
Diary of an Insurer: Geo Underwriting’s Kate Bush
Kate Bush, trading director at Geo Underwriting, is setting the digital agenda, drinking Yorkshire tea, catching up on how the lambing season is going and returning boats to water.
John Lewis becomes FCA-authorised broker
John Lewis Money has become a Financial Conduct Authority-authorised insurance broker.
Aviva’s UK PL premiums up by half with help from Direct Line
Aviva has today (5 March) released its 2025 financial results, boasting a 50% increase in UK personal lines revenue.
Big Interview: Owen Morris, Aviva
After the £3.7bn acquisition of Direct Line Group, Scott McGee catches up with the man responsible for the joint venture, Aviva’s CEO of UK personal lines, Owen Morris.
Soft market tempers Axa UK’s personal lines gains
Axa Group has reported 5% growth in property and casualty gross written premiums to £58bn, driven by commercial lines and strong new business in personal lines globally, but softer pricing in UK & Ireland dragged down personal lines rates.
Allianz CEO outlines strategy to manage expenses
Despite volumes remaining fairly stable in 2025, Allianz UK CEO Colm Holmes has outlined how the insurer managed to increase profitability by 30%, including the 650 redundancies it made last year.
What do insurers need before the UK goes driverless?
With the UK government moving full steam ahead with autonomous vehicle testing, Scott McGee asks how close we are to a driverless world, and what do insurance providers need before that becomes a reality.
FCA outlines insurance regulation plans
The Financial Conduct Authority has promised to improve access to insurance, scrutinise claims handling, get to grips with artificial intelligence and cyber risks, plus slash red tape over the year ahead.
Dunny or delight? Rating Australian forays into UK insurance
Content Director’s View: With Australian firm AUB Group doubling down on its UK growth plans with a deal for Prestige Insurance Holdings, Jonathan Swift reviews other notable Antipodean overseas insurance expansion plans to assess its chances of success.
Minster Law reports improved profitability
Minster Law has reported improved profitability for the year ending June 2025, while also targeting a milestone level of turnover by 2030.
Why the industry must start to think and act differently about uninsured driving
Trade Voice: Angus Eaton, CEO of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, explains how the organisation’s Accelerating to Zero strategy plans to end the scourge of uninsured driving once and for all.
Admiral buys Flock for £80m
Admiral Group has bought commercial fleet insurtech Flock for £80m, subject to regulatory approval.
Q&A: Andy Wright, Resnova
Andy Wright, co-founder of a new consultancy firm, Resnova, speaks to Insurance Post about his time at Tesla and Zego, why he wanted to set up a consultancy firm, and why he thinks the next wave of insurtech funding could be coming from China and the…
UK motor insurance once again hits record claims payouts
The Association of British Insurers has today (11 Feb) revealed UK insurers have once again hit record payments for motor claims.
Regulatory ripple effect of the Which? insurance complaint
The Financial Conduct Authority’s response to Which?’s super-complaint about home and travel insurance, and the regulatory ripple effects now facing the industry, are the focus of the latest episode of the Insurance Post Podcast.
Why UK drivers deserve fairer motor insurance premiums
David Kelly, commercial director at Percayso, explains why data could be the silver bullet to help the insurance industry deliver fair premiums for customers.
Aviva to launch pet insurance product this year
Insurance Post can exclusively reveal Aviva is developing its own pet insurance product, with a view of launching in Q4 this year.
2026 to see more ‘selective’ but still frequent consolidation
Insurance market consolidation is set to continue in 2026, driven by private equity exit cycles and specialist acquisitions, according to Sicsic Advisory founder Michael Sicsic.