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Zurich CEO Greco: Product overlap with ‘compatible’ Beazley only 5%
The duplication and crossover across the product lines offered by merger partners Zurich and Beazley is as little as 5%.
Insurance sector responds to 2026 Budget
John Healey has delivered his first Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer today (28 October), bringing in a range of changes for SMEs and UK businesses, but notably failed to act on Insurance Premium Tax rates.
Where will tomorrow’s insurance talent come from?
How the insurance industry can show young people the career opportunities available to them and ensure experienced professionals pass their knowledge on to the next generation is explored in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
CFC's agentic underwriter cuts submission costs 'tenfold'
CFC’s first agentic underwriting system has returned tenfold cost savings, according to the specialist insurer.
Dangerous braking and distracted driving trump speeding as motor risks
Motor insurers have been turning to telematics to understand driver behaviour and identify potential risks, after new data from Marshmallow uncovered serious concerns.
Artificial’s King encourages AI context-switching workers
Potential increased tokenisation costs will mean human workers who can context-switch with AI and be used at scale will become very important to the industry, says Artificial’s co-CEO David King.
Howden’s pet launch; Brown and Brown’s grad programme; Flood Re's chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Inga Beale urges workplace accessibility for domestic abuse survivors
Dame Inga Beale has urged insurers to help make the workplace more accessible for domestic abuse survivors, arguing that supporting victims would have wider economic and social benefits.
Why productivity is an asset and should be managed like one
View from the top: David Dexter, head of risk solutions at QBE Europe, argues that lasting productivity depends on protecting workforce resilience, and that organisations must learn to spot the risks eroding it long before absence becomes visible.
Why we’re putting shared expertise to work in 2027
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, reflects on a year of growth for the MGA sector and sets out why learning, development and practical regulatory engagement will be centre stage in 2027.
PayingTooMuch targets 70-strong insurer panel by end of 2027
PayingTooMuch has revealed plans to expand its travel insurance panel to at least 70 insurers by the end of 2027 as the comparison site looks to accelerate growth.
Clear’s M&A; Konsileo’s investment; FOS’s chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Probitas rebrands; Benefact x parkrun; Allianz’s CEOs
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is Admiral’s job cull a wake-up call for the UK insurance market?
Content Director’s View: Despite recording significant profits in a difficult market, Admiral last week announced it was cutting 500 roles. Jonathan Swift looks at what the move – remarkably not linked with artificial intelligence – means for the rest of…
Dive In closes with warning AI poses risk to gender equality
Women need to be entrepreneurial with artificial intelligence and use the technology without fear to ensure progress on gender equality is not reversed, according to AI Governance Limited founding director Sue Turner.
Beazley’s cyber expansion; Bishop Street’s restructure; OpenGI’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ripe’s classic car move; Percayso x Driverly; Sompo's UK CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Turn off legacy reporting with small teams says Hiscox’s Bishop
Insurers need to be disciplined when turning off reporting to old legacy system and instead adopt small, self-sufficient, and accountable data teams said Hiscox UK’s head of data Dan Bishop.
Allianz’s Lalwani on need for collaboration around AI governance
The insurance industry must work together to implement customer-centric artificial intelligence governance, according to Allianz UK’s chief data officer Akhil Lalwani.
Why insurers belong in the room before infrastructure is built
Trade Voice: Agata Gorecka, general insurance policy adviser at the Association of British Insurers, argues insurers should be brought into national infrastructure planning from the outset.
Staff will reject ‘Ask Jeeves’ AI tools if options are limited
Ed Jackson, chief commercial officer at MGA HomeProtect has urged firms not to give staff “the Ask Jeeves equivalent of artificial intelligence” and establish some key principles in how to use the technology from the outset.