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Top 100 UK insurers of 2026 revealed
Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers list has experienced a significant shake-up due to meaningful declines in revenues at Direct Line and Intact in 2025.
Hiscox’s Masojada elected 698th City of London Mayor
Alderman Bronek Masojada has been officially elected as the 698th Lord Mayor of the City of London, and will succeed Lady Mayor Dame Susan Langley on 13 November.
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.
SRG combines wholesale businesses
Specialist Risk Group has brought its wholesale businesses together under one proposition, SRG Global Risk Solutions.
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.
Summer heatwave could cause pothole nightmare for insurers
Insurers could see a higher influx of vehicle damage claims and more complex liability investigations after this summer’s heatwave played havoc with the UK’s roads.
Homeowners delaying claims and repairs could increase costs
The AA has warned about how homeowners are putting off insurance claims, which could lead to more damage and higher costs later on down the line.
Top 30 European insurers of 2026 revealed
Europe’s Top 30 non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2025, although exchange rate changes affected revenue negatively when converted to euros.
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.
TrendTracker’s Sell underscores China’s impact on motor insurance
Motor insurance’s total loss and repair strategies need to become more “sophisticated” particularly due to Chinese manufacturers says TrendTracker’s director Paul Sell.
Heatwaves remind us that climate change resilience is crucial
View from the Top: Sarah Brown, risk engineering and resilience director at Axa Insurance UK, explains why the risk posed from regular heatwaves must be better understood in order to mitigate risk.
Foil appoints Huxley as CEO after Besemer steps down
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has appointed Mark Huxley as CEO to succeed Laurence Besemer as he steps down after 17 years, effective 1 October 2026.
BPL launches surety division
BPL has launched BPL Surety, a new business line offering global guarantee solutions, marking the broker's second business line launch this year.
ABI fire safety facility tops £19.6bn in year two
The Association of British Insurers has capped off a second year for its Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility, announcing a total sum insured of £19.6bn for the 12 months to the start of April.
Pen’s capacity; Clear’s Lloyd’s acquisition; MS Amlin’s head of cyber
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Jensten buys broker; ALA’s pothole product; Antare's reinsurance head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Stop being hypocritical and give PCWs what they want
Deputy Editor’s View: Scott McGee argues that if insurers want aggregators to focus on more than just price, they should provide the claims data they’ve been asking for.
Pets at Home enters pet insurance market with ‘big ambitions’
Pets at Home has today (19 August) launched its insurance product, and CEO of insurance Matt Poll has spoken to Insurance Post about the company's “big ambitions” in the sector.
ABI sets out steps to strengthen UK cyber resilience
The Association of British Insurers is calling for clearer cyber insurance policies, stronger distribution and greater data sharing as part of a series of recommendations aimed at strengthening the UK’s resilience to cyber risk.
Endless heatwaves are becoming insurance’s hot potato
Editor’s View: A summer of heatwaves, wildfires and increasing subsidence claims is another warning that insurance cannot rely on yesterday’s climate to price tomorrow’s risks, according to Emma Ann Hughes.
Markel’s Broker hub; Chubb and Acturis; MGAA’s milestone
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.