Artificial intelligence (AI)
Hiscox achieves 6% UK growth and eyes double digits by 2028
Hiscox UK is on track to hit its 6% growth target for 2025 at the halfway mark, with group chief underwriting officer Joanne Musselle revealing plans for double-digit retail growth by 2028.
Tomorrow’s World: Career Development
The latest episode of Insurance Post’s future-focused series examines how insurance careers will evolve by 2030.
Diary of an Insurance PR: SEC Newgate’s Vanessa Chance
Mastering motherhood, media strategy and meaningful causes: Vanessa Chance, director of communications at SEC Newgate shares a week balancing high-stakes insurance PR, event planning, and Glastonbury rehearsals with her daughter.
Tomorrow’s World: Operational Innovation
How insurers can learn from past digital transformation programmes and boost productivity is the topic of Insurance Post’s latest episode of Tomorrow’s World, about operational innovation.
Warning signs re-emerge in motor after poor inflationary reaction
The personal motor insurance market may have returned to profit in 2024 but experts at WTW have warned that doesn’t mean pricing problems are solved.
Compare the Market working with Cambridge University on AI
Compare the Market and the University of Cambridge have committed to a long-term academic partnership involving data science and artificial intelligence skill development, Insurance Post can reveal.
Surge in film set thefts raises alarm for insurers
Marion Jones, director of Spotlite Claims at Woodgate & Clark, warns of a growing number of film set heists, urging stronger security to protect high-value kit and minimise production disruption.
Big Interview: Mark Christer, Wakam UK
Mark Christer, CEO of Wakam UK and deputy CEO of Wakam Group, sits down with Scott McGee to talk through his first year at the UK subsidiary, and plans to expand.
Could AI alter the legal position of brokers?
Trade Voice: Professor Baris Soyer, director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University, explains why brokers using artificial intelligence will stay legally accountable, even when the technology's errors lead to…
Raw materials price insurer seeks FCA authorisation
ChAI, a UK startup that allows businesses to manage supply chain risk by insuring against fluctuations in the price of materials, is seeking authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority to set up its own insurer, Post can reveal.
AI models threaten to ‘blow apart’ price comparison sites
Artificial intelligence large language models such as ChatGPT are set to “blow apart” price comparison website distribution, according to Stella Insurance CEO Sam White.
How P&C carriers are outpacing life insurers on AI adoption
Property and casualty carriers are outpacing life insurance peers with artificial intelligence adoption, thanks to structural advantages that enable faster and more agile use of the technology.
Monzo’s new cover; Aviva boosts renewables; Laka raises £7.7m
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
D&G CEO shares how AI insight is growing business
Domestic & General is backing artificial intelligence data-driven innovation and US expansion to further grow, according to CEO Matthew Crummack.
Big Interview: Blanca Berruguete, Descartes
Earlier this year Blanca Berruguete joined Descartes Underwriting as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa distribution and client management.
Spotlight: How insurers can stay ahead in an AI-driven world
WTW’s Pardeep Bassi explains how insurers can leverage AI more effectively to enhance pricing, portfolio management, underwriting and claims
How cyber insurers are stepping up after M&S attack
How insurers and corporates are reassessing their exposure models and IT risk appetite because of the growing threat of ransomware plus attacks on the likes of M&S plus Co-op is examined by Edmund Tirbutt.
MBC’s Clear rebrand; MS Amlin’s simplification; CFC chief tech officer
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
What the ‘interim’ exec team means for the future of DLG?
Content Director's View: With Aviva finally getting the keys to the Direct Line Group business after the deal closed this week, Jonathan Swift asks if there are any early pointers to the direction of travel for the merged business by looking at who has…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Aviva’s patty; First Central’s market
Penny Black shares 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.
Highest performing MGAs of 2025 revealed
NBS Underwriting has been named the best-performing MGA in the UK by market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab.
Spotlight: How agentic AI is redefining claims transformation
From complex documentation to final decisions, agentic AI is transforming how claims are handled. But instead of replacing people, it works alongside them, argues Grady Behrens at Shift Technology.
British Insurance Technology Awards 2025 shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the businesses and individuals who have been shortlisted for the 2025 British Insurance Technology Awards.
Zurich to deploy agentic AI property claims system
Zurich Group is set to take its agentic artificial intelligence application for property claims into production later this year.