Aviation
Big Interview: Simon Hunt, HDI
Simon Hunt, CEO of HDI UK and Ireland, reveals how he is looking to grow the corporate and specialty lines insurer by launching a new Lloyd’s syndicate and expanding in areas including energy, cyber and healthcare.
Insurance Post’s Top MGAs of 2026 revealed
Policy Expert is the nation’s biggest MGA after achieving record-breaking revenue of more than £200m for UK-based non-life risks in 2025.
Is aviation insurance entering a new era of risk?
How aviation insurers are navigating a rapidly changing risk landscape, from increasingly complex aircraft technology and composite materials to geopolitical conflict and cyber threats, is explored in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
How 9/11 still shapes insurance
Editor’s View: On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Emma Ann Hughes reflects on how the attacks changed terrorism risk, catastrophe modelling and insurance capacity forever and reminds the sector of how it must always help people recover from loss.
Rokstone eyes more M&A as it targets further growth
Rokstone is set to explore further merger and acquisition opportunities as the MGA looks to build on organic growth and expand its underwriting capabilities in the year ahead.
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.
Big Interview: Phuong Ly, Allianz Commercial
Phuong Ly, managing director UK for Allianz Commercial, speaks to Insurance Post about replatforming, reorganisation, and becoming the "easiest insurer to do business with."
Allianz’s MGA; Policy Expert’s capacity; Clear’s CCO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Trehane Oliver, McLarens Aviation
Trehane Oliver, managing director at McLarens Aviation, speaks to Insurance Post about his approach to recruitment and the various challenges affecting the aviation insurance space.
US-Iran deal reopens Strait but shipping risks remain
Marine insurers have welcomed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz under the US-Iran peace deal signed today (18 June), but warned significant operational, security and regulatory challenges remain.
Travel insurers chart a course through Hormuz disruption
As the US and Israel's war with Iran plus the closure of the Strait of Hormuz enters its fourth month, Scott McGee looks at what impact it has had, if any, on the UK travel insurance market to-date.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Metal Meets Marsh; Haggie’s buffet
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Neil Gibson, Sedgwick
Neil Gibson’s career as a loss adjuster began back in 1989 and his sphere of influence expanded significantly at the start of this year when he became regional CEO for UK, Ireland, Middle East & Africa.
How the war with Iran will rip through insurers’ balance sheets
Editor’s View: From soaring claims inflation and disrupted supply chains to cyber threats, travel chaos and potential power outages, Emma Ann Hughes outlines how the Iran conflict could reshape underwriting, pricing and profitability for years to come.
Aon warns tensions are redefining risks
Growing geopolitical volatility, in particular in the Middle East, is exposing insurers and buyers to new risks that should trigger a fresh round of stress-testing, the CEO of Risk Capital for Aon has said.
McGill’s aviation solution; Aviva’s flood risk app; Zurich UK’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviation losing money despite being ‘safest it’s ever been’
At the Marsh Aviation Summit, aviation underwriters lamented a lack of infrastructure investment and low profits, despite safety levels being as high as ever.
Aviation market warned on pricing amid war risk surge
At the Marsh Aviation Summit, underwriters warned that escalating geopolitical risks and emerging non-kinetic threats are outpacing pricing in the aviation war market.
Environmental and pollution liability risks escalate in Iran conflict
Crawford & Company has warned attacks on commercial vessels around the strait of Hormuz are leading to an increase in environmental and pollution liability risks for the marine insurance sector.
How 3D inspection tech is transforming insurance
How advances in inspection technology, including the integration of drone imagery with ground-based Lidar scanning, are giving insurers unprecedented visibility of assets and buildings is examined by Rachel Gordon.
Aviation war market steady but wary of Iran risks
Aviation insurers are seeing fewer notices to clients under war policies than their peers in marine amid the Iran War, according to the International Underwriting Association.