British Insurance Awards (BIAs)
Open GI x Covéa; Aviva’s cyber cover; PIB’s CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Best Insurance Employer Award shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the 11 companies in the running to be crowned the industry’s best employers at the British Insurance Awards on 8 July.
Lee Mooney, Markel
While he is a fresh face on the Insurance Post Power List 2026, Lee Mooney was already a familiar one to the market’s movers and shakers long before he took over from Neil Galjaard as UK managing director at Markel in 2025.
Jason Harris, QBE
Jason Harris’s leadership of QBE International has been defined by impact, innovation, inclusivity and recently an armful of trophies at Insurance Post’s British Insurance Awards.
Ant Middle, Ageas
Ant Middle, CEO of Ageas UK, has been busy snapping up rivals to grow the personal lines provider significantly in 2025.
British Insurance Awards 2026 shortlist revealed
The shortlist of the 2026 British Insurance Awards, which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 8 July, is announced today.
British Insurance Awards 2026 deadline extended
For those of you rushing to put the finishing touches to your 2026 British Insurance Awards entry.
Throwback Thursday: Golf society; Risk assessor wages
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to February 1971 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when golfers were gathering and only male risk assessors need apply for jobs.
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.
Enter Best Insurance Employer 2026 today
If you work for one of the greatest employers in the insurance industry and want to shout about it, make sure you complete Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employer survey today.
HDI CEO Ogden exits after six years
Stephanie Ogden, CEO of HDI Global UK and Ireland, will leave the business on 31 January to become CEO of Munich Re Specialty - Global Markets.
Allianz and Aviva drop Elbit cover
Allianz and Aviva have given pro-Palestine activists a win after dropping cover for Elbit Systems, the firm providing arms and fuel to Israel.
Insurance Post’s star-studded Christmas Special for 2025
The award-winning Insurance Post Podcast has signed off the year with a Christmas Special featuring industry heavyweights, newsroom favourites and even a CBeebies-style bedtime story.
MGAs Review of the Year 2025
2025 was a landmark year for MGAs, marked by record growth, major partnerships, technological innovation and expanding global reach, even as soft market conditions and pricing pressures tested resilience across the sector.
Entries open for the 2026 British Insurance Awards
We can’t quite believe it’s come round so quickly – the 2026 British Insurance Awards are now open for entries.
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.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: BIA song; Partners&’s compliment
Penny Black is back, sharing 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.
Protestors stage own ceremony outside British Insurance Awards
Climate change activists from Insure Our Survival protested outside this year’s British Insurance Awards, lying down on the event’s red carpet and staging their own awards ceremony on the pavement outside the Royal Albert Hall.
British Insurance Awards 2025 winners revealed
Aviva was crowned General Insurer of the Year and Airmic CEO Julia Graham, pictured, took home the Achievement Award at the 2025 British Insurance Awards last night (9 July).
British Insurance Awards Q&A: James MacBeth, Auto Windscreens
Ahead of the 2025 British Insurance Awards, James MacBeth, managing director of Auto Windscreens, reflects on why it is supporting the event and what he is looking forward to on the big night.
Shortlists revealed for Best Insurance Employer categories for 2025 BIAs
Today we can reveal the shortlists for the Best Insurance Employer categories, ahead of the winners being announced at the Royal Albert Hall on the 9th July.