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Ardonagh Advisory buys firm; NBS x Hiscox; Tokio Marine’s head of compliance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Spring Statement 2025: What insurers should know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her 2025 Spring Statement today (26 March) with a mix of spending cuts, investment pledges, and economic forecasts.
London Market arranges training to stamp out misconduct
Following the publication of the Financial Conduct Authority’s report on non-financial misconduct in the wholesale specialty insurance market, the Lloyd’s Market Association, International Underwriting Association, and London and International Insurance…
Smarter bordereaux management for a new era of delegated authority
A recent webinar hosted by Insurance Post in association with Charles Taylor InsureTech brought together industry experts to explore the evolving landscape of bordereaux management and its role in the digital transformation of delegated authority. Here…
Hiscox offers update on plan for genAI underwriting
Hiscox and Google Cloud have shared plans to introduce generative artificial underwriting to more lines of business and explained what it took to get it working last year for terrorism cover.
Lemonade CEO sees AI replacing engineers and actuaries soon
Lemonade CEO Daniel Schrieber has shared that artificial intelligence might be used to replace employees in engineering, actuarial, legal and compliance functions at the insurtech in the next few years.
Cytora joins Google Cloud; PIB buys MGA; SRG’s head of corporate
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
What has driven loss adjuster start-ups to near extinction?
Content Director’s View: The beginning of the century saw a number of loss adjusting start-ups fueled by entrepreneurial managers and teams determined to go it alone and forge their own paths outside of the incumbent ‘big boys’ but of late these new…
What makes pet insurance customers happy revealed
Admiral and Agria have the greatest proportion of extremely or fairly satisfied pet insurance customers, according to the latest research by Fairer Finance.
Admiral joins Build Back Better; PIB’s milestone; Lockton’s GM
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Branko’s bite and Fitch’s potatoes
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.
Increased Arctic shipping lane traffic heats up risks
As record numbers of commercial vessels and cruise ships make Arctic Polar Code journeys, Tim Evershed unpicks what this means for the insurance industry.
Why PFAS is the greatest threat to insurance today
As “forever chemicals” become a growing focus of government regulation and a deluge of civil litigation, Emma Ann Hughes unpicks the potential impact of the manufacture and distribution of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances for the insurance industry.
Digitalise and conquer: Mastering insurance modernisation strategies
In today’s rapidly evolving insurance landscape, digitalisation is no longer optional – it’s imperative. Insurers are grappling with the challenges posed by inflexible legacy systems, heightened customer expectations, and stringent compliance demands.
What to expect from the regulator in 2025
In the first Insurance Post Podcast of 2025, regulatory experts reveal whether the Financial Conduct Authority will become a pricing regulator and slim down the rule book in the year ahead.
Insurance regulation: Who watches the watchdogs?
As HM Treasury looks to the financial watchdogs to help boost the general insurance sector’s competitiveness, Marcel Le Gouais observes oversight of the FCA and PRA is starting to look very different.
What insurers should do to stop sexual harassment
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman reviews the progress of trade bodies in responding to the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings on sexual harassment in the industry and explores what steps insurers and brokers can take to prevent abusive incidents and the…
What the Employment Rights Bill means for insurers
Zhaleh Hawkins, partner and deputy head of employment at law firm HF, explains how the government’s new rights for workers announcement around sick pay and parental leave will affect the insurance sector.
Making sense of the Insurance Act
Trade Voice: James Davey, president of the British Insurance Law Association and professor of law at the University of Bristol, warns an imminent legal judgment could be decided on a false assumption.
Big Interview: Jane Kielty, Aon UK and Ireland
Aon UK and Ireland’s CEO, Jane Kielty sits down with Scott McGee to talk through her first year in the job, and why 2025 will be the year of high performance for the broker.
Percayso’s quote platform; Lloyd’s milestone; Brokerslink’s president
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How MGAs can continue to transform in 2025
Trade Voice: As the underwriting capacity of the Managing General Agents’ Association’s membership tops £15bn, CEO Mike Keating looks at the trends that will shape the MGA market in 2025.
PRA CEO tells Starmer his main focus is stability
Sam Woods, CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority, has written to prime minister Keir Starmer promising to support the Labour government’s growth goal.
Stark asbestos risk in UK schools brought into focus
Jonathan Edwards, head of insurance and risk at HCR Law, warns insurers and brokers they need to move from passive monitoring to proactive risk mitigation in order to prevent hundreds of thousands of teachers and pupils dying as a result of asbestos…