Diversity
Pride exposes prejudice LGBTQ+ individuals face in insurance
Editor’s View: LGBTQ+ network Link’s latest survey shows many insurance professionals still feel pressure to hide parts of themselves at work, which Emma Ann Hughes argues highlights the need for insurers to move beyond Pride branding and ‘pinkwashing’ to build actually inclusive cultures.
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.
Insurance industry’s most powerful leaders revealed
Insurance Post’s Power List cuts through the noise to reveal who really moved markets, shifted outcomes and shaped the UK general insurance sector over the last 12 months.
Steven Wallace, McLarens
Steven Wallace, managing director for EMEA at McLarens, is shaping the future of technical claims services for complex, commercial and specialty markets.
Donna Scully, Carpenters
Irish-born and proudly from Dublin, Donna Scully is joint owner and director of Carpenters Group, a provider of outsourced insurance and legal solutions.
Steve Hardy, Policy Expert
Steve Hardy has form when it comes to building challenger brands that punch above their weight.
Simon McGinn, Dual UK
Simon McGinn joined Dual UK as CEO in early 2024 with a clear mandate: to accelerate the MGA’s growth while reinforcing the provider’s regional presence and strengthening its service proposition.
Matthew Crummack, Domestic & General
Matthew Crummack has been CEO of Domestic & General since October 2021 and saw the nation’s biggest appliances insurer bought by US-based Asurion at the end of 2025.
Paul Morden, Munich Re
Paul Morden, CEO of Munich Re UK’s branch is responsible for shaping and delivering reinsurance strategy across the UK and Ireland.
Kevin Spencer, Markerstudy
Kevin Spencer has built Markerstudy into a UK insurance powerhouse with millions of policyholders, but is now working under a Financial Conduct Authority-imposed cap on customer numbers while concerns raised by the regulator are addressed.
Rob Worrell, Everywhen
Rob Worrell has been CEO of Everywhen, formerly known as Ardonagh Advisory, since December 2017 and leads an organisation that spans networks, general insurance, employee benefits and MGAs.
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.
Ken Norgrove, Intact
Ken Norgrove, CEO of Intact UK and Ireland, is a man with a plan to ensure the provider formerly known as RSA almost doubles its UK business to £5bn by 2030.
Tara Foley, Axa
Tara Foley’s leadership of Axa UK & Ireland is defined by a commitment to showing how general insurance can protect all sectors of society.
Jason Storah, Aviva
Jason Storah has been busy steering Aviva’s UK & Ireland General Insurance business through a period of significant change.
Shoib Khan, Prudential Regulation Authority
Shoib Khan, director of insurance supervision for the Prudential Regulation Authority, appears on Insurance Post’s Power List for the first time at a moment when his influence over the sector is particularly acute, as he leads a major stress test of the…
Admiral sticks with gender-neutral toilets
Admiral has come under fire for continuing to have gender-neutral toilets while it awaits updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission after last year’s Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.
Lloyd’s pushed to prove value of Dive In replacement
Editor's View: As Lloyd’s winds down Dive In, Emma Ann Hughes argues the real test will be whether the London market's replacement delivers meaningful change when it comes to diversity and inclusion rather than diluted ambition.
Markel takes swing at mastering inclusive golf networking
Markel has launched Driving Change, a pilot programme developed to help women feel more confident about playing golf in an informal business networking setting.
Lloyd’s pulls plug on Dive In
Lloyd’s will bring its flagship diversity and inclusion Dive In festival to an end after 2026, as it launches a market-wide consultation to develop a broader approach to talent, skills and culture.
Big Interview: Dame Sue Langley
Proudly boosting a background in insurance, the first Lady Mayor of the City of London Dame Sue Langley talks to Jonathan Swift about combatting mis-information, improving business confidence and using her ‘soft power’ to encourage more young people and…