Engineering
How insurers are helping businesses grow
As chancellor Rachel Reeves says the UK must go “further and faster” to achieve economic growth, Edmund Tirbutt examines how insurance is providing the safety net required to ensure businesses focus on getting bigger and better in the months and years to…
Natural resources firms struggle with ‘excessive’ insurance exclusions
According to the Willis Global Clean Energy Survey 2025, more than half (53%) of natural resources companies cited “blanket or excessive” exclusions as the greatest obstacle to transferring clean energy risk to the insurance market.
McGill’s green goals; London Market group formed; Aon’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Big Interview: Adam Humphrey, Global Risk Solutions & Cila
"Relevance" is vital to Adam Humphrey, CEO of CCS & GRS International at Global Risk Solutions, who wants to use his year as president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters to raise the sector’s game.
Top 50 Reinsurers of 2024 revealed
Munich Re and Swiss Re remain at the top of Insurance Post’s Top 50 Reinsurers 2024 list, despite Christopher Pennings, financial analyst at AM Best, observing the rankings have been shaken up by a shift in accounting requirements.
Pen’s cyber revamp; Chubb’s construction practice; Unum CEO joins ABI board
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Allianz
Allianz has made significant strides to increase the brand’s presence in the UK and remains in the Top 10 of Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: RSA
RSA is in fourth place on the Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
Lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage
Laura Miller examines how the CrowdStrike outage impacted various insurances, including property, business interruption, professional liability, D&O and product liability insurances.
Insurance Post’s Top 90 MGAs revealed
Ardonagh Group, Brown & Brown, Gallagher, Markerstudy and Policy Expert are the UK’s five biggest MGAs.
Equipment breakdown cover ‘more of a necessity’ as tech advances
Andy Bazley, underwriting manager at HSB Engineering, has said awareness of equipment breakdown insurance needs to be ramped up as the reliance of technology develops.
Hiscox uses AI to slash underwriting from three days to three minutes
Hiscox has shortened its lead underwriting journey for the London Market sabotage and terrorism book from three days to three minutes through the use of generative artificial intelligence.
‘Nascent’ cyber market to hit ‘choppy waters’
Experts speaking at the Financial Times Global Insurance Summit on 13 June have said there are going to lots of ups and downs in the cyber market, with one suggesting “premiums are under-priced”.
Clear’s latest deal; JMG surpasses £300m GWP; Kane named Allianz ambassador
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Saga sells Caravan book; CFC’s fintech cover; Lockton’s head of parametric
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Contractual requirements boost cyber insurance adoption
A cyber expert at Marsh has warned contractual obligations driving businesses to purchase cyber insurance could be a double-edged sword.
Construction adjuster builds out with London team
Specialist Lines, a niche construction and engineering loss adjusting firm headquartered in Bury, has launched a new London Market and International division with the recruitment of a team from Global Risk Solutions International.
ICG invests in Staysure; Jensten buys broker; Questgates’ legal rebrand
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurers' struggle to fill job vacancies laid bare
Data analysis: The extent to which insurance is an experienced employee’s, rather than an employer’s, is laid bare by recruitment adverts posted at the start of this year.
Aviva’s telematics app; Ardonagh buys Westfield; Swiss Re appoints group CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Winds of change in renewable energy insurance
Post Podcast: How insurers are supporting the switch from fossil fuels, providing cover for older windfarms and helping develop greener forms of energy is the subject of the latest podcast.
Big Interview: Chubb’s Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts, division president for UK, Ireland and South Africa at Chubb, tells Jonathan Swift he is looking to create wider and deeper relationships with UK brokers plus what factors will help differentiate his insurer from the congested run-of-the…
Qover enters UK motor; ARAG seals DAS deal; OSB's Consumer Duty director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
New year, new shape of the City for insurers
As Lloyd’s stays put in Lime Street and Aviva kicks off 2024 in a new City HQ, Emma Ann Hughes examines how insurers are reshaping the square footage they occupy in the Square Mile.