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Alp’s Acturis product; Tide’s SME cover; Marsh Corporate’s MD
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Isolation leaving agricultural brokers ‘half counsellor, half broker’
Isolation and regulation is negatively impacting the mental health of agricultural insurance customers, Debbie Airey, area managing director at Brown & Brown has told Insurance Post.
What does belonging mean in the insurance industry?
To coincide with this year’s Dive In Festival theme Belonging builds tomorrow, Damisola Sulaiman examines why belonging is more important than ever now and what insurance companies must do to rise to the occasion.
Q&A: Samantha Owen, Zurich Community Trust
Samantha Owen, interim head of Zurich’s independent charitable arm in the UK Zurich Community Trust, discusses the various elements of the trust’s work and how it is likely to evolve over the coming years.
Diversity and Inclusion In Insurance Awards 2025 shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the businesses and individuals who have been shortlisted for the 2025 Diversity and Inclusion In Insurance Awards.
Unum UK enters health cash plan market
Unum UK has entered the health cash plan market, with Mark Till, CEO of Unum UK, revealing the insurer intends to become a top three provider.
Insurance push needed to tackle women’s rugby online abuse
Imogen Mitchell-Webb, head of sport at law firm HF, has called on insurers and brokers to assist in curbing the prominence of online abuse in women’s rugby.
Protecting the tools of tradesmen
With theft affecting the majority of UK tradespeople, Fiona Nicolson examines rising losses, underinsurance, and strain on trade tool insurers.
Insurers upping their female football game
To ensure the Lionesses are in peak form to win the Euros 2025, Damisola Sulaiman examines the strides that have been made to insure female footballers plus what more must be done in insurance innovation and partnerships with sports organisations.
Farming under pressure: how insurers are stepping up
The latest episode of the Insurance Post Podcast digs deep into the evolving role of insurance in agriculture and features Charlie Yorke, propositions manager for farming at NFU Mutual, and Steve Smout, head of agriculture at McLarens.
Big Interview: Mark Till, Unum
Mark Till, CEO of Unum UK, shares how financial hardship in childhood made him want to take on his current job and what caused a significant uptick in uptake of the insurer’s products.
Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards open for entries
Entries are now open for Insurance Post’s Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards 2025.
Hannah Gurga, ABI and Graeme Trudgill, Biba
In joint 21st place on Insurance Post's Power List 2025 is Hannah Gurga, director general of the Association of British Insurers, and Graeme Trudgill, CEO of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, who have both fought tirelessly to slash the amount…
Income protection gap opens door to fraud
Fraud Spotlight: An uncertain employment market and insufficient policy cover could spur a rise in fraudulent income protection claims.
Axa’s Foley on leading by example to achieve equality
Tara Foley, CEO of Axa UK & Ireland, outlines why leading by example is essential to achieving equality in the workplace, and that while great strides have been made, there are areas – including data and technology – where there is still significant work…
Insurers Review of the Year 2024
Insurers share their highlights of 2024 and hopes for more economic stability, less regulatory tinkering and fewer storms in 2025.
Q&A: Lauren France, DWF Law
After being named Unsung Hero of the Year at the British Insurance Awards 2024, DWF's specialist manager and deputy head of organised fraud Lauren France talks about the work being done to combat fraud, what threats are on the horizon, and how new…
Transformative power of sport for those with life-changing injuries
The Paralympics serves as a reminder there is a real person at the end of every claim, with Kate Duffy, partner at Clyde & Co, pointing out insurers have a duty to support initiatives which aid the rehabilitation process.
Diary of an Insurer: Clear’s Claire Thompson
Claire Thompson, senior corporate account handler and hybrid account executive in the broking and sales team at Clear Doncaster, walks her Springer Spaniel, tackles CrossFit plus prepares for being a full-time account executive.
Time to talk about alienated men in insurance
Editor’s View: Ahead of International Men’s Day (19 November), Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes says it is time to recognise just because pay gap data shows they earn more than their female colleagues doesn’t mean men feel like kings of insurance in…
Zurich to offer free neurodivergent assessments from 2025
From 2025, Zurich will be offering all employees the opportunity to be assessed for neurodiversity, after research found half of neurodivergent adults have been discriminated against by a hiring manager or recruiter.