SME
Biba hails progress on speeding up authorisations
British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Graeme Trudgill has told Insurance Post that its members have been reporting quicker authorisations following changes implemented by the regulator.
Biba developing universal fair value assessment template
The British Insurance Brokers Association is collaborating with other trade bodies to produce a standard template for fair value assessments, CEO Graeme Trudgill has told Insurance Post.
Insurance Post’s Top 80 MGAs of 2025 revealed
Policy Expert is the UK’s biggest MGA thanks to an 8% swell in its customer base, reaching 1.6m policies for the first time this year.
Pen Underwriting’s plan to becoming biggest MGA
After Pen Underwriting hit a five-year goal of managing around £1bn of gross written premium a year ahead of schedule, Nick Wright, chief development officer, has revealed how the MGA will achieve £1.75bn by the end of this decade.
Technology due diligence takes centre stage in insurance M&A
From costly integration to toxic technology debt, Scott Thomson, insurance solutions director at FintechOS, explains how outdated systems are blocking insurance takeover deals.
Big Interview: Andy Rice, Charles Taylor Adjusting
From a guitar-playing teenager to CEO of Charles Taylor Adjusting International, Andy Rice shares how his loss adjusting journey started in 1985 and outlines how he is orchestrating to growing the business globally in 2025.
Diary of an Insurer: Hiscox’s Shali Vasudeva
Shali Vasudeva, group chief operations and technology officer at Hiscox, oversees areas including technology, data plus artificial intelligence, property services, procurement, and change management including improvements to the claims process.
Cyber insurers grapple with AI and automation risks
Insurers are rethinking how to underwrite cyber risks amid the rise of artificial intelligence and autonomous technologies, according to speakers at Insurance Post’s latest Underwriting Club debate.
Insurers still struggling to convert cyber awareness to sales
News Editor’s View: Research from FWD shows that while some insurers are excelling at turning awareness of cyber insurance into sales, others continue to struggle with both awareness and conversion.
Spotlight: Unlocking ESG: the strategic advantage for insurance providers in the SME market
Insurance providers risk missing a strategic edge by underusing ESG in SME underwriting. Integrating ESG data can boost resilience insights, improve risk modelling, and offer competitive market advantage, argues Sara Costantini at Crif.
Spotlight: The ESG opportunity: insurers as partners in SME resilience
Insurers and brokers look set to play a pivotal role in ESG education and risk management – and potentially, there is a role for more specialist products and incentives to reward firms that demonstrate best practice, writes Rachel Gordon.
Aviva-backed AI broker raises £950K
Artificial intelligence-native insurance broking platform Meshed has raised £950,000 in a pre-seed fundraise.
RSA-to-Intact rebrand to kickstart with e-trade products
RSA is set to mark its imminent rebrand to Intact by rolling out five new e-trade products designed to bring together the best of the existing RSA and NIG product sets, according to commercial lines managing director Tovah Grosscurth.
Styling shifts transform hairdresser insurance
Fiona Nicolson takes a closer look at why the increase in the number of independent and freelance hairdressers in the UK, as well as so-called co-working salon spaces post pandemic, has pushed up the price of hairdressers’ insurance.
Big Interview: Chris Jones, CEO of the International Underwriting Association
Chris Jones, CEO of the International Underwriting Association, shares his plan to prepare members for increasingly interconnected risks, improve their operational efficiency and ensure they win the war for talent.
WTW Networks MD teases ‘transformational’ plans
John Read, managing director of WTW Networks has noticed a reduction in consolidation, and teased some “transformational” changes at the firm.
Zurich growth not enough despite new business surge
Zurich saw new business for its UK regional business increase 20% in the first half of the year, but the insurer’s head of retail commercial Morgan Lyons believes it can boost that further, despite competitive market conditions.
Big Interview: Mark Christer, Wakam UK
Mark Christer, CEO of Wakam UK and deputy CEO of Wakam Group, sits down with Scott McGee to talk through his first year at the UK subsidiary, and plans to expand.
Bupa Global MD on how issues plaguing public health systems hit insurers
Anthony Cabrelli, managing director of Bupa Global, explains the nature of claims, technological advances and prevention trends that are reshaping the international private medical insurance landscape.
Q&A: Gary Gallen, rradar
Gary Gallen, CEO and founder of Rradar, tells Insurance Post why he set up the firm, how he flipped the pricing model of law firms, and why others won't follow suit.
Zurich rebrands tradespeople offering to include homeworkers
The scope of Zurich’s trades and professions product has been broadened to include home workers, Insurance Post can reveal.
Diary of an Insurer: Criterion’s Helen Stanley
Helen Stanley, loss adjuster at Criterion, handles a difficult and emotional high-value jewellery theft, catches up with colleagues in London and visits an escape of water claim site in Suffolk.
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).
How cyber insurers are stepping up after M&S attack
How insurers and corporates are reassessing their exposure models and IT risk appetite because of the growing threat of ransomware plus attacks on the likes of M&S plus Co-op is examined by Edmund Tirbutt.