Underwriting
Brit’s launch; Apollo x Generali; Acrisure’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Fraudsters share intelligence every day - why don't insurers?
Today’s criminal networks can share information quickly and exploit weaknesses across multiple insurers. This blog highlights why insurers are struggling to share intelligence effectively and how the industry can turn a willingness to collaborate into a…
Pricing at pace: Staying competitive in a faster-moving market
In increasingly fast-moving and volatile insurance markets, pricing is moving from the back office to the boardroom. This article explores the key themes emerging from a recent Insurance Post roundtable, hosted in association with Optalitix.
Howden's pet launch; Brown and Brown's grad programme; Flood Re's chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
CII has successive female presidents for first time in history
The Chartered Insurance Institute has elected Debbie Mitchell as its next president, with Mandy Hunt following on afterwards.
Synthetic ID fraud on the rise in AI era
Once a niche scam involving individual ‘Frankenstein’ profiles, synthetic identities have evolved into a highly industrialised driver of organised fraud. This content highlights how AI is helping fraudsters generate synthetic IDs at scale, and the threat…
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Axa
Axa remains in ninth place on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list, after combining its retail and commercial arms under a single structure earlier this year.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Intact Insurance
Intact Insurance, formerly known as RSA, has moved from fourth to sixth place on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list after the provider pulled out of personal lines.
Why we’re putting shared expertise to work in 2027
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, reflects on a year of growth for the MGA sector and sets out why learning, development and practical regulatory engagement will be centre stage in 2027.
Insurance document fraud moves upstream
From fake-damage imagery and forged repair invoices to number plate swaps on photos of genuine accidents, insurers are reporting record levels of claims document fraud driven by AI manipulation. This content explores how AI enabled document fraud is…
Designing the insurance policy of the future
At a recent Insurance Post webinar, held in association with Hyland and Duck Creek Technologies, an expert panel examined how AI could reshape commercial insurance and the respective roles of technology, humans and governance. This content highlights the…
Clear’s M&A; Konsileo’s investment; FOS’s chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
After Blueprint Two: what a cargo coverholder should stop waiting for
In March 2026, Lloyd’s set out a new strategy and confirmed it was transitioning away from Blueprint Two. This content highlights the implications for cargo coverholders, and how tigerlab’s platform connects delegated authority and brokerage operations.
Insurance Post’s Top MGAs of 2026 revealed
Policy Expert is the nation’s biggest MGA after achieving record-breaking revenue of more than £200m for UK-based non-life risks in 2025.
Building an autonomous insurance platform: the future that's already here
Most insurers operate fragmented architecture built over decades for claims, policy management, billing and underwriting. This blog highlights the true cost of operating siloed systems and how technology leaders can close the gap with a single, reusable…
Reinsurance in life insurance: How it works in 2026
This guide explains why life insurers might use reinsurance in 2026. Topics covered: what risks get reinsured; the types and structures involved; how it works mechanically; the offshore boom reshaping the market; and the regulation now tightening around…
Aviva’s Morse is third HNW exec to join Euna
MGA Euna has hired the third Aviva high-net-worth private clients executive who left the provider back in May this year.
US property and casualty insurance industry statistics 2026
How big is the US P&C insurance market and what are the current trends? This blog explores the numbers that matter for 2026, organised by market size, profitability, catastrophe exposure, line of business, and the largest carriers.
Can MGAs stay ahead in personal lines pricing?
In today’s fast paced, competitive, personal lines market, pricing has become a key battleground. This content highlights why pricing agility, richer data and digital trading capabilities are becoming the defining competitive advantages for ambitious…
Q&A: Matt Perkins, Hiscox UK
Matt Perkins, trading director, high net worth, art and collections at Hiscox UK, discusses underinsurance, first-generation wealth, and the changing shape of the HNW market.
The next step for neurodiversity in insurance workplaces
Despite growing recognition of neurodiversity's business benefits, Johnny Timpson, Gain founder member, says the insurance industry must do more to ensure neurodivergent employees can thrive without masking their conditions.