Underwriting
Amdocs buys EIS as insurtech giants consolidate
Major software and services provider Amdocs has entered the insurtech space by snapping up EIS for $340m (£250.14m) up-front, with further payments tied to the business achieving certain performance targets.
From manual bordereaux to trading agility
From manual bordereaux to trading agility, insurance pricing can now change daily, but trading infrastructure hasn’t kept pace. This article explains why manual bordereaux must go and why it’s time to rethink the connection between brokers, MGAs and…
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…
Lloyd’s best-performing syndicates revealed
Renaissance Re-managed Syndicate 1458 has taken the top spot in Insurance DataLab’s 2026 Lloyd’s Underwriting Ratings, edging Aegis-managed Syndicate 1225 by less than 0.1 percentage points.
Tesco launch; Allianz products; Arkel new boss
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Tokio Marine HCCI launches humanoid robot coverage
Tokio Marine HCC International and broker Adrian Flux are launching what they describe as the UK’s first domestic humanoid robot household insurance policy.
OpenAI reveals ‘strength and depth’ of security insurers need
Viyat Bhalodia, a member of the technical staff at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has outlined the security controls insurers need when using artificial intelligence agents.
Guidewire eyes AI agents as consumers of platform
Guidewire is “starting to think about AI agents as sort of first-party consumers of this platform,” according to CEO Mike Rosenbaum.
The rules in someone's head: Referral discipline and key-person risk in delegated authority
Every delegated authority operation has a written referral schedule. Most also have a second, unwritten one, which is the version an experienced underwriter actually applies. This content highlights the hidden operational risk of the unwritten method and…
Guidewire pays £1.2bn for Hyperexponential
Guidewire is set to buy Hyperexponential for $1.7bn (£1.27bn), with $400m (£300.05m) more payable if recurring revenue targets are hit, as it looks to ‘define’ the use of artificial intelligence in underwriting.
Ardonagh merges global MGA businesses to create $3bn platform Orvia
Ardonagh Group is to merge all of its international managing general agent businesses under the Orvia Underwriting brand creating a platform that controls $3bn (£2.25bn) of gross written premium.
Building an autonomous insurance platform: Why only a platform strategy will succeed
Most insurers didn’t set out to build AI confusion; it just happened one point solution at a time. This blog highlights the real barrier to AI’s promise in insurance and why a platform strategy holds the key to building synergy between policy management,…
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.
Advance the possible: How to build an autonomous insurance platform
How can insurers cut through the AI hype and take ideas to production? This guide explains how one reusable AI layer can connect underwriting, policy, billing, claims, and customer engagement, and puts agentic AI to work on the core system you already…
How AI is redefining the art and science of underwriting
As artificial intelligence adoption expands across underwriting, Marcel Le Gouais examines how a more complete picture is emerging of where automation ends and human judgement remains.
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.