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What lessons should the industry learn from retail cyber attacks?
Following several high-profile cyber attacks against retail businesses in recent months, figures throughout the insurance industry have highlighted the importance of comprehensive risk management, alongside robust cyber cover.
Liberty and Convex create sight loss internships with IICF
Liberty Specialty Markets and Convex have committed to creating internships for people with sight loss as part of their participation in the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation sight loss steering group.
ABI’s updated salvage code; CFC’s cyber masterclass; Gallagher’s property MD
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
FCA CEO responds to Which? petition to ‘end the insurance rip-off’
The Financial Conduct Authority’s CEO Nikhil Rathi has responded to Which? CEO Anabel Hoult after the consumer group delivered a petition calling on the regulator to get a stronger grip on a market that isn’t working as intended.
Lee Mooney resurfaces at Markel as Galjaard steps down
RSA’s former head of commercial Lee Mooney is to take over as head of UK for Markel, as Neil Galjaard steps down.
FCA likely to scale back non-financial misconduct guidance
The Financial Conduct Authority is likely to scale back the draft guidance on non-financial misconduct included in its original consultation paper, according to Dentons employment law counsel Sarah Jackman.
The insurance stories set to dominate the headlines in the second half of 2025
Content director’s view: Things might have gone quiet of late, but Jonathan Swift expects the lull to offer only a short respite before the deal-doers and headline-makers are back in force fueling the market conversation. And here are some predictions as to who you all might be talking about between now and 2026.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: NFU’s royal debut; Criterion’s rabbit
Penny Black shares the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviewing the quality of buffets at conferences, and giving a thumbs up – or down – to the sector’s social media posts.
Court orders repayment of commission-inflated premiums
The landlord of London’s Trocadero Centre has been told it must repay hundreds of thousands of pounds charged to a cinema in insurance rent.
Are e-scooters worth the hassle?
News Editor's View: Five years into the UK’s e-scooter trials, Scott McGee considers how safety concerns, data gaps, and regulatory uncertainty continue to cloud the mode of transport's future and whether the insurance industry will want to provide cover.
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What is making waves in marine insurance
The marine insurance industry is navigating turbulent waters as it heads into 2025 from shifting market dynamics to emerging risks, Harry Curtis examines how insurers are balancing a complex set of challenges.
State of the nation’s roofs: A top-down perspective
John Kimmance, chief customer officer of Ordnance Survey, reveals the depth of the data his organisation has on the state of the nation’s roofs, including the risk and insurance ramifications of their use, construction material and age.
Gibson, Johnson and Malik... do we read too much into parting words?
Content Director’s View: With a trio of senior claims managers moving on in recent weeks, Jonathan Swift reflects on whether they were given enough due praise, and as a consequence did their outgoing employers open themselves up to people reading too much into innocuous statements.
How IT innovation is affecting insurance brokers
As thousands pack their bags for next week’s British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester, Tom Luckham explores the ongoing reinvention of insurance distribution and the different challenges as well as opportunities this new era creates for small, independent intermediaries compared to their larger rivals.
The Insurance Post Power List 2025 is available now
We reveal today’s movers and shakers in the industry by measuring their influence and impact on the market.
What’s included?
- A list of insurance’s biggest players today
- Insurance Post Podcast: Listen and find out what it takes to climb to the top of the insurance market
- Ones to watch: The players with growing influence who look set to feature in future rankings
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Insurance industry’s most powerful players revealed
Making multi-billion-pound takeover bids for rivals and challenging political posturing is what it took to secure the top spots on Insurance Post’s 2025 Power List.
State of the nation’s roofs: A top-down perspective
John Kimmance, chief customer officer of Ordnance Survey, reveals the depth of the data his organisation has on the state of the nation’s roofs, including the risk and insurance ramifications of their use, construction material and age.
How RSA’s exit and FCA action transformed motor insurance
How the exit of RSA from personal lines, plus extra regulation, caused motor insurers to slash windscreen cover, increase fees and up their game when it comes to accident management services is examined by Mike Powell, insight manager for banking and general insurance at Defaqto.
Insurers struggle to fill IT and data job vacancies laid bare
Roles that are critical to core insurance operations are still heavily concentrated in London, plus providers are struggling to fill their IT and data roles, data analysis produced by Michael Stefan, partner at executive recruitment firm Hanover, has revealed.
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