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Coversure’s latest addition; MS Amlin’s AI tool; PwC’s insurance lead
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Hastings Direct to bring in 500 new roles
Hastings Direct is set to recruit more than 500 new roles over the next 12 months, as part of plans to step up investment in people, technology and artificial intelligence.
Home insurance premiums see quarterly fall amid new entrants
Home insurance premiums are falling at their fastest quarterly rate this year, according to Consumer Intelligence.
What does Martin have to do at PIB?
Deputy Editor’s View: As Aviva’s Dave Martin is named PIB Group CEO, Scott McGee looks at what the Bristolian will be tasked with when he takes the reins in the new year.
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How can AI fast track insurance claims?
How artificial intelligence is reshaping claims experiences is examined in the latest Insurance Post Podcast, sponsored by RDT.
What next for Aviva and insurance’s greatest Dame?
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes considers the remarkable turnaround of Aviva under Dame Amanda Blanc and asks what comes next for the insurer and its formidable group CEO.
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.
Top 100 UK insurers of 2026 revealed
Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers list has experienced a significant shake-up due to meaningful declines in revenues at Direct Line and Intact in 2025.
Insurance matrix
Risk managers adapt insurance strategies as pressures mount
Insurance managers are changing how they buy and manage cover as challenging market conditions combine with an increasingly complex and fast-moving risk landscape, according to the latest Federation of European Risk Management Associations' research.
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.
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.
UK claims service hits new record high
Six out of eight general insurance business lines showed improvement when it comes to claims service in the second quarter, with only energy and marine declining, the latest data from Gracechurch revealed.
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