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Katharine Braddick to succeed Woods at PRA
Katharine Braddick CB has been named the next deputy governor for Prudential Regulation at the Bank of England and CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority.
Bspoke's capacity deal; Mission's MGA launch; Hiscox's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Soft market tempers Axa UK’s personal lines gains
Axa Group has reported 5% growth in property and casualty gross written premiums to £58bn, driven by commercial lines and strong new business in personal lines globally, but softer pricing in UK & Ireland dragged down personal lines rates.
British Insurance Awards 2026 deadline extended
For those of you rushing to put the finishing touches to your 2026 British Insurance Awards entry.
Allianz UK to launch at least two new aggregator brands in 2026
Allianz UK is planning to launch at least two new brands on price comparison sites in 2026, Insurance Post can reveal.
Average storm claim value more than doubles since 2017
Recent data has indicated the rising cost of covering storm damage, with the average cost in 2025 reaching £1,242.
FCA’s tech request and my less than ‘appy’ experience
Editor’s View: The Financial Conduct Authority is calling for more insurers to test their tech through the regulator’s sandboxes but if Emma Ann Hughes’ clunky app experience is anything to go by, the sector may need to fix the basics first before chasing innovation.
Allianz CEO outlines strategy to manage expenses
Despite volumes remaining fairly stable in 2025, Allianz UK CEO Colm Holmes has outlined how the insurer managed to increase profitability by 30%, including the 650 redundancies it made last year.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Zurich’s fundraiser; Fortnum & Mason’s pudding
Penny Black is back, sharing 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
Dunny or delight? Rating Australian forays into UK insurance
Content Director’s View: With Australian firm AUB Group doubling down on its UK growth plans with a deal for Prestige Insurance Holdings, Jonathan Swift reviews other notable Antipodean overseas insurance expansion plans to assess its chances of success.
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Geopolitical instability and trade policy risk rocking marine insurance
Escalating geopolitical tensions, from conflict-driven shipping attacks and vessel detentions to sanctions, tariffs and the growth of shadow fleets, are reshaping global trade routes. Against this backdrop, Tim Evershed observes significantly heightened risk exposures for the marine insurance market.
Enter Best Insurance Employer 2026 today
If you work for one of the greatest employers in the insurance industry and want to shout about it, make sure you complete Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employer survey today.
Regulatory ripple effect of the Which? insurance complaint
The Financial Conduct Authority’s response to Which?’s super-complaint about home and travel insurance, and the regulatory ripple effects now facing the industry, are the focus of the latest episode of the Insurance Post Podcast.
Who’s winning the war for UK insurers’ tech spend: Google, Amazon or Microsoft?
As the artificial intelligence-dominated future we are all set to inhabit continues to unfold, Insurance Post examines landscape of the cloud-based infrastructure insurance AI solutions are likely to sit on. Of the UK’s big three cloud providers, who takes the top spot and how likely are they to keep it?
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Insurers' greatest IT headaches revealed
Delays in data updates (75%) and inflexible screening tools (80%) are the insurance sector’s most acute challenges, a London Stock Exchange Group Risk Intelligence survey of compliance professionals has revealed.
Why 70% of UK properties remain underinsured
Seven out of 10 UK properties remain underinsured, according to RebuildCostAssessment.com latest data, leaving owners exposed to increasing rebuild costs.
Hash oil fires are the next big property risk for insurers
A new wave of butane hash oil explosions linked to illegal cannabis production is causing severe property damage and multi-million-pound insurance losses, posing a growing and under-recognised risk to insurers and landlords, warns James Nathaniel, major and complex loss adjuster at Sedgwick.
Britain’s future subsidence hotspots revealed
British Geological Survey and Ordnance Survey data analysis, produced exclusively for Insurance Post, shows where climate change is set to intensify subsidence hazard exposure and pose growing challenges for property insurers over the coming decades.
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