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Property claims average hits £10,000 amid subsidence surge
The average property insurance claim hit £10,000 in the third quarter of 2026, due to rising repair costs and extreme weather, which drove up claims severity, according to the Association of British Insurers.
Aviva’s Dave Martin named PIB CEO
Aviva’s chief distribution officer, and managing director of commercial, Dave Martin, has been named CEO Of PIB Group.
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.
Diary of an Insurer: Samp Risk’s Jonathon Valentine
Jonathon Valentine, group chief technology officer for Samp Risk, the insurtech enabling telematics insurance in renewable energy, visits power stations in the US and reviews data from three new sites.
Zurich CEO Greco: Product overlap with ‘compatible’ Beazley only 5%
The duplication and crossover across the product lines offered by merger partners Zurich and Beazley is as little as 5%.
Marine insurance claims handler jailed for £3.4m fraud
A former marine insurance claims handler has been jailed for seven and a half years after pocketing millions in fraudulent insurance claims.
Amazon on how insurers can get out of pilot purgatory
Insurers looking to move beyond proof-of-concept pilots must focus on customer problems, matching AI tools to specific tasks and establish clear guardrails, according to Terry Buechner, global head of insurance core system modernisation at Amazon Web Services.
New safety ratings proposed for young driver car insurance
A new study will explore whether a safety rating system for motor insurance could help encourage safer driving for young drivers.
Should doomsayers be heeded over insurance’s brain drain?
Content Director’s View: Jonathan Swift explores if insurance's demographic timebomb could be potentially defused, whether the problems is being blown out of proportion, or if it set to create a massive hole in the sector’s future well-being.
Should doomsayers be heeded over insurance’s brain drain?
Content Director’s View: Jonathan Swift explores if insurance's demographic timebomb could be potentially defused, whether the problems is being blown out of proportion, or if it set to create a massive hole in the sector’s future well-being.
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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.
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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.
Middle East disruption drives uptick in travel insurance complaints
A 30% year-on-year rise in travel insurance complaints has been partly linked to disruption from the Middle East conflict. However, Millie Ridley, senior researcher at Fairer Finance, reveals customer satisfaction in the product continues to improve.
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