Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Convex’s new syndicate; Gallagher x FloodFlash; Aon’s commercial CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: Brokers lambasted by PM
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1981 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when a former prime minister was complaining about brokers.
60 Seconds With… IPI’s Craig Farley
Craig Farley, artificial intelligence and customer experience strategist at IPI, shares his dream of going back to the age of the dinosaurs plus his ambition to tackle mountain climbing.
Open GI’s partnership; Axa’s climate platform; Biba’s fresh face
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Throwback Thursday: London Institute’s growth plan
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1981 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the London Insurance Institute wanted to grow.
BSpoke’s trading capability; Intact's extension; Ascend's M&A head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Best Insurance Employer Award shortlist revealed
Insurance Post can reveal the 11 companies in the running to be crowned the industry’s best employers at the British Insurance Awards on 8 July.
Insurance Post Podcast reveals 2026 Power List
The latest Insurance Post Podcast, hosted by deputy editor Scott McGee, unveils how this year’s Power List identifies the UK insurance industry’s most influential figures.
60 Seconds With… Acord’s Mark Bennett
Mark Bennett, chief growth officer of Acord Solutions Group, is guaranteed to dance to Dire Straits' Money for Nothing and would love to race in the Goodwood Revival.
Markerstudy to sell MGA arm
Markerstudy Group is set to sell its managing general agent arm to the parent company of insurer Tradex, as it sharpens its focus on broking, Insurance Post’s sister title Insurance Age has revealed.
Roundtable: Can commercial insurers crack the fraud conundrum?
Insurers, brokers and fraud experts discussed the challenges of better data sharing, earlier detection and stronger cross-market cooperation.
Allianz x Coalition; Covéa’s COO; Lockton’s office
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Average home insurance payout in Q1 ‘highest on record’
The latest data from the Association of British Insurers shows home insurers paid out £846m in property claims across the first quarter of 2026.
McGill’s aviation solution; Aviva’s flood risk app; Zurich UK’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
60 Seconds With... Pegasystems’ Manoj Pant
Manoj Pant, senior director for strategy and business development at Pegasystems, would like to learn how to tickle the ivories and be The Architect in groundbreaking cyberpunk sci-fi film The Matrix.
Hiscox’s portal; Clear’s Scottish presence; Everywhen joins Brokerslink
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lloyd's AI take up soars; Seventeen Group's acquisition; PIB's COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
60 Seconds With… David Homer, QuestGates
David Homer, head of major and complex loss at QuestGates, talks resilience, racing rigs and why freshly ground coffee is non-negotiable.
Chubb’s launch; Duck Creek’s reinsurance offering; UIB’s marine MD
Weekly Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Will Burnham mount a Johnson-style challenge at Biba?
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham will deliver the opening keynote address at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference on Wednesday 13 May.
Bridgehaven’s European move; Covéa’s partnership; Axa UK’s general counsel
Weekly Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Maximising the potential of AI in insurance
Insights from the Insurance Post roundtable on AI implementation in insurance: key challenges and best practice
60 Seconds With… Matthew Geyman, Intersys
Matthew Geyman, managing director of Intersys, liked a 1980s computer jumble sale and has a soft spot for Good Times.
ERS partners with autonomous vehicle firm Oxa
Lloyd’s motor insurer ERS has announced a deal to underwrite motor insurance risks for Oxa, a specialist in autonomous vehicle technology.