Please find below full details of articles currently being written for Insurance Post. 

The following features and analysis pieces are being produced for Insurance Post in the next few weeks.

If you would like to contribute comment, information or data to the features listed below, then please contact the journalist directly by no later than the deadline stated. Telephone interviews will be given priority over written submissions.

Get involved

Diary of an Insurer gives those working in the insurance industry a glimpse of what the working week is like for individuals in different functions across an array of companies in the sector. To share your experience of working in insurance please email emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com.

Our ‘60 Seconds with’ column allows you to really find out what makes middle managers tick. What can’t they live without, what chores do they hate and what would they call their autobiography? Do you know a middle manager who we should get to know better? Contact emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com.

Also, if you would like to share your thoughts on the latest insurance news, data, and market activity, then please email your opinion piece ideas to postonline@infopro-digital.com.

Insurance Post Power List

Insurance Post’s Power List will reveal the movers and shakers in the industry in 2025. 

To help us produce this celebration of those shaping the future of insurance we are looking for you to: 
•    submit a brief biography of your CEO, managing director or leader.
•    share no more than four bullet points of their EDI and ESG achievements in 2024.
•    share their most popular social media handle as well as their number of followers.
•    send us a selection of up-to-date photos of your CEO, managing director or leader.

Please send this information across to emma.hughes@infopro-digital.com with “Power List” in the subject line of your email by Thursday 13 February.

The information you send across, plus our own research, will be used to rank the industry’s leaders as well as produce an analysis and podcast on how power and influence is changing in the sector and society generally.

Whether your CEO has made the Power List will then be revealed at the start of the British Insurance Brokers Association conference, which takes place on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May.

Features

Topic: When will insurance get more female leaders?

Writer: Damisola Sulaiman (damisola.sulaiman@infopro-digital.com)

Deadline: Wednesday 5 February

To mark International Women’s Day, Insurance Post will examine why the upper echelons of insurance still feature so few women aged 50-plus.

• What will it take to attract and retain more women in top jobs?
• What can be learnt from the experiences of the likes of Aviva Group’s Amanda Blanc, Aon’s Julie Page and ex-Direct Line Group CEO Penny James about the issues women rather than male leaders face?
• What steps will it take to have gender equality among CEOs of the sector?
• When will the insurance industry have as many female leaders as male ones? Who are these female leaders likely to be in a decade’s time?

Please share your tips on women we are likely to see at the top of insurance companies soon.

Topic: Lessons for insurers to learn from LA Wildfires

Writer: Marcel Le Gouais (marcellegouais81@yahoo.co.uk)
Deadline: Wednesday 5 February

As the scale of uninsured losses from the Los Angeles wildfires becomes clear, are insurers ready for a climate change-induced ‘new normal’?
•    How should insurers step up their efforts to improve policyholders risk resilience and address underinsurance?
•    What action should the industry take to create public-private partnerships that address emerging risks?
•    In terms of response to policyholders who lost their homes and businesses in LA, how should the sector be stepping up for this “surge event” and managing customer expectations?
 

Topic: How insurers are helping businesses grow

Writer: Edmund Tirbutt (tirbutt@aol.com)

Deadline: Thursday 6 February

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the UK must go “further and faster” to achieve economic growth, following days of nerves in the financial markets.

After a period of economic turbulence for the fresh Labour government, how can insurance provide the safety net required to ensure businesses focus on growth and success in the months and years to come?

• How are the sector’s products and services supporting businesses to grow from SME to mid-corporate today?
• What innovation is taking place among commercial insurers to ensure the sector can accelerate growth and help the Labour party hit their targets for the UK economy?
• What role have brokers played in ensuring start-ups swiftly shift to becoming big names known by the average man on the street?
• How can the sector better demonstrate the role it has in increasing growth in the UK and use this to push for more proportionate regulation moving forward?

Topic: How Brexit has impacted the UK insurance market

Writer: David Worsfold (david@worsfoldmedia.com)

Deadline: Thursday 20 February

Five years on from the UK exiting the European Union, Post examines if the insurance industry benefitted or received a blow from Brexit.

• What impact did Brexit have on policies and services in offered by the industry covering both the UK and the EU?
• As UK insurers lost the passporting rights that they currently hold, how did it result in staff moving and new bases being established?
• What impact has Brexit had on UK insurance regulation?
• Will the shift from Solvency II to Solvency UK deliver the Brexit dividend that insurers were promised? How will that happen?

Topic: How insurers are tackling the challenges created by cosmetic tourism

Writer: Tim Evershed (mail@timevershed.co.uk)

Deadline: Thursday 20 February

As cosmetic tourism continues to grow in popularity among Brits enticed by the promise of cheap surgery, Post examines the kind of claims travel and medical insurers seeing.

• Are medical and repatriation costs covered by most policies?
• What impact does the Global Health Insurance Card have on the bill that insurers are willing to consider?
• Do the costs of policies that will kick in if there are complications outweigh the savings of seeking a nip, tuck or new teeth overseas?
• How are insurers educating cosmetic tourists about what is and isn’t covered?

Topic: Stormy seas that could rock marine insurance

Writer: Harry Curtis (harry.curtis@infopro-digital.com)

Deadline: Tuesday 25 February

Marine is certainly among the oldest classes of insurance, if not the oldest outright, but geopolitics and decarbonisation – among other things – are keeping marine insurers on their toes.

Can the market expect smooth sailing or is heading into uncharted waters in 2025?

• What impact are geopolitical tensions, for example in the Red Sea and Black Sea, and protectionism around the globe having on marine insurance?
• What has been the fallout from last year’s Baltimore Bridge collapse for the marine insurance market?
• Why are we seeing hull & machinery and cargo rates soften, while P&I rates climb?
• Where is the new capacity in the marine market coming from? Are MGAs suited to the marine market?
• Should we expect to see further consolidation among P&I clubs?
• How are marine insurers supporting the shipping industry’s decarbonisation efforts?
• What are the other key trends to watch in marine insurance this year?