Subject: Insurance Post forward features

FEATURES

Insurance Post Forward Features List

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

 

If you would like to contribute a spokesperson, comment, information or data to the features listed below, then please contact the journalist directly as soon as possible. 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? 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.

AI Week is back!

Insurance Post will once again be examining how generative artificial intelligence is transforming the insurance industry in 2025.

Senior reporter Damisola Sulaiman is looking to interview technology leaders at insurance and loss adjusting companies about:

  • How is generative artificial intelligence boosting operational efficiency, elevating customer experience, optimising risk assessment, improving fraud detection, refining pricing accuracy and enhancing customer interactions in 2025?
  • What use cases has your company identified for generative AI in 2025?
  • What is the objective of a pilot? How did you measure the outcome of the pilot and roll-out the technology into a live environment?
  • What impact – financially or other key performance indicators – has the work had on the business?

Please email damisola.sulaiman@infopro-digital.com to arrange an interview.

 

Features

 

Topic: How cyber insurers are responding to ransomware

 

Writer: Edmund Tirbutt (tirbutt@aol.com)

Deadline: Friday 30 May

 

How insurer strategies are evolving in response to the ransomware surge will be examined by Insurance Post.

  • How are insurers and corporates reassessing their exposure models and IT risk appetite because of the growing threat of ransomware plus attacks on the likes of M&S plus Co-op?
  • What could a ransom ban in the UK mean for the cyber insurance market and claims landscape?

 

Topic: Styling shifts transform hairdresser insurance

 

Writer: Fiona Nicolson (fiona.nicolson@googlemail.com)

Deadline: Friday 30 May

 

The increase in the number of independent/freelance hairdressers in the UK, as well as so-called co-working salon spaces post pandemic, has pushed up the price of hairdressers’ insurance.

  • Why has the cost of public liability insurance for hairdressers in the UK has risen by 100% since 2023 to average of £93 in 2025, according to MoneySuperMarket?
  • How are insurers helping hairdressers understand the risks associated with new ways of working?
  • What kind of claims relating to hairdressing have insurers received?
  • What is the industry doing to make sure hairdressing businesses have appropriate cover?
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