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Aviva sees uptick in employee volunteering amid UK decline
Aviva has seen a 159% increase in employee volunteer hours in the past two years since it started a place-based approach to social action.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Crawford’s wind; Zurich’s golfing prowess
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.
Sedgwick’s Blunt says lack of future insurance CEOs is ‘our fault’
Sedgwick’s managing director for its Talent Solutions unit, Carolyn Blunt, has said it is the industry’s fault that we are seeing a lack of future CEOs coming through.
Insurance figures richer than The King revealed
Admiral’s founder Henry Engelhardt is now the richest man in insurance, according to this year’s The Sunday Times Rich List.
Diary of an Insurer: Gallagher’s Ayshea King
Ayshea King, energy claims handler of Gallagher, plays netball with Lloyd’s, studies for Chartered Insurance Institute examinations and explains how she switched from being a midwife to supporting clients in the renewables industry.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Markerstudy’s premiere; iCan’s lassi
Penny Black shares the tittle-tattle she overheard at insurance industry events, reviews the quality of buffets at conferences, and gives a thumbs up – or down – to the sector's social media posts.
Q&A: Andy Hutchinson, Turvi
Andy Hutchinson, chief revenue officer of Turvi, explains how the Crawford & Company-owned insurtech is using artificial intelligence to help insurers address under-resourced aspects of their claims management processes.
Why blaming hybrid working for productivity problems is too easy
View from the Top: Emma Higgins, chief people officer at QBE, says offering employees a flexible or hybrid model is not a perk – it’s the future of work.
Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards open for entries
Entries are now open for Insurance Post’s Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards 2025.
What it takes to be a Power List player in 2025
Insurance Post’s Power List reveals today’s leading lights in the industry, the impact of takeovers, plus who has shaken up the market in the last 12 months.
Power List: Ones to watch in insurance in 2025
These industry leaders narrowly missed out on a place in this year’s Insurance Post Power List, but based on their role, career to date and growing influence look set to feature in future rankings.
Insurance industry’s most powerful players revealed
Making multi-billion-pound takeover bids for rivals and challenging political posturing is what it took to secure the top spots on Insurance Post’s 2025 Power List.
60 Seconds With... Woodgate & Clark’s Liam Ball
Liam Ball, loss adjuster at Woodgate & Clark, has a not so secret double life as a world class professional magician.
Big Interview: Rob Schimek, Bolttech
Rob Schimek, founder and group CEO of insurtech Bolttech, reveals “the problem” with general insurance and outlines how he intends to solve it by embedding cover into an array of different industries.
Insurance Post’s Power List Top 10 Podcast 2025
The movers and shakers in the insurance industry who had it into the top 10 of this year’s Power List are revealed in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
John Bissell, Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
John Bissell, executive director of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, is working to help the sector win the war for talent.
Stuart McMurdo, Accredited UK and Europe
Stuart McMurdo is president of Accredited UK and Europe, which has swiftly established itself as a leading specialty MGA insurer.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk
Donald Trump’s re-election as US president, with Elon Musk as his right-hand man, created many challenges for the UK insurance industry.
Jeff Radke, Accelerant
Jeff Radke is using his nearly 30 years’ experience in insurance to replatform the industry and reimagine how risk is exchanged.
Matthew Hill, Chartered Insurance Institute
Matthew Hill joined the Chartered Insurance Institute in April 2024 and has set about ensuring the organisation achieves its Royal Charter mission: to raise public trust in insurance.
Georges De Macedo, Covéa
Georges De Macedo was appointed CEO of Covéa Insurance UK in June 2023 and has been tasked with guiding the business through a strategic turnaround.