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Why PFAS is the greatest threat to insurance today
As “forever chemicals” become a growing focus of government regulation and a deluge of civil litigation, Emma Ann Hughes unpicks the potential impact of the manufacture and distribution of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances for the insurance industry.
Diary of an Insurer: Moonrock Drone Insurance's Simon Ritterband
The final Diary of an Insurer of 2024 is truly out of this world, with Simon Ritterband, managing director and founder of Moonrock Drone Insurance, utilising his ADHD as a superpower and aiming to ensure his weekend doesn't blur into his working week.
Insurers Review of the Year 2024
Insurers share their highlights of 2024 and hopes for more economic stability, less regulatory tinkering and fewer storms in 2025.
Making sure Father Christmas is covered
Insurance Post editor Emma Ann Hughes has made a list of Santa Claus’s risks and got the insurance industry’s leading lights to check it twice in order to recommend products plus services for the man tasked with delivering a holly, jolly Christmas this…
Claims and Legal Review of Year Review 2024
Looking back at 2024, claims, adjusting and legal firm chiefs share how their organisations handled claims arising from named winter storms, worked towards becoming carbon net zero, the impact of claims costs starting to stabilise and why some found…
Big Interview: Neil Gibson, Sedgwick
Neil Gibson, CEO of Sedgwick UK, reflects on his first year in the top job and shares his plans to grow Sedgwick in the UK by winning the sector’s war for talent and focussing on customer service outcomes.
Property payouts hit £4bn; RSA's latest launch; Konsileo's £8m fundraise
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Repair costs high as aviation sector grapples with ‘transformational stage’
The aviation sector is at a “transformational change” with new materials changing the profile of claims and pushing up costs, McLarens Aviation managing director Trehane Oliver has told Post.
Is carbon insurance the biggest opportunity in decades?
With carbon insurance tipped to become a billion-dollar market by 2030 as demand for risk transfer in the carbon credit supply chain grows, Harry Curtis looks at the risks involved and the first movers in the nascent market.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: AIG
AIG holds steady in fifth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2024.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Business lines
A ranking of the top 100 UK Insurers for different general insurance business lines, based on data from AM Best’s Financial Suite.
Sompo’s marine proposition; Lockton’s charity walk; Allianz Partner’s travel director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Diary of an Insurer: Charles Taylor’s Rose Goad
Rose Goad, claims team leader at Charles Taylor Assistance, works with aviation clients, helps the UK and Singapore team stay connected and shares her love of Formula 1.
ESG Spotlight: Ethics, talent and underwriting profit – how ESG can help insurers
While there is a lack of clarity on how insurers can embed ESG into working practices, despite its growing importance, Saxon East reports some insurers are showing the way.
Top risk for UK businesses; WTW’s latest launch; Lloyds Bank’s head of insurance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Industries with the greatest underinsurance gaps revealed
Data Analysis: The push by insurers and brokers to prompt policyholders to review values appears to be having some effect in certain sectors but is failing to get through to others, data from Charterfields shows.
Clear’s latest deal; JMG surpasses £300m GWP; Kane named Allianz ambassador
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How is insurance stepping up amid election uncertainty?
With a record number of elections in 2024 set to introduce substantial unpredictability into an already volatile risk environment, Edmund Tirbutt examines how insurance is engendering resilience amidst unrelenting geoeconomic uncertainty.
NSM buys AllClear owner; Axa’s Uefa partnership; Brown & Brown’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Howden’s purchase; Ecclesiastical’s schemes tool; Hiscox’s schemes head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Simon Matson, Gallagher
Simon Matson, executive vice president of Gallagher Global Brokerage, is a familiar face in the general insurance industry.