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What insurers should do to stop sexual harassment
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman reviews the progress of trade bodies in responding to the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings on sexual harassment in the industry and explores what steps insurers and brokers can take to prevent abusive incidents and the ramifications if they fail to do so.
Is broker e-trading competitive enough?
With broker e-trading set to soar, Scott McGee examines whether there is currently enough breadth and depth of software providers to ensure effective competition, innovation and resilience in the market.
Arch promotes Bottle to UK MD
Arch Insurance International has promoted senior vice president of distribution and strategy Mike Bottle to UK managing director with immediate effect.
Acorn acquires MyPolicy; Sedgwick’s repairs initiative; Bridgehaven’s head of claims
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva’s Barter on helping brokers solve SMEs’ financial puzzles
View from the Top: Phoebe Barter, group brand and sponsorship director at Aviva, says insurers and brokers need to work together to aid SMEs like the one featured in Aviva’s latest ad.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Lloyd’s Greggs spread and Hiscox motion
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.
Four biggest challenges facing insurers in 2025 revealed
To get you ready for the next 12 months, Insurance Post uncovers four things you need to know about what 2025 holds in store for the industry, according to analysts.
Ecclesiastical’s Carter documents rise of leisure business
Laura Carter, customer segment director of Ecclesiastical, has described how the insurer's leisure business has grown to account for 20% of its open market new business in just 18 months.
MGAs Review of the Year 2025
An MGA chief would like Sir Bob Geldof to teach the industry a thing or two about social responsibility in 2025, and leaders are confident that while the hard market was punishing for a time in 2024, next year the sector is well-positioned to lead…
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.
Premium increases won’t deliver growth in 2025 says Axa's Walker
Axa UK commercial CEO Jon Walker has outlined how the insurer plans to grow in 2025, noting that a softer market means insurers cannot bank on rate to keep their toplines climbing.
Optalitix and PWC team up; Ki goes standalone; Davies’s reshuffle
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ecclesiastical’s latest scheme; Allianz’s Uber launch; Evolution’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Re-emergence of Southampton: where insurance first docked
While the story of insurance is often traced back to old coffee houses in London in the 16th century, Scott McGee discovers insurance had a place in the UK hundreds of years before that as he explores the re-emergence of its original hub in the UK:…
Big Interview: Rob Gibbs and Alex Hardy, SiriusPoint
Rob Gibbs, CEO and Alex Hardy, head of sales and distribution at SiriusPoint International, sit down with Harry Curtis to discuss how the insurer and reinsurer is looking to diversify and forge enduring partnerships with MGAs.
Checking the price is right for insurance
Emma Ann Hughes examines how to prove the price is right of cover for different segments of consumers and observes it requires a whole lot more than just knowing the cost of delivering insurance products and services.
Lloyd's Neal calls CrowdStrike 'warning shot' to insurers
John Neal, CEO of Lloyd’s of London, has described the CrowdStrike outage as a “warning shot” for insurers on the importance of cyber resilience.
Von Mesterhazy appointed Allianz MD for specialty
Isabella Von Mesterhazy has been appointed managing director for Allianz UK’s specialty business, effective 1 December 2024
Five-year UK cyber attack costs hit £44bn
Howden research has found that more than half (52%) of UK businesses have suffered at least one cyber attack in the past five years, equating to £44bn of lost revenue.
Howden buys Storfield; Hiscox’s drone partnership; SiriusPoint's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Allianz to launch refreshed SME proposition in 2025
Allianz Commercial plans to launch a refreshed SME proposition in 2025, following investment to broaden and modularise its product suite, UK managing director Nadia Côté has told Post.