Climate change
Climate protesters fail in attempt to cut insurer comms
Climate protesters Shut The System have claimed to hit major insurers by cutting communication cables yesterday (20 January). However, disruption appears to be minimal.
Climate activists target Marsh’s Manchester office
Climate protesters entered the lobby of Marsh’s Manchester office on Wednesday (8 January) calling on the firm to reject fossil fuel projects and become “climate heroes”.
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.
HF’s investment; Ceta x MoneySuperMarket; Pen Underwriting’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the 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.
ABI’s Clark says insurers can’t tackle climate change alone
Trade Voice: As the UK's extreme weather problem worsens, Louise Clark, general insurance policy adviser at the Association of British Insurers, calls on the government to take action.
Diary of an Insurer: Admiral’s Danielle Jones
Danielle Jones, social purpose leader at Admiral, is adding to the social impact team, takes part in a terrarium-making session and is inspired by Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams show.
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.
Environmental Audit Committee launches flood resilience inquiry
The Environmental Audit Select Committee has launched an inquiry to identify how to boost England’s flood resilience.
Lloyd’s ranks last in fossil fuel policy strength
Lloyd’s of London was the lowest ranked for relative strength of fossil fuel policies out of 30 insurers and reinsurers assessed in Insure Our Future’s latest scorecard.
Biba’s Trudgill on managing change
Trade Voice: Looking ahead to 2025, British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Graeme Trudgill says brokers should see enormous changes on the horizon as an opportunity rather than a threat.
Big Interview: Steve Hardy, Policy Expert
Steve Hardy, CEO of Policy Expert, talks to Tom Luckham about the firm’s plans for expansion, addresses claims concerns, and reveals what American musician Iggy Pop is really like.
Storm Bert shows insurers must demand building rules change
Editor’s View: If you want to know why people recoil, rather than embrace you, when you say you work in insurance, Emma Ann Hughes recommends you type into Google: ‘What does the insurance industry need to do about the growing number of named storms?’
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.
Insurance CEOs most confident of net zero ability
Insurance CEOs were the most confident about meeting net zero targets by 2030 among the sectors surveyed by KMPG in its 2024 outlook.
UN insurance head highlights transition plan shortage
Butch Bacani, head of insurance for the United Nations Environment Programme, has said there are currently not enough underwriting transition plans in the insurance industry.
UN forum finds ‘major gap’ in industry underwriting transition plans
The United Nations Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero has identified a “major gap” in the transition plans for insurance underwriting portfolios.
Q&A: Carl Tatman, Crawford UK
Carl Tatman shares his plans to expand solutions for local authorities and housing associations in his new role as client account director at Crawford UK.
Insurers shift to being net zero accelerators
How insurers are helping companies decarbonise sooner rather than later is examined in the first of two special Insurance Post Podcasts, to coincide with the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP29.
Green hushing: Why insurer silence isn’t golden
Louise Findlay-Wilson, managing director of financial services PR specialists Energy PR, discusses green hushing and its ramifications for the insurance industry.
Pace of general insurers’ race to net zero revealed
As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as Cop 29, begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, Insurance Post’s Emma Ann Hughes analyses the pace of providers racing to become net zero heroes.