Diversity
Big Interview: Aki Hussain, Hiscox
Aki Hussain, CEO of Hiscox Group, explains how he has accelerated the kind of innovation and created the type of culture that is essential to keeping the international insurance group in pole position in the market.
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.
ABI fails to reach apprenticeship target
The Association of British Insurers will not reach its target of doubling the number of apprenticeships in insurance by 2025, according to diversity and inclusion data collected by the group.
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:…
Insurer CEOs focusing on cost cutting rather than diversity
Reboot’s 2024 Race to Equality report has found that budget cuts are the biggest contributing factor to the slowing down or silencing of diversity efforts.
Beale urges insurance to prioritise climate action
Dame Inga Beale has said decarbonisation has to become a priority for the insurance industry.
Time to talk about alienated men in insurance
Editor’s View: Ahead of International Men’s Day (19 November), Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes says it is time to recognise just because pay gap data shows they earn more than their female colleagues doesn’t mean men feel like kings of insurance in…
Zurich to offer free neurodivergent assessments from 2025
From 2025, Zurich will be offering all employees the opportunity to be assessed for neurodiversity, after research found half of neurodivergent adults have been discriminated against by a hiring manager or recruiter.
Diary of an Insurer: Aviva’s Twinkle Popat
Twinkle Popat, qualified actuary and pricing manager at Aviva, works on the integration of Probitas into the business, helps run the 'Ministry of Fun' and makes sure diversity, equity and inclusion remain on the provider's agenda.
FCA uncovers extent of sexual harassment in insurance
The Financial Conduct Authority has found that London market intermediaries had the highest relative proportion of reported incidents of sexual harassment compared with other surveyed sectors.
CII reveals plan to help insurers win the war for talent
The Chartered Insurance Institute intends to build on the take-up of its virtual work experience programme by linking students contemplating a career in the sector with employers hunting for fresh talent.
Q&A: Caroline Bedford, Edii
Caroline Bedford, founder and CEO of Edii, shares insights on the insurance industry's evolving approach to innovation and technology adoption, the impact of generative artificial intelligence, and her firm's efforts to foster diversity and inclusion.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Bupa
Bupa appears in sixth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
ISC Group names Powell CEO
After six months as interim managing director of ISC Group, Carmen Powell has been made CEO of the organisation dedicated to the development and advancement of women in insurance.
First black Lloyd’s broker champions diversity lectures
Lloyd’s of London’s first Black broker David Flint said the Inclusive Futures Flint Lectures provide ethnic minorities with the means to survive at Lloyd’s.
Q&A: Fiona Sperry, QBE
Fiona Sperry, QBE’s head of complex claims, talks through her team’s role, how the insurer is meeting challenges posed by the energy transition and the place of artificial intelligence in claims.
Big interview: Michael Rea, Gallagher UK
Having taken on the Gallagher UK CEO role at the start of the year, Micheal Rea talks to Jonathan Swift about breaking the £1bn revenue barrier, the benefits of scale, putting M&A on hold and why the market is in transition in terms of rates.
Inclusive job adverts key to tackling talent gap
Job postings should be amended to be more inclusive to attract diverse talent and drive recruitment, according to Martyn Matthews, managing director of SSP Broker.
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.
Aviva’s Briggs says age diversity is ‘neglected’ by insurance
Aviva’s diversity, inclusion and resourcing director Jonny Briggs has said age diversity and maintaining a multi-generational workforce have been “neglected” by the insurance industry when considering diversity and inclusion.