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Colm Holmes, Allianz UK
Colm Holmes joined Allianz in December 2021 and is a man with a mission: to make his business the number one insurer in the UK.
Q&A: Howard Dean, Forum of Insurance Lawyers
Howard Dean, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers and partner at Keoghs, talks to Insurance Post about his career, the new government, and the Ogden rate shift.
Cancel culture insurance ‘not a silver bullet’ for bad press
Derek McLeod, founder of RepuTitan, has told Insurance Post that the firm's new reputational risk policy Preempt, is “not a silver bullet” against bad press.
Markel’s Guidewire implementation; Hiscox’s FI offering; Lockton’s CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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…
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…
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.
How insurers are working to keep esports competitive and covered
With 2025 expected to be the best year in video games sales to date thanks to GTA 6, a potential PS5, Xbox mid-gen refreshes, plus the first full year of sales for Switch 2. Tom Luckham examines how the insurance industry is addressing the complicated…
Transformative power of sport for those with life-changing injuries
The Paralympics serves as a reminder there is a real person at the end of every claim, with Kate Duffy, partner at Clyde & Co, pointing out insurers have a duty to support initiatives which aid the rehabilitation process.
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.
Pen’s cyber revamp; Chubb’s construction practice; Unum CEO joins ABI board
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurers moving to limit exposure to neuro sports injury litigation
Impending litigation over neurodegenerative conditions suffered by rugby and football players are presenting challenges for the insurance industry to stay on top of.
Kingfisher’s commercial acquisition; RSA’s D&O product; Zurich’s head of SME
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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.
How to axe insurance’s Old Boys’ Club
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman examines the insurance industry’s efforts to dismantle its Old Boys’ Club culture, highlighting initiatives to promote diversity in recruitment, while exploring the challenges that remain in creating a truly inclusive…
60 Seconds With... HF’s Imogen Mitchell-Webb
Imogen Mitchell-Webb, head of sports at HF, on helping sports people return to competing, hating hoovering and spending her first wage packet in the village pub she worked in.
Q&A: Jonathan Hewett, Thatcham Research
Jonathan Hewett, CEO, Thatcham Research offers an insight into its shifting relationship with manufacturers; grappling with EV reparability; and emerging motor risks.
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.
Ardonagh buys broker; Compass offers beach hut cover; Minster Law’s hire
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Cricket club bans sixes to cut out insurance claims costs
One of the UK’s oldest cricket clubs has banned players from hitting sixes, because of the damage it does to neighbouring properties, resulting in insurance claims costs.
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.