https://www.postonline.co.uk/feeds/rss/category/commercial en From AI and sensors to board-level governance and SME engagement, an Insurance Post roundtable held in conjunction with RiskSTOP delved into how insurers and brokers can help businesses navigate a complex risk landscape and strengthen loss prevention for the future. Rachel Gordon reports… https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959557/roundtable-transforming-risk-management-in-commercial-insurance https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959557/roundtable-transforming-risk-management-in-commercial-insurance Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:14:23 +0000 Rachel Gordon Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, says the softening market gives MGAs the opportunity to prove their mettle – but they must show underwriting discipline. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959586/why-mgas-need-to-hold-the-line-in-2026 https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959586/why-mgas-need-to-hold-the-line-in-2026 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Mike Keating Dan Martin, managing director of distribution strategy and business development at Markel, kicks off the week with a brisk walk with his dog, connects with colleagues from across the globe and meets with an MGA to explore potential partnerships plus distribution opportunities. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959341/diary-of-an-insurer-markels-dan-martin https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959341/diary-of-an-insurer-markels-dan-martin Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff More than a quarter (27%) of the UK’s major general insurers have noted Donald Trump’s stance on climate change has had some negative impact on their organisation’s Net Zero strategy in 2025. https://www.postonline.co.uk/claims/7959429/trumps-stance-pushes-insurers-to-soften-net-zero-goals https://www.postonline.co.uk/claims/7959429/trumps-stance-pushes-insurers-to-soften-net-zero-goals Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Dougie Barnett is retiring after more than 40 years in the general insurance sector, most recently leading Axa UK’s customer risk management function. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959548/axa-uks-dougie-barnett-retires https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959548/axa-uks-dougie-barnett-retires Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:26:19 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Insurance Post reveals the four main challenges general insurers face in 2026 and the solutions experts from EY, the International Underwriting Association, AM Best, Moody’s, S&P, KPMG, Pathlight Associates and Sicsic Advisory say will matter most in the year ahead. https://www.postonline.co.uk/regulation/7959494/four-biggest-challenges-facing-insurers-in-2026-revealed https://www.postonline.co.uk/regulation/7959494/four-biggest-challenges-facing-insurers-in-2026-revealed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Entering 2026, MGA chiefs feel the sector is in a strong yet testing position buoyed by technology, specialism and capacity support, but facing a softening market that will reward those combining underwriting discipline, data-driven innovation and service excellence. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959385/mga-forecast-of-2026 https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959385/mga-forecast-of-2026 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Insurers are heading into 2026 well-capitalised, technologically accelerated and increasingly data-driven but softening markets, geopolitical volatility and emerging risks are set to test their resilience in the year ahead. https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959399/insurers-forecast-of-2026 https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959399/insurers-forecast-of-2026 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Joel Leigh, partner at law firm Howard Kennedy, examines how the £2bn Jaguar Land Rover breach triggered government intervention, supply-chain strain and potential disputes that underline the need for robust cyber cover. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959451/jlr-breach-sparks-debate-on-insurance-gaps-and-state-support https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959451/jlr-breach-sparks-debate-on-insurance-gaps-and-state-support Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Hannah Wilkinson, motor trade underwriting manager at QBE, gets her team's pipeline, performance and priorities ready for 2026, collaborates with cyber underwriting colleagues, and looks forward to the wonderful mayhem of a family weekend. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959330/diary-of-an-insurer-qbes-hannah-wilkinson https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959330/diary-of-an-insurer-qbes-hannah-wilkinson Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Joanna Grant, managing partner of Fenchurch Law, explores how business interruption insurance has evolved five years on from the pandemic, and whether the lessons of Covid-19 are being properly applied today. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959461/how-covid-19-litigation-has-shifted-bi-policy-wording https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959461/how-covid-19-litigation-has-shifted-bi-policy-wording Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff As we bid farewell to 2025, Post content director Jonathan Swift highlights the M&A storylines that might make the transition from rumour to reality next year and beyond. https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959549/five-insurance-ma-storylines-to-follow-in-2026 https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959549/five-insurance-ma-storylines-to-follow-in-2026 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Swift 2025 was a landmark year for MGAs, marked by record growth, major partnerships, technological innovation and expanding global reach, even as soft market conditions and pricing pressures tested resilience across the sector. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959384/mgas-review-of-the-year-2025 https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959384/mgas-review-of-the-year-2025 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes The award-winning Insurance Post Podcast has signed off the year with a Christmas Special featuring industry heavyweights, newsroom favourites and even a CBeebies-style bedtime story. https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959516/insurance-posts-star-studded-christmas-special-for-2025 https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959516/insurance-posts-star-studded-christmas-special-for-2025 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Law firm Stewarts has written to the Financial Conduct Authority to ask it to issue urgent ‘stop the clock’ guidance on Covid business interruption claims, in order to avoid a wave of lawsuits in the new year. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959568/regulator-urged-to-act-to-avert-covid-bi-lawsuit-wave https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959568/regulator-urged-to-act-to-avert-covid-bi-lawsuit-wave Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:57:21 +0000 Harry Curtis Insurers managed to post profits amid a softening market in 2025, invested in technology and pushed to reaffirm the industry’s vital role in protecting society with the Labour government and regulators. https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959397/insurers-review-of-the-year-2025 https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959397/insurers-review-of-the-year-2025 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes As pothole-related injury and damage claims increase, Georgia Milton, paralegal at DWF, warns councils and insurers must navigate complex legal duties, evidential hurdles and financial risks in proving when liability begins. https://www.postonline.co.uk/claims/7959155/potholes-put-councils-on-legal-front-line-over-road-repairs https://www.postonline.co.uk/claims/7959155/potholes-put-councils-on-legal-front-line-over-road-repairs Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff AIG has appointed Adam Clifford as CEO for international commercial insurance, effective 5 January, in its latest move to rejig its general insurance leadership team. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959554/aig-appoints-everests-clifford-as-international-commercial-ceo https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959554/aig-appoints-everests-clifford-as-international-commercial-ceo Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:38:16 +0000 Harry Curtis Beazley CEO Adrian Cox has warned that 2026 could be the year a major global brand suffers lasting damage, or even fails, following a severe cyber outage. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959538/beazley-ceo-warns-of-more-big-brand-cyber-attacks-in-2026 https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959538/beazley-ceo-warns-of-more-big-brand-cyber-attacks-in-2026 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:08:25 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes We can’t quite believe it’s come round so quickly – the 2026 British Insurance Awards are now open for entries. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959530/entries-open-for-the-2026-british-insurance-awards https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959530/entries-open-for-the-2026-british-insurance-awards Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:00:20 +0000 Insurance Post Staff The UK could act as a proving ground for insuring ‘natural capital’, Dual’s Simon White has said following the MGA’s launch of a product designed to help developers meet biodiversity net gain obligations. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959515/dual-moves-to-insure-developers-biodiversity-liabilities https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959515/dual-moves-to-insure-developers-biodiversity-liabilities Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0000 Harry Curtis Insurance Post can reveal Dan McNally has been appointed senior vice president and CEO of Tide’s global insurance business. https://www.postonline.co.uk/people/7959528/tide-names-insurance-business-ceo https://www.postonline.co.uk/people/7959528/tide-names-insurance-business-ceo Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000 Damisola Sulaiman As modern construction methods reshape UK property, Jon Thacker, chief commercial officer of Aon UK, explores how insurers can adapt to evolving risks, limited data and rising claims complexity while supporting safer, greener building. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959145/how-modern-methods-of-construction-are-affecting-insurers https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959145/how-modern-methods-of-construction-are-affecting-insurers Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE    CR-2025-003706 BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES COMPANIES COURT (ChD) https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959478/legal-notice-uk-insurance-and-intact-insurance-uk-in-the-matter-of-part-vii-of-the-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000 https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959478/legal-notice-uk-insurance-and-intact-insurance-uk-in-the-matter-of-part-vii-of-the-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:59:53 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Henry Nelson, chief underwriting officer for the UK, Middle East and North Africa at Liberty Specialty Markets, balances strategy and encounters with US Presidents with early-morning family time, cycling and revisiting guitar bands. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959309/diary-of-an-insurer-liberty-specialtys-henry-nelson https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959309/diary-of-an-insurer-liberty-specialtys-henry-nelson Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff A sexual assault survivor has questioned why Ecclesiastical is refusing to pay a claim for a recent attack when a previous, similar claim he made was accepted and settled by the insurer more than a decade ago. https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959496/ecclesiastical-claims-approach-under-fire-from-abuse-survivor https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959496/ecclesiastical-claims-approach-under-fire-from-abuse-survivor Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:45:00 +0000 Scott McGee Intact UK’s chief transformation director for commercial lines, Rob Flynn, is to leave the business at the end of the year. https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959497/intacts-flynn-to-leave-insurer-after-16-years https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959497/intacts-flynn-to-leave-insurer-after-16-years Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:13:01 +0000 Scott McGee Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to December 1985 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when airline terrorism saw insurers pulling away from war risk cover. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7956779/throwback-thursday-insurers-retreat-from-war-risk-cover https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7956779/throwback-thursday-insurers-retreat-from-war-risk-cover Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff View from the Top: Kevin Morton, head of high net worth and personal lines partnerships at Zurich UK, explains why MGAs are set to remain a central pillar of the insurance market. https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959445/how-mgas-are-shaping-the-future-of-insurance https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959445/how-mgas-are-shaping-the-future-of-insurance Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff As climate volatility disrupts long-established farming traditions, Julian Roberts, managing director of risk and analytics (alternative risk transfer solutions) at WTW, explains why parametric insurance could be the tool that helps farmers plus the wider agricultural supply chain build resilience. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959357/qa-julian-roberts-wtw https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959357/qa-julian-roberts-wtw Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Narratives about public bodies such as local authorities being outside of cyber insurers’ appetites are outdated, according to Ed Ventham, director at specialist broker Assured. https://www.postonline.co.uk/broker/7959480/broker-calls-narratives-around-cyber-insurance-availability-rubbish https://www.postonline.co.uk/broker/7959480/broker-calls-narratives-around-cyber-insurance-availability-rubbish Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Harry Curtis Shipbuilding insurance, once a niche part of marine cover, is now expanding rapidly. Fiona Nicolson unpicks the complex projects, new technologies, and sustainability trends that are reshaping global ship construction and the risks insurers must navigate. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959313/why-shipbuilding-insurance-is-making-waves-in-marine-risk https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959313/why-shipbuilding-insurance-is-making-waves-in-marine-risk Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Fiona Nicolson With major employers starting to keep tabs on office attendance, Colin Ashworth, managing director of insurance operations at NFP, unpicks the potential claims that could arise from forcing more employees back into the workplace. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959139/six-insurance-risks-of-employee-attendance-monitoring https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959139/six-insurance-risks-of-employee-attendance-monitoring Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Axa is planning to add terrorism cover to its SME products by the second half of next year, as a result of a Pool Re scheme that will offer insurers “significant” discounts to reinsure SME terrorism risk. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959475/pool-re-scheme-spurs-axa-to-include-terrorism-cover-in-sme-policies https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959475/pool-re-scheme-spurs-axa-to-include-terrorism-cover-in-sme-policies Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:27:50 +0000 Harry Curtis When he isn’t deep in strategy meetings shaping the future of cyber insurance for SMEs, James Trevis, NIS portfolio manager and cyber specialist at NFU Mutual, is out on his bike, enjoying a drink with friends, or travelling with in his campervan. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959281/diary-of-an-insurer-nfu-mutuals-james-trevis https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959281/diary-of-an-insurer-nfu-mutuals-james-trevis Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff A decade of mergers, exits and product withdrawals has reduced provider and product numbers across most commercial insurance segments with the exception of tradesman and professions, which are now driving the only area of growth. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959358/commercial-insurance-market-shrinks-as-trades-grow https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959358/commercial-insurance-market-shrinks-as-trades-grow Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Angela Pilley Content Director's View: Putting aside the argument about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, Jonathan Swift asks if you have ever wondered who would be the insurance equivalent to NYPD cop turned terrorist plot spoiler John McClane? https://www.postonline.co.uk/people/7959355/die-hard-who-is-insurances-answer-to-john-mcclane https://www.postonline.co.uk/people/7959355/die-hard-who-is-insurances-answer-to-john-mcclane Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Swift CFC’s Andy Holmes has told Post the provider has seen increased demand for cyber cover in the wake of high profile cyber attacks this year, while warning the industry “needs to look at itself” over low levels of uptake for the product among businesses. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959440/cyber-demand-grows-following-high-profile-attacks https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959440/cyber-demand-grows-following-high-profile-attacks Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Harry Curtis With Black Friday (28 November) fast approaching, Sarah Durkin, head of counter fraud at loss adjusters Woodgate & Clark, warns of a increase in burglars cutting through walls and cladding to steal high-value stock undetected. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959124/black-friday-warning-thieves-cutting-into-warehouses https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959124/black-friday-warning-thieves-cutting-into-warehouses Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff With more people teeing off than ever, David Worsfold examines how golf’s quiet fairways conceal growing exposures and gets to grips with the widening gap in the insurance cover many players and clubs rely on. https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959171/fore-golf-boom-drives-up-risks-on-and-off-the-fairway https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7959171/fore-golf-boom-drives-up-risks-on-and-off-the-fairway Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 David Worsfold The UK’s largest pub company, Stonegate, is suing Marsh over cover the broker arranged for the group that allegedly left many of its establishments without business interruption insurance at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959437/marsh-hit-with-ps85m-negligence-claim-by-pub-giant https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959437/marsh-hit-with-ps85m-negligence-claim-by-pub-giant Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:02:50 +0000 Harry Curtis For Louise Griffiths, trading underwriter for Zurich UK, no two days are ever quite the same working in Wales and the south-west region, from growing her own fruit and vegetables to hosting roundtables. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959271/diary-of-an-insurer-zurichs-louise-griffiths https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959271/diary-of-an-insurer-zurichs-louise-griffiths Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Jake Wells, co-founder and chief operating officer of Meshed, discusses the insurtech’s vision of providing high quality service to small-to-medium businesses through the artificial intelligence-native broking platform. https://www.postonline.co.uk/technology/7958982/qa-jake-wells-meshed https://www.postonline.co.uk/technology/7958982/qa-jake-wells-meshed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Damisola Sulaiman Ripe has acquired holiday homes insurance specialist Schofields Limited, marking its entry into the holiday homes space, subject to regulatory approval. https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959411/ripe-enters-holiday-homes-market-with-schofields-acquisition https://www.postonline.co.uk/news/7959411/ripe-enters-holiday-homes-market-with-schofields-acquisition Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:01 +0000 Damisola Sulaiman Behind every dementia statistic is a family like Dave Carey’s, managing director of intermediary of Ecclesiastical, which is why he is supporting Insurance Day for Dementia – and running 100km in his mum’s memory – to help fund research, support services, and a future where the disease no longer devastates lives. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959140/why-ecclesiasticals-carey-is-running-to-fight-dementia https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959140/why-ecclesiasticals-carey-is-running-to-fight-dementia Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Tara Foley, CEO of Axa UK & Ireland, has been named Diversity & Inclusion Leader of the Year at Insurance Post’s Diversity & Inclusion in Insurance Awards 2025. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959362/diversity-inclusion-in-insurance-award-winners-revealed https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959362/diversity-inclusion-in-insurance-award-winners-revealed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:01:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff Simon McGinn, CEO of Dual UK, is betting on regional expansion, specialist expertise and empowering underwriting talent, rather than pursuing takeovers, to double the MGA business by 2030. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959275/big-interview-simon-mcginn-ceo-of-dual-uk https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959275/big-interview-simon-mcginn-ceo-of-dual-uk Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:54:09 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Howden has agreed to acquire the Aviva-backed insurance services from the Church of Scotland, following a strategic review of its insurance provision. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959404/howden-buys-church-of-scotland-insurance-scheme https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959404/howden-buys-church-of-scotland-insurance-scheme Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:51:32 +0000 Tom Luckham Simon McGinn, CEO of Dual UK, has revealed how he intends to accelerate the growth of the MGA business. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959320/duals-mcginn-outlines-plan-to-accelerate-mgas-expansion https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959320/duals-mcginn-outlines-plan-to-accelerate-mgas-expansion Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Emma Ann Hughes Moira Spencer, regional manager for Dual in the northwest, starts her week with an energising early morning workout before diving into broker conversations about the newly launched commercial combined product. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959265/diary-of-an-insurer-duals-moira-spencer https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7959265/diary-of-an-insurer-duals-moira-spencer Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Insurance Post Staff