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The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 2 to 6 November 2026
Daily Roundup: The stories making headlines on 3/11/26
Here are the stories making headlines on 3 November 2026
Axa Commercial recruits from Allianz UK for new marketing and broker development director
’Having spent much of my career building brands, strengthening broker relationships and developing engaging marketing and partnership programmes, I’m looking forward to bringing that experience and a fresh perspective to Axa,’ says appointee
Axa UK joins Pool Re scheme to expand SME terrorism cover
’Axa’s decision to include terrorism cover as standard within selected digital SME products is another important step towards closing the UK’s terrorism protection gap,’ says chief underwriting officer
Insurance Times Awards 2026: Axa on its ‘pivotal’ last 12 months
Jo Lloyd, customer and propositions director at Axa, explains her firm’s entry to the Personal Lines Insurer of the Year category
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 28 September to 2 October 2026
Risk professionals want to know: Will insurance survive, thrive or die?
Insurer leaders took to the plenary stage at Rotterdam’s Ferma Forum 2026 event in October, providing an array of thought provoking stances on the risk and insurance industry’s status quo, direction of travel and which pivots are central to sector futureproofing
Top 50 Insurers 2026: Aviva retains table title despite GWP dip
Insurance Times content director Katie Scott reviews the headline findings of this year’s Top 50 Insurers report, flagging where firms are winning, losing – and battling the soft market
Top 50 Insurers 2026: Berkshire Hathaway International tops IDL’s 2026 underwriting gold awards
Market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab confirms which businesses in the UK, Gibraltar and Lloyd’s marketplaces have outperformed in terms of underwriting, showcasing a variety of paths to profitability among the insurer cohort
Claims performance emerges as a key battleground for broker loyalty
New claims data from Insurance DataLab shows that brokers are increasingly souring on insurers that provide them with poor claims outcomes
In Focus: How can MGAs sustain growth over the next five years?
Jon Walker: Crafting restructured Axa Insurance UK to be ‘bigger, broader, bolder’ in next three-year strategic cycle
The Big Question: Is UKGI ready to respond effectively to another pandemic event?
Claims performance comes into sharper focus as brokers seek placement certainty
Jon Walker: Crafting restructured Axa Insurance UK to be ‘bigger, broader, bolder’ in next three-year strategic cycle
New chief executive is dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s of insurer’s upcoming strategic priorities – this includes greater adoption of AI and the possibility of staff streamlining
Nancy Bewlay: ’When I hear uninsurable, I often think the homework hasn’t been done’
After 33 years in the industry, Axa’s first group chief underwriting and pricing officer tells Insurance Times why excluding emerging risks like AI goes against insurance’s core purpose.
Tara Foley: Axa UK and Ireland strives to be the ‘go-to place for talent in the industry’
Alongside a focus on organic growth and technology, the insurer’s medium-term strategy sees it bid to become a ‘destination workplace’
Tara Foley: Consumer Duty is ‘not a one and done’ regulation
Insurer chief executive says the implementation of the new rules has ‘required significant effort and focus’
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