Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 17 to 21 August 2026
‘There’s a real opportunity to make greater use of the expertise our sector has to offer,’ says director
‘Securing £50m of capacity and underwriting authority is an important milestone,’ says chief executive
‘Once again, we are lucky to have been able to call upon our strong internal talent pool to lead a key area,’ says executive director
‘This partnership signals our continued commitment to delivering simplicity, choice and value for our customers,’ says chief executive
Breakdowns now make up over three quarters of towing related incidents on UK roads, as an ageing fleet offsets a welcome drop in road traffic collisions
‘Pressures still exist in certain parts of the commercial motor market, particularly within more specialist or operationally complex fleet sectors,’ says deputy chief executive
‘In a softening market, if you’re chasing top line, it can get you into trouble,’ says UK and Ireland general insurance boss
The insurer’s head of commercial claims says that although employees are the ‘most important assets’ within an organisation, they are also ‘one of the points of greatest weakness’
‘We are delighted to be building on our successful partnership in this way,’ says head
‘AI is turning the latest generation of data centres from a specialist real estate asset into mission-critical infrastructure,’ says chief executive
‘He combines deep underwriting knowledge with extensive leadership experience and a strong understanding of how specialist MGAs can create value,’ says chief executive