The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 5 to 9 October 2026
Leveraging insurance data for risk foresight is a “real opportunity”
Insurers seek to better harness unique client dataset to inform risk foresight – especially as today’s interconnected risk landscape calls for a partnership approach, rather than just a risk transfer transaction
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Markerstudy promotes for new chief operating officer
’Having worked intensively on our integration and change strategy over the past two years, I embrace this opportunity,’ says appointee
ABI sees ‘opportunity’ for UK’s G20 presidency to tackle protection gap after joining alliance
’This alliance between our four associations is a platform that our respective governments can call upon to inform that programme and we are collectively keen to see protection gaps being explored as part of that presidency,’ says director general
Insurers must pivot to become ‘more customer-centric’
Insurer chief executive points to MGAs, parametric policies and distribution channels as prime areas of innovation that could impact risk professionals
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Top 50 Insurers 2026: What size really says about underwriting performance
Scale is a trump card that often sees insurers succeed in the annual Top 50 Insurers ranking, however financial figures analysed by Insurance DataLab reveal that there is more to the underwriting performance story than meets the eye
Aviva looks to ‘re-seed’ talent across its UK broker programmes
’We’re trying to create a cycle of re-seeding talent and experience through our programmes,’ says broker propositions lead
The Big Question: Are specialist commercial lines the answer to soft market rate pressure?
Claims performance emerges as a key battleground for broker loyalty
Briefing: Forget escape, it’s water itself we need to start insuring
Fraud Charter: AI-generated ‘swamp of activity’ threatens to overwhelm insurer fraud and complaints teams
Russell White: Peach set to become main driver of premium across NPA Insurance
’Peach will become more than 50% of the insurance company premium across all of NPA Insurance,’ says chief executive
Scott Egan: SiriusPoint ready to redeploy capital as market softens
Chief executive says four years of turnaround work have put SiriusPoint on stronger footing with cedants and ratings agencies
Matt Cox: Turning claims into a strategic asset at Allianz UK requires a 'mindset shift'
’This year’s pivot, from January onwards, has been to figure out how we maximise the benefit and the assets that we’ve got, as well as how we recognise claims itself as a strategic asset in the whole of the insurance cycle,’ says chief claims officer
Kelly Madeley: Industry must ‘make insurance exciting’ to attract talent
Ki’s chief people officer Kelly Madeley believes the insurance industry needs to widen its talent pool, embrace different career paths and work collectively to show young people that insurance can be a career where they make a difference
Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
Lee Mooney: Markel UK preparing for ‘next chapter’ after internal restructure
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