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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 26 to 30 January 2026
Aviva makes suite of changes to mid-market motor and property products
Aviva has announced a raft of changes to its mid-market property and motor products, aimed at reducing underinsurance and strengthening core protections
Aviva chief executive Blanc invited to meet chancellor at Treasury
’Under her leadership, female representation in senior finance roles has risen,’ says chancellor
The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, departures and leadership changes from 5 to 9 January 2026
Axa’s retail direct director departs to re-join Aviva
’After four fantastic years at Axa, I’ll be moving on to pastures new for 2026,’ says appointee
Frozen pipe warning after £560,000 damage claim at four-bed house
‘By following some of these simple steps, policyholders can potentially save a significant amount of disruption,’ says managing director
Autonomous cars could hit UK next year – but is UKGI ready?
‘We’re moving away from insuring the behaviours of a driver to insuring the behaviours of an algorithm,’ says director of motor underwriting
Why Aviva, Ageas UK and Markel were named insurers of the year at 2025’s Insurance Times Awards
Insurance DataLabs provides the facts and figures behind the biggest insurer trophies at the Insurance Times Awards 2025
Top 50 Insurers: Aviva consolidates top spot thanks to DLG amalgamation
The results are in for 2025 – which insurers are leading the pack in UK general insurance and what trends are underpinning profitable growth?
Opinion: Is nepotism inherently bad or an underutilised talent attraction tool?
Nepotism can provide a ‘base level understanding of the opportunities’ within insurance, with career conversations at home potentially attracting a cohort of the next generation of talent to the Square Mile
As sharks circle, who gets swallowed in insurance consolidation?
Tariff-linked supply chain disruptions ‘worse than Covid’, complicating business interruption
Extranets v software houses: Where are brokers handling their eTrading?
Insurance sector reacts as government weighs up mandatory testing for over 70s motorists
Michelle Taylor: New role provides opportunity to ‘draw the dots’ and fill Aviva’s distribution strategy gaps
Expanding the insurer’s exclusive regional broker proposition and tackling the relationship ripple effect of broker consolidation are both key focus areas for the broker distribution director
Jason Storah: Aviva ‘ruthlessly consistent’ and ‘ruthlessly boring’ in delivering service promises
UK general insurance chief executive defined the insurer’s 2024 growth journey as ‘appropriate, consistent and disciplined’
Rebecca Gambrell: Aviva seeks to ‘raise the bar’ on eTrading service following 2024’s five star success
As Insurance Times’ 2025 eTrading survey is currently being completed by UKGI brokers, Aviva’s SME and delegated authorities managing director says the insurer ‘constantly [feels] pressure to improve and make sure that we’re not standing still’ around digital trading
Insurance Times Advent Calendar: Jason Storah
For the 24th and last day of advent, Jason Storah, chief executive for general insurance at Aviva UK and Ireland, lists his Christmas wish list for the industry
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