Aviva to launch insurance app on ChatGPT
’The app is simple to use, allowing customers to get a home insurance quote with just a few questions,’ says chief executive
Nine in 10 brokers prefer regional insurer presence
‘Brokers continue to tell us that strong relationships and face-to-face engagement are central to their success,’ says managing director
Fantasy Football: Insurance’s top managers give advice for blank gameweek 31
Arsenal, Manchester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Crystal Palace are all without a fixture, so their players will score no points
Aviva claims industry first with new AI underwriting tool for CI cover
’By bringing AI summarisation to the protection market, we’re helping more customers get the protection they need more quickly,’ says chief underwriting officer
High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 9 to 13 March 2026
Aviva’s Jason Storah: ‘Personal lines market needs a bit of rope’
Personal lines rates must rise – especially in the motor market – otherwise ‘the industry just can’t last too long’, says UKGI insurer leader
The Big Question: Insurer megamergers are adding up – what M&A opportunities are still on the table for UKGI’s largest carriers?
A surge of deals has triggered a new consolidation cycle that is redefining scale, competition and capability across the UK general insurance market. But questions remain around integration risk, broker dynamics and whether bigger will truly mean better.
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?
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
Mapped out: How data is helping insurers navigate risky postcodes
Brokers reveal 2025’s best and worst insurer eTrading platforms
Briefing: As Aviva completes DLG takeover, is more personal lines market consolidation on the cards?
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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