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Hiscox UK grows 11.1% as it builds on ‘strong momentum’
Hiscox Retail, meanwhile, remains ’on track to deliver 9% constant currency growth for the full year’, says chief executive
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
Arch promotes for new regional underwriting manager
’His experience will be instrumental in delivering our plans to expand our underwriting appetite,’ says regional manager
Daily Roundup: The stories making headlines today
From people moves to acquisitions, here are the stories making headlines on 2 November 2026
Aviva reshuffles UK commercial lines leadership team after Martin exit
’We have a well-established strategy and real momentum and remain focused on delivering for our customers and brokers,’ says chief executive
David Martin exits Aviva to join PIB Group as chief executive
’I’m excited to now lead one of the most ambitious groups in the market,’ says appointee
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Alwyn leads six-strong cohort of Insurance DataLab’s Recommended Insurers
Insurance DataLab’s latest Insurer Performance Index identifies six insurers delivering strongly across claims, complaints, solvency and underwriting. The results highlight both the difficulty of assessing insurer strength and the importance of looking across multiple measures when deciding where to place business.
In Focus: How should HNW insurers respond to influencer wealth?
Influencers, creators and entrepreneurs are accumulating wealth in ways that challenge traditional HNW underwriting, raising questions about how insurers should respond to greater public visibility, evolving asset profiles and the growing overlap between personal and business risks
Top 50 Insurers 2026: Berkshire Hathaway International tops IDL’s 2026 underwriting gold awards
‘It’s not about robots’ – Zurich says technology should remove friction, not judgement
Top 50 Insurers 2026: What size really says about underwriting performance
Aviva looks to ‘re-seed’ talent across its UK broker programmes
Martin Schultheiss: Uinsure ‘redefines’ culture as AI produces ‘significant productivity gain’
’We have redefined our culture as a business. It used to be suits and trainers, we now call it suits, trainers and cool tools,’ says group managing director
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
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
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