Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 6 to 10 April 2026
This week’s most read story was the appointment of Hugh Hessing and Gavin Routledge as non-executive directors at insurtech Genasys.
Genasys said that Hessing, ex-chief executive for Aviva Ireland, and Routledge, cofounder of Yellowoods International, would strengthen its board as it entered its next phase of expansion.
More breaking news came as Aon and Howden announced they had settled their US-based lawsuit. A joint statement said: “Aon’s claims against Howden have been settled on terms which are confidential between the parties.”
Readers also followed the news that Axa had appointed ex-DLG managing director Martin Milliner as its new chief claims transformation officer.
Lloyd’s largest managing agent, Asta, hit the news for its promotion of six team members to senior leadership roles.
The firm said the appointments aimed to “expand the capability and bandwidth of the executive and wider senior leadership team”.
Finally, readers were excited to follow the news of Markel’s appointment of a new chief operations officer. Lee Dainty will be based in the business’ Birmingham office and work across all Markel offices in the UK.
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