High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

Activist group Boycott Bloody Insurance’s protest of Aviva’s annual general meeting proved this week’s most popular story.

An eight minute video released by the group showed campaigners blocking boardrooms and chanting slogans, before at least three people were carried from the premises by security.

• Protestors disrupt Aviva AGM

The news that Clear Group has rebranded two more MGAs under its Shape brand umbrella also hit the headlines. 

The move sees Accelerate Underwriting become Shape Digital, while Thomond Underwriting has been named Shape Underwriting Ireland.

• Clear Group rebrands two MGAs

Readers also displayed a thirst for the technological, with this month’s TechTalk feature – an investigation into the impact of artifical intelligence (AI) model Claude Mythos on cyber insurance underwriting – proving the third most read article.

• TechTalk: Does Anthropic’s Claude Mythos break the cyber insurance underwriting model?

Next, readers followed the news that Covéa Insurance has promoted Stephen Long to the role of chief operating officer (COO). Long is currently in his 25th year with Covéa, having joined the business in 2001 as a graduate trainee.

• Covéa Insurance appoints new chief operating officer

Finally, this week’s fifth most popular story was Verlingue appointing Richard Morgan as sales director for risk management.

• Verlingue appoints new sales director for risk management