Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 18 to 22 May 2026
This week’s most popular news story was Aviva’s promotion of Alex McMurrough to the role of chief underwriting officer for commercial lines.
McMurrough joined the insurer in September 2025 as director of pricing, insights and exposure management, and has previously held leadership positions at QBE and Axa XL.
Readers were also interested to follow the progress of broker Gallagher’s retail division restructure. The reorganisation has seen the firm move from a geographical focus to instead centre its operations around customer segments.
More news out of the Biba Conference 2026 provided this week’s third most read story. Owen Morris, UK personal lines chief executive at Aviva, updated the market on Aviva and DLG’s personal lines integration, saying it was “well on track”.
Also hitting the headlines was the news that Marsh has appointed Helen Haggie as UK chief claims officer for Marsh Risk, effective from 20 July 2026.
In her new role, Haggie will oversee the delivery of claims services to Marsh Risk’s UK clients and support the use of claims data to improve risk management and placement decisions.
The final story to make this week’s top five followed the news that Aon has appointed Tracy-Lee Kus as one of its new co-chief executives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea) in a major leadership shakeup.
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