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Mike van der Straaten, CEO of Antares, passed away over the weekend following a short illness, a statement from the business has confirmed.

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Allianz Commercial is overhauling its UK underwriting model by product line, and merging branch and regional management roles, leading to job losses, Insurance Post can reveal.

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Zurich Municipal has launched a new insurance product aimed at protecting the shadow authorities being established to oversee England's largest programme of local government reorganisation in more than 50 years.

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Allianz’s director of financial crime, Ben Fletcher, has been named chair of the General Insurance Fraud Committee, replacing Adele Sumner.

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Four years on from taking charge of Zurich Municipal, Amy Brettell has revealed how the specialist insurer has undergone a fundamental transformation to help it best serve public sector and voluntary organisations facing increasingly complex risks.

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Marco Distefano, managing director of retail home and motor at Axa UK, has departed the business, Insurance Post can reveal.

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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has today (9 July) set out what it calls “the most significant overhaul of veterinary regulation in six decades”.

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Copart has promoted UK CEO Jane Pocock to president, effective as of 1 August.

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Rich Tomlinson, insurance sector director at Thatcham Research, talks to Insurance Post about his first month in the role and the ongoing technological changes which are shaping the motor insurance industry.

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The motor claims insurance industry should become more proactive in adopting alternative dispute resolution to cut costs and court waiting times, according to Minster Law’s chief commercial officer Paul Taylor.

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Triple winner QBE was crowned General Insurer of the Year and Dame Sue Langley, the Lady Major of the City of London, picked up the Achievement Award at the 2026 British Insurance Awards last night (8 July).

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The Financial Conduct Authority’s work around outsourced and delegated authority work is not to challenge the model, but more to gain an understanding of the way the sector works.

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Hyperexponential is launching an artificial intelligence-powered underwriting tool that advances submissions from email to a fully priced risk.

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While the delegated authority sector remains in “rude health”, Managing General Agents’ Association conference speakers yesterday (7 July) warned insurers’ technology investments could threaten MGAs’ competitive edge.

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Insurance United Against Dementia has evolved from a fledgling fundraising campaign into the insurance industry’s recognised source of support for the neurocognitive disorder, according to founding board member Chris Wallace.

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From property and business interruption to cyber and terrorism risks, David Worsfold explores how insurers and brokers are battling to close a widening protection gap among Britain’s small businesses.

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Executive director of the Association of Consumer Support Organisations, and CEO of the recently launched Consumer Legal Association, Matthew Maxwell Scott, has passed away aged 49.

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While he said the MGA market is “one of the most exciting and consequential inflexion points” in his 50-year career, McGill chair Jon Lloyd said “we will now see who the real players are in a soft market”.

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CFC has hired former Direct Line Group chief executive Adam Winslow as group CEO, succeeding Louise O’Shea who is stepping down.

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Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re, speaks to Insurance Post regarding his efforts to modernise the government-backed reinsurer, how terror risk has evolved, and where the firm sits on cyber.

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