Analysis
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Direct Line
Direct Line Group remains in third place on the Top 100 UK Insurers List 2025, but will disappear from next year’s rankings as the provider becomes part of Aviva.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Aviva
Aviva Insurance Limited is ranked number 1 and Aviva International Insurance Limited is ranked number 2 once again on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers list.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025 revealed
Strong motor results, Aviva’s takeover of Direct Line, and ongoing property challenges shape this year’s Insurance Post Top 100 UK Insurers ranking.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Bupa
Bupa once again appears in sixth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers 2025 list, with growth plans focused on becoming the world’s most customer-centric healthcare company.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2025: Axa
Axa slips one place to ninth position on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list, but the provider plans to grow by being a market mover, not follower, through harnessing data and technology.
Ransomware costs soar as cyber claims decline
The financial fallout of ransomware is mounting, even as the number of cyber insurance claims received declines, data from Resilience has revealed.
How insurance can realise the personalised motor policy dream
Damisola Sulaiman analyses the landscape of usage-based motor insurance, including its tailwinds, previous failings and recent innovations that may turn the personalised motor insurance dream into a reality.
Classic car insurance keeps vintage motors running
How the classic car insurance market has geared up for changing vehicle values, supply chain challenges, shifting owner expectations, plus environmental pressures is examined by Emma Ann Hughes.
EV value and talent worries dominate automotive sector
Louis Rudd, regional director for that South at Axa UK looks at the UK’s automotive sector’s current risks and opportunities, as it faces into huge challenges such as supply chain problems, skills shortages and government electric vehicle mandates.
Can non-standard motor find growth in a soft market?
Amid an increase in interest and inquiries for non-standard motor insurance, how much is the industry growing, and which segments have the most potential?
FCA fines set to hit record low
2025 could see the lowest total value of fines issued by the Financial Conduct Authority in the regulator’s history, according to analysis by compliance and regtech platform Hackford.
Motor premiums: two years of deflation, a more nuanced year ahead
Over the past two years, motor insurance pricing has transitioned from a period of extreme inflation to material deflation, with competition intensifying and product strategies evolving rapidly.
What will impact UK motor moving forward?
Given predictions of the UK motor insurance market going back into the red next year, experts have outlined the factors likely to impact performance and how the industry can mitigate those pressures.
Insurance job numbers bounce back after Covid
The number of financial services and general insurance jobs in the UK has increased 5% in the last decade, led by London and Wales, while regions like Yorkshire and Midlands seeing fewer hires or stagnation.
Top 30 European Insurers of 2025 Revealed
Europe’s Top 30 non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2024, with the average rate being 11%.
Insurance pay gap persists as Cardiff and Newcastle trail London
In the last decade, the number of general insurance jobs in Wales and Northern Ireland has grown more than in other regions but pay remains far behind the salaries achieved in London - exposing deep regional divides for employers to navigate.
What does belonging mean in the insurance industry?
To coincide with this year’s Dive In Festival theme Belonging builds tomorrow, Damisola Sulaiman examines why belonging is more important than ever now and what insurance companies must do to rise to the occasion.
More women in top jobs narrows gender pay gaps in insurance
Insurers with more women in top-paying roles report far smaller gender pay gaps, proving representation – not just equal pay policies – is the strongest lever for lasting progress, a data analysis produced by Michael Stefan, partner at executive…
Burning point: insurance and heat-driven perils
With a series of heatwaves dominating summer 2025, Fiona Nicolson looks how insurers are changing their approach to underwriting, modelling and climate-risk planning.
Claims service progress stalls in Q2
After gains early in 2025, Ben Bolton, managing director at Gracechurch, reveals general insurance claims service has slipped, with NPS falling and regional gaps widening.
Is the pet insurance market delivering fair value?
As vet bills increase and complaints grow, Sam Barrett explores how the pet insurance sector is responding to consumer confusion, cover gaps, and cost pressures.
Travel insurance satisfaction increases but trust takes a hit
Despite rising customer satisfaction, Millie Ridley, researcher at Fairer Finance, shares the consumer group's data shows trust in travel insurance is falling, with gaps in transparency and clarity still causing concern.
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Is personal cyber insurance at an inflection point?
In the aftermath of cyber attacks on supermarket chains, Marcel Le Gouais finds the industry still needs to enhance consumers’ understanding of the value of personal cyber cover.
How the e-bikes boom is testing insurance models
As e-bike use surges across the UK, Chris Marshall examines how insurers are grappling with complex risks related to the vehicle, legal grey areas and theft and how insurtechs are racing to plug the coverage gap.