- News
Axa’s schemes directory; McLarens’ UK entertainment team; Markerstudy rebrands broker platform
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
- Commercial
Was Various Eateries the beginning of the end of the BI saga?
- People
Big Interview: R;pple Suicide Prevention’s Alice Hendy
- News
Aviva’s Lloyd’s entry opens up ‘billions of pounds of business’
- News
SimplyBusiness and Zurich partner; Howden buys Hencilla Canworth; Flood Re joins Biba
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
- Lloyd’s/London
Insurance Women’s Inclusivity Network strikes a pose for IWD
For International Women’s Day, the Insurance Women’s Inclusivity Network took part in a special photoshoot inspired by the recent Voguemagazine cover featuring “legendary women”.
- Personal
Allianz returns fire on ‘embarrassing’ Revolut allegations
Allianz has hit back at Revolut in its latest filings in a lawsuit over a prematurely axed travel insurance deal.
- News
Aviva confirms Lloyd’s return with £242m Probitas deal
Aviva has struck a deal to acquire Probitas, confirming its return to Lloyd's this morning (4 March).
- News
Aviva and Howden partner; Ecclesiastical’s co*ckrem to retire; Eurochange to launch travel insurance
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
- News
Motor insurance ‘as affordable now as it was in 2018’
Sabre CEO Geoff Carter has said that the burden of paying for motor insurance premiums is no worse now than it was in 2018.
- News
Consumer Duty will be a success ‘when we stop talking about it’
According to a panel at the Association of British Insurers’ annual conference, the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty has a way to go before it is considered a success.
- News
RSA to be ‘number one’ in commercial lines by end of 2025
RSA will be the best commercial lines and specialty insurance company by the end of 2025, according to Ken Norgrove, the provider’s CEO.
- News
Insurance is ‘inherently discriminatory’, says White
Axa’s UK CEO Tara Foley has said the protection gap is “very real”, while Stella’s founder and CEO Sam White believes the industry is “inherently discriminatory”, even if it does not intend to be.
- Commercial
Data analysis: The number of UK insurance merger and acquisition deals rose from 98 in 2022 to 112 in 2023, but total deal value fell significantly from £5.1bn to £3.3bn year-on-year.
- News
Beazley’s cyber security arm; Brokerbility joins Insurtech UK; Lloyd’s confirms general counsel
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
- Lloyd’s/London
Lloyd’s CEO addresses rumours he is big game hunting
John Neal, CEO of Lloyd’s of London, has responded to claims he is chasing more multi-national insurers to join Aviva and enter the marketplace.
- News
Aviva to return to Lloyd’s ‘by the end of the year’
Aviva will be in Lloyd’s by the end of the year, after years of rumours suggesting the insurer's return to the marketplace, a source has told Insurance Post.
- News
How the Post Office scandal set a new precedent for ATE insurance
Alan Pratten, chair of M&A, litigation and tax insurance solutions at Gallagher, details the broker’s involvement in the well-publicised Post Office scandal, and how this particular case changed the placement of after the event insurance.
- News
Allianz’s claims fraud savings; WTW’s cyber facility; Biba’s London committee chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
- Claims
James Nicholson, chief claims officer of Zurich UK, shares how the provider plans to do more retail and mid-market business and how it uses artificial intelligence to handle claims.
- Claims
Post launches new Benchmarking Service
Insurance Post’s unique service will benchmark UK insurers’ strategies across key areas, including claims, fraud and technology.
- Personal
Mental health of claims handlers “often overlooked” says CII
The Chartered Insurance Institute’s New Generation Programme Claims group has today published a report calling on the industry to heighten understanding of second-hand trauma.
- News
Zego co-founder Harry Franks departs insurtech
Zego co-founder and former CEO Harry Franks has stepped away from the insurtech, Insurance Post can reveal.
- Regulation
What to expect from the regulator in 2024
Post Podcast: Insurers should brace themselves for the Financial Conduct Authority kicking the tires of how well providers and brokers are adhering to Consumer Duty requirements in 2024.
